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Crown Community of Ralston
◗ Population (2017): 530* ◗ Land Area: 1 km2 ◗ Major Industries: Civil Service ◗ Largest Employer: CFB-DRDC Suffield, BATUS ◗ Established: 1947 ◗ Major Tourist Attractions: Ralston Rodeo ◗ Motto: “Eximius Ordo” (base motto)
*Estimate provided by CFB Suffield, subject to rotational fluctuation.
Forty Mile County ◗ Population (2016): 3,581
◗ Land Area: 7,249.31 km2 ◗ Major Industries: Agriculture ◗ Largest Employer: Forty Mile County ◗ Reeve: Bryne Lengyel ◗ Incorporated: 1958 ◗ Major Tourist Attractions: Etzikom Windmill Museum, Red Rock Coulee Natural Area, Forty Mile Park, Golden Sheaf Park
◗ Motto: “We’re miles ahead” Forty Mile County communities
Burdett ◗ Population (2016): 406 ◗ Land Area: 0.79 km2 ◗ Major Industries: Agriculture ◗ Largest Employer: Prairie Rose School Division ◗ Unincorporated ◗ Major Tourist Attractions: Burdett Campground ◗ Motto: “First irrigation pivot in Canada”
Etzikom ◗ Households (2016): *26 ◗ Major Industries: Agriculture
◗ Largest Employer: Etzikom Museum and Historic ◗ ◗ Windmill Centre ◗ Unincorporated
◗ Major Tourist Attractions: Etzikom Museum and Historic Windmill Centre
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◗ Unincorporated *Number provided by Forty Mile County
Kaiden Vancuren, chief innovation officer at Medicine Hat Brew Co. pours a lager.
BREWING IS BOOMING in Medicine Hat
TONYA LAMBERT
province, more than doubling between 2014 (18) and 2016 (50). The past year alone has seen four microbreweries open in the southeast with two in Lethbridge – Theoretically Brewing Company (December 2015) and Coulee Brew Co. (January 2016) – and two in Medicine Hat – Hell’s Basement Brewery (August 2016) and Medicine Hat Brewing Co. (December 2016). And there are rumours that more breweries may be opening in the region in the near future.
T Alberta: Made for Brewing
For years, Alberta has lagged far behind the rest of the country in terms of craft brewing because of the constraints imposed by the government regulations. This is ironic given that the province is ideally situated for brewing beer. The province’s farmers grow the highest- quality barley in the world.
“Because of the cold climate and short growing season that we have in Alberta, Alberta barley is renowned around the world for its quality,” explains Jon Sookocheff, a
he beer business is booming in Alberta. Since the provincial government lifted the limitations on the size of craft breweries in 2013, small local breweries have been popping up throughout the
development officer with Invest Medicine Hat.
Canada’s malt and barley have the most consistent kernel size and highest quantity of extracts and enzymes in the world, meaning it produces a greater high-quality yield than elsewhere. In addition, Alberta has vast amounts of fresh water available.
The province also has a large market for this product. According to Agriculture Canada, beer is the most popular beverage in the country, both in terms of volume and revenue, with people in Alberta drinking more beer than others in the country except for Ontario and Quebec.
So, why wasn’t there more brewing happening in the province?
“It was one of those situations where the market was there but the market conditions were not,” says Sookocheff. “But now, going forward, I think there’s the potential for Alberta and beer to become synonymous, very similar to France and wine or Italy and olive oil.”
Alberta Small Brewers Development Program
In 2015 and 2016, the Government of Alberta instituted two more changes that have greatly affected the future of
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