ABV – 5.5%
Ideal Temp – 7-9ºC 
Glass – Tulip
Vegan – Yes

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At 5.5% ABV (alcohol by volume), Wild Life pours a deep, hazy gold colour, adorned with a thin and wispy head. Expect citrus and stone fruit aromas on the nose alongside funky yeast notes from the mix of Brettanomyces and Saison yeast (Saison is a style of Farmhouse Ale). A light mouthfeel delivers fruit-forward notes on the palette as citrus and peach flavours shine brightest. A tart, drying finish leaves the tongue craving the next sip.

What is Brettanomyces?
It's a specific type of yeast. The name means "British fungus" but it's not as regional as that might suggest. Brettanomyces grows naturally on the skins of fruits of all kinds. It exists in the ambient environment, or you could say, in the wild.

Historically, brewers have attempted (with varied success) to protect their beers from coming into contact with the wild yeast as it imparts its distinctive, signature flavours of funkiness, spice, fruit notes, and mild tartness onto all beers. Like all life, it strives to prosper and spread itself so today's brewers use modern sanitation techniques to keep this yeast in check.

After we introduced the Brettanomyces yeast culture to this beer, we waited four months before canning it to afford the time needed for the flavours to evolve and develop.

Suggested Food Pairing
To complement the fruity citrus notes of this wild yeast ale we suggest enjoying it with a fruit salad. Chicken also makes a great food pairing as allows the more subtle nuances of the beer to remain prominent.

Glassware
If you can avoid the temptation of sipping directly from the can, we recommend pouring this beer into a large tulip glass to appreciate the haze appearance and let the aromas escape from the aluminum vessel. Enjoy between 7-9ºC.

Story
For those unacquainted with Wildlife Haven, they’re a non-profit charitable organization that provides medical care to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife in Manitoba!

1$ from each four-pack goes directly to them and helps support their mission of rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing wildlife.

Based in Île des Chênes, MB, their volunteer-driven charity has cared for over 50,000 animals since 1984.

Located on 18 acres of land, their campus is home to a state-of-the-art accredited wildlife hospital fully equipped with a licensed veterinarian, diagnostic equipment, and an operating room to provide emergency care, procedures, and surgeries for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife from all over Manitoba.

ABV – 5.6%
Ideal Temp – 6-9ºC 
Glass – Pint Glass
Vegan – Yes

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Field Berry Sour pours a light hazy pastel orange with a quickly dissipating head. Expect light tartness aromas on the nose and a medium-bodied mouthfeel. On the palette, this 5.6% ale opens with jammy, tart flavours. The roasted barley delivers the experience of a drying finish alongside a light nuttiness.

ABV – 5.4%
Ideal Temp – 6-8ºC 
Glass – Sommelier
Vegan – Yes

Our Story
How do you honour the place that anchors you as often as it moves you? What does it mean to love home? For us, it means drawing inspiration from its natural beauty, harvesting authentic local ingredients, and crafting them into a taste of home. Prairie Common is proudly brewed with Two-row, Crystal, and Munich malts from the prairies as wellas Chinook and Nugget hops from local producer Prairie Mountain Hops. Prairie Common isn’t one of our ‘latest’ releases, but it certainly is one of our greatest – we hope you enjoy this fresh batch.

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This amber-coloured lager opens with toast, caramel, and pine aromas on the nose. Enjoy a harmonious, balanced blend of bready, malty notes and hop flavours with a smooth, bitter finish.

Food Pairing
Burgers, beef pies, pub food.

Award-Winning
At the heart of our mission is an ambition to make Manitoba proud, so we were honoured in 2021 when Prairie Common was awarded the silver medal in the Amber Lager category at the Canadian Brewing Awards.

When you think of a strawberry, you naturally think ‘sweet’ because, like most berries, strawberries contain natural sugars.

But what happens, when the yeast in our beer consumes those sugars to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide?

You’re left with the flavour of strawberry without the sweet taste of the sugars. In the brewing world, our Strawberry Kölsch would be called highly attenuated meaning the fermentable sugars have been mostly or completed fermented. This delivers a drying finish as opposed to a rich or sweet finish.

ABV – 5.3%
Ideal Temp – 6-8ºC 
Glass – Straight walled tumbler
Vegan – Yes

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Strawberry Kölsch pours a hazy orange with a frothy, off-white head. Expect strawberry, light graininess, and honey sweetness aromas on the nose. A light body with moderate carbonation delivers fruity strawberry notes which elevate the clean flavours of an easy-drinking Kölsch without any prominent sweet/syrup characteristics. The finish is crisp and drying.

Food Pairing

Salad, pastas, and fresh cheese.

Background
This style of beer was born in 1700’s, where it was designed to quench of the thirst of Belgium’s seasonal farm-workers known as “saisonniers”.

Farm Workers were entitled up to five litres each workday so the alcohol content was limited to roughly 3% ABV (alcohol by volume). Saisons were brewed during the winter and fall months to avoid the likelihood of spoiling due to bacteria.

ABV – 8.4%
Ideal Temp – 7-11CºC 
Glass – Sommelier
Vegan – Yes

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Our Saison pours a hazy orange colour with a persistent, rocky, white head. Expect Belgian phenolics with citrus and alcohol notes on the nose. A medium body with sparkling carbonation delivers sweet malty notes to start, followed by warm alcohol notes and slightly tangy citrus flavours on the palate. The finish is clean and drying with a restrained bitterness.

Food Pairing

Chicken, fruit

Shelf Life

Two years