Our Third Release is Lucky Charlie Hazy IPA!
A juicy and fruity delight, pillowy soft with a soft and silky mouthfeel with tropical aromas and flavours, Lucky Charlie isn’t messing around! Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops bring all the citrus deliciousness with notes of pear and melon.
On April 29, 1903, part of the mining town of Frank in the District of Alberta was buried. 110 million tons of limestone slid down Turtle Mountain. Witnesses reported that within 100 seconds, the rock reached up to the opposing hills, obliterating the eastern edge of Frank, the Canadian Pacific Railway line and the coal mine. It was one of the largest landslides in Canadian history and remains the deadliest with at least 70 and as many as 90 of the town’s residents died, most of whom remain buried in the rubble today. Multiple factors led to the slide. Turtle Mountain’s formation left it in a constant stage of instability. Coal mining operations may have weakened the mountain’s internal structure as did a wet winter and cold snap the night of the disaster.
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Meet Charlie!
120 years ago, on April 29, 1903, there was a tragic natural disaster that changed the landscape of the Crowsnest Pass. There are legends that have risen from the rubble and Charlie is one of those legends and Sid Choquette too!
The mine had been buried in the slide. 17 miners that had been trapped had escaped but the entranceway was blocked. Intent on reopening the mine, workers opened passageways to the old mine works by May 30. To their amazement, they discovered that Charlie the pit pony, one of three who worked in the mine, had survived for over a month underground. Charlie had lived by eating bark off the timber supports and drinking the brackish water on the ground of the mine works. Finding Charlie was a cause for celebration and the mine workers fed Charlie lots of oats and brandy. Charlie had been lucky to survive the depths of the mine but sadly, he overindulged on their generosity and perished. Lucky Charlie’s story led us to the Hazy Style and we have added oats to this delicious brew in honour of Charlie and his resilience.
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The train on the can of Lucky Charlie is also part of the legend. It is heading west on the label just like the Spokane Flyer passenger train that was coming from Lethbridge. CPR brakeman Sid Choquette, who rushed across the rock-strewn ground to warn the train that the track had been buried under the slide. Through falling rocks and a dust cloud that impaired his visibility, Choquette ran for 2 kilometers to warn the oncoming locomotive of the danger. The CPR gave him a letter of commendation and a $25 cheque in recognition of his heroism.
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