BREAKING NEWS: PEOPLE LOVE PICKLES!  AND KIDS!

Our December Burger of the Month Guest Chef in Lacombe is passionate about kids and ensuring they have a safe place to go where they are loved and treated with kindness and respect.  Beth Reitz helped us create “The Big Dill”!  It included two Alberta beef smash patties, dill pickle cheese curds, dill tzatziki, fried pickle chips, beefsteak tomato, shaved onion, spring mixed greens and fresh dill on a brioche bun with a pickle slice!  $2 from every burger sold in December is going directly to Beth’s cause of choice, Boys and Girls Club Wolf Creek Lacombe.

 

BGC Wolf Creek Ponoka expanded its programming to Lacombe this fall, currently operating at Lacombe Upper Elementary School and Terrace Ridge School.  Beth is the Executive Director and says donations like this one will help them ensure their programs are accessible to everyone who needs them.  Their current program offering includes After School and School’s Out Day and a new School’s Out Day program for inclement weather.  Reitz points to their Mission Statement – providing safe, supportive spaces and positive mentoring relationships where young people experience new opportunities and develop confidence and skills for life.

Thanks to your support of our beloved Burger of the Month Program Beth helped us deliver $1454 to BGC Wolf Creek Lacombe after school today (Thursday, January 12th) at Lacombe Upper Elementary School.  Thanks to the amazing support we see from our guests for our Burger of the Month program month after month, we have had the opportunity to give back over $120,000 to local charities over the past 71 months!  THANK-YOU!

 

Our January Burger of the Month at our Lacombe location is “Pickle Chicken Teriyaki” created in collaboration with local Guest Chef Sam Hancik!  It includes two grilled teriyaki glazed chicken thighs, tempura fried dill pickle, apple slaw and sesame aioli with a tomato skewer on a buttered brioche bun!  $2 from every burger sold goes to Sam’s cause of choice – Rimbey Long-Term Care in loving memory of Grandma (Shirley) Hancik.

For more information contact:

 

Beth Reitz

Executive Director

BGC Wolf Creek Lacombe

403.783.3112

beth@bgcwolfcreek.com

 

 

 

 

 

Kim Kay

Cilantro and Chive

403.597.2127

kim@cilantroandchive.ca

 

 

 

“The Big Dill”, created in collaboration with local Guest Chef Beth Reitz!  It included two Alberta beef smash patties, dill pickle cheese curds, dill tzatziki, fried pickle chips, beefsteak tomato, shaved onion, spring mixed greens and fresh dill on a brioche bun with a pickle slice!  $2 from every burger sold in December is going directly to Beth’s cause of choice, Boys and Girls Club Wolf Creek Lacombe.

 

New Year… New Burger of the month!

BEHOLD 💥 it’s our new January Burger of the month for LACOMBE!
 
𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐊𝐈 🍗🥒
created in collaboration with local guest chef Sam Hancik!
 
Serving up two grilled teriyaki glazed chicken thighs, tempura fried dill pickle, apple slaw and sesame aioli with a tomato skewer on a buttered brioche bun!
 
$2 from every burger sold goes to Sam’s local charity of choice, Rimbey Long-Term Care
In loving memory of Grandma (Shirley) Hancik
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
 
These flavors are POPPIN’ and we’re so JACKED for this DILLicious 🥒burger to start off 2023! 🍾
 
Available in our LACOMBE location starting on SUNDAY JANUARY 1st!
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DAY 25 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

We made it!
 
🅳🅰🆈 🆃🆆🅴🅽🆃🆈 🅵🅸🆅🅴 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝑩𝑼𝑭𝑭𝑨𝑳𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑾𝑺”
Barrel-Aged Dark Lager
Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company
Edmonton, AB
9.7% ABV
 
2022 Buffalo Meadows is a dark lager that was cool-fermented in stainless steel with Alberta blossom honey and bee pollen from Meadows-Sweet Apiaries.
 
It was was then aged for 9 months in fresh Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels. The techniques and ingredients give this beer dark fruit notes, and complex salinity, with a warming finish.
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thank you so much for being a part of our journey through our Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! Hope you’ve tried lots of new styles, and want to go venture out and visit many of our friends in their breweries and taprooms around this amazing province!
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#HECKYEAH!
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DAY 24 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

Unwrapping our Christmas Eve Beer with 🅳🅰🆈 🆃🆆🅴🅽🆃🆈 🅵🅾🆄🆁 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝑭𝑨𝑰𝑻𝑯𝑭𝑼𝑳 𝑮𝑼𝑰𝑫𝑬”
Baltic Porter
The Establishment Brewing Company
Calgary, AB
8.3% ABV
 
EXCLUSIVE beer made specifically for advent calendars! This beautifully crafted baltic porter from our award winning friends at Establishment, weighs in at 8.3%! Hope you enjoy this incredible treat for Christmas!
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
Tomorrow, it all sadly comes to and end. But, we’re still very excited!
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#HECKYEAH
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DAY 23 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

Showcasing an older, more unknown style with 🅳🅰🆈 🆃🆆🅴🅽🆃🆈 🆃🅷🆁🅴🅴 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝑩𝑨𝑹𝑳𝑬𝒀 𝑨 𝑯𝑬𝑭𝑬”
Bavarian Style Dampfbier
Bent Stick Brewing Co.
Edmonton, AB
5.0% ABV
 
Close your eyes and take a deep breath.
 
Let us transport you back to the rural forests of 19th century Bavaria. The birds are chirping, and you are thirsty for a beer. The rich folks in urban centres are partying with Hefeweizens, but you are poor and wheat is hard to come by in these parts… Okay, that’s pretty much the whole story.
 
A Dampfbier is a warmly fermented beer brewed entirely with malted barley and what would typically be a Hefe yeast. We’re almost always happy to take a swing at esoteric beer styles, and this is definitely one of those! Tasty banana and clove notes make this a nice quaffable and interesting 5%er.
 
Cheers to history! Learning is fun.
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
 
WHAT?? Only two beers left!!
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#drinklocal
#HECKYEAH
#cilantroandchive

DAY 22 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

Fun collaboration alert!! With 🅳🅰🆈 🆃🆆🅴🅽🆃🆈 🆃🆆🅾of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑶 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑴𝑷”
Small n’ Hazy Tropical IPA
Sea Change Brewing Co. (Edmonton, AB)
& Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. (Victoria, BC)
4.5% ABV
 
Designed for CRUSHING! Tiki inspired low ABV hazy hoppy beer. Pineapple, passionfruit, lime zest, tangerine, cocktail bitters (orange peel, cinnamon, clove, gentian root)
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
Hitting the final week with a bunch of bangers! Can’t wait for tomorrow!
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#HECKYEAH
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DAY 21 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

The pride of Ponoka brings us 🅳🅰🆈 🆃🆆🅴🅽🆃🆈 🅾🅽🅴 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝑷𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑹 𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺”
White Stout
Siding 14 Brewing Company
Ponoka, AB
5.2% ABV
 
This unique style showcases flavours similar to the ones you would find in a stout but in a lighter beer! Adding cocoa nibs, vanilla, lactose and coffee from our favourite local roaster, Birdy Coffee Co.
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
Another fun collaboration tomorrow! We’ll see you then!
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#HECKYEAH
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DAY 20 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

🅳🅰🆈 🆃🆆🅴🅽🆃🆈 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar is an exclusive beauty from our good friends in YYC! 🎁📅
 
“𝑪𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑨”
Imperial Sour w/Plums
Born Brewing Co.
Calgary, AB
8.0% ABV
 
An imperial sour fermented with an abundance of plums, this winter sour creates a harmony of stone fruit and just enough tang. Tart yet rich and jammy. The higher ABV of this imperial sour will warm you from the inside out!
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
Get ready to get “all aboard” for our next winter seasonal beer tomorrow!
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#HECKYEAH
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DAY 19 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

Here’s our great friends from Edmonton in 🅳🅰🆈 🅽🅸🅽🅴🆃🅴🅴🅽 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆 𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙏𝙃𝙔”
Whiskey Barrel Aged Strong Beer
Town Square Brewing Co.
Edmonton, AB
8.1% ABV
 
This bad boy is a three way blend between the Filthy Casual Cold Bru, Filthy Casual Chocolate and Dark Satellite that were all aged in Willet bourbon whiskey barrel for over 24 months. Notes of bourbon, oak, dark chocolate and coffee are accentuated by a high carbonation punch that elevate all these lovely notes.
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
This one will sure warm you up on a cold winter’s day! HECKYEAH!
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#HECKYEAH
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DAY 18 – LACOMBE Craft Beer Advent Calendar

Unwrapping the pride of Lacombe with 🅳🅰🆈 🅴🅸🅶🅷🆃🅴🅴🅽 of our LACOMBE Alberta Craft Beer Advent Calendar! 🎁📅
 
“𝑪𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑬𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑻”
Blindman Brewing
Lacombe, AB
4.8% ABV
 
Blindman brings you a bold and delicious coffee stout as we dive right into the winter season!
 
Featuring Birdy Coffee Co. in a custom blend of Ethiopian, Indonesian, Costa Rican, and Guatemalan roasts. The custom blend of coffee was put together intentionally for this beer, and features light nutty roast and bold earthy tones, finishing with a light red fruit note.
 
The beer is rich and silky smooth thanks to a boat load of oats and specialty malts. Oh yeah the labels have micro fiction from local authors again! 12 new stories for you to check out!
 
✨ Missed out on our calendar? Come grab wrapped 4-packs of amazing local Craft Beers from our fridge for only $20 or 20% OFF anything you want for off-sales!
Love Blindman, and LOVE Birdy Coffee! Win win!
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#HECKYEAH
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