Wuchak Black is the latest specialty brew from brewmaster Don Harms. This beer will be arriving annually to Ottawa in mid January and will be gone before spring arrives. The style is Cascadian Dark Ale, also known as a Black IPA or an American Black Ale.

The pitch black colour introduces you to roasted malt
flavours, but with a major hop presence you would expect from an IPA. At 6.4% and 76 IBU’s, you can appreciate this
beer being described as bitter, strong and black.

What the heck is a Wuchak? Wuchak is a term used by
First Nations People and over time, wuchak was slowly
transformed into the term – woodchuck. When you drive
around Ottawa, you will often notice these groundhogs (aka woodchucks) popping up out of their burrows along the Queensway and the Hunt Club parkway.

You can enjoy this beer on tap at select locations around Ottawa or stop by and pick up a growler fresh from the brewery.

Every month we develop a cask conditioned beer and deliver firkins to the Cheshire Cat as well as the Arrow and Loon.

For the month of January we introduced a beer known as Dark and Stormy (nicknamed Don and Stormy for our brewmaster Don Harms). Dark and Stormy is made with a base of Kichesippi 1855 and then we implemented the krausen method for the conditioning. Krausening is when wort is added to the fermented/finished beer to carbonate. This allows for a very natural carbonation and conditioning in the firkin.

Be sure to check out the monthly casks that are available the first week of each month.

Saturday December 24th. Store will be open from 11-3pm
Sunday December 25th Closed
Monday December 26th Closed
Tuesday December 27th. Brewery Store is open from 10-6pm
Wednesday December 28th. 10-6pm
Thursday December 29th. 10-6pm
Friday Decemebr 30th. 10-8pm
Saturday December 31st. 12-6pm
Sunday January 1st. Closed
Monday January 2nd. Closed

Starting Tuesday January 3rd, we will be starting our winter hours for the Brewery Retail Store. We will be open Monday to Saturday from 10-6pm each day.

We have now polished off two full batches of the Kichesippi Logger and are waiting on a 3rd batch that is currently in the fermenters. When we released this Penn Porter style brew, we really had no idea how well it would be received. Needless to say, the feedback has been tremendous and well beyond our expectations. As of right now, we are currently out of stock on the Logger but will have some available again starting Friday December 16th. If you would like to try some on tap around Ottawa, please stop into one of the following establishments who have been pouring the product.

Pub Italia
Cheshire Cat
Bin 790
Atomic Rooster
Black Tomato
Alpha Soul
Johnny Farina
The Standard
Navarra
Preston Bar and Grill
Back Lane Cafe
Wellington Diner
Rochester Pub
Zen Kitchen
Elmdale Tavern

This will be the last batch of Logger for 2011 and we will be bringing it back for Fall 2012. Going forward, we will be releasing our next specialty January 18th. After that, we will start working on our Birthday Brew to celebrate our 2nd Birthday on April 29, 2012.

Thanks for continuing to support beer that is Craft Brewed in Ottawa.

We are currently looking to expand our team, let us know if you or someone you know would be interested in working with us in the following roles:

Opportunity # 1
Delivery and Merchandising – 20/Hours per week with opportunity to become a full time position.

Duties: Deliver kegs and POS materials to restaurants, bars, and taverns. Set up and tear down for events. Provide sales support for promotions, events and trade shows.

Opportunity # 2
Event Staff – we are looking for 10 people to form a team for the many events that we participate in. We are looking for professional and friendly people that would be available some evenings and weekends to represent our company at numerous trade shows, events and tastings.

If you or someone you know is interested in one of these positions, please forward a resume to Sheena@kbeer.ca

If you are looking for a few Father’s Day suggestions, hopefully these will help you out.

1) The Brewery Retail Store is now open on Sundays from 12-6pm. Bring Dad by for some brewery fresh beer. For one day only, we will have Growlers available of our OCB 613 IPA

2) Tours – all this weekend, we will be offering our tours free of charge. Tours will be held on Saturday and Sunday @ 2pm.

3) Beer Dinner at Town – 296 Elgin Street. Sunday June 19th

5 Course Gourmet Dinner paired with 5 beers all brewed by Kichesippi. Please call the restaurant for tickets 613-695-8696

Today we celebrate our 1st Anniversary. We would like to thank everyone in the Longnose Nation for all of their support during our first year in business. Please stop by one of the awesome restaurants, pubs and taverns to enjoy a pint of Natural Blonde or 1855. Here is the list:

Absinthe Cafe – Ottawa
Alphasoul – Ottawa
Arc the Hotel – Ottawa
Arrow and Loon – Ottawa
B Sides – Ottawa
Ballygiblins – Carleton Place
BIN790 – Kanata
Black Cat Bistro – Ottawa
Black Tomato – Ottawa
The Branch – Kemptville
Carleton Heights Curling – Ottawa
Carleton Tavern – Ottawa
Chianti – Ottawa
Clocktower Bank St. – Ottawa
Corner Bar – Westboro
Corner Bar – Glebe
Cottage and Kitchen – Ottawa
Chateau Laurier – Ottawa
Cheshire Cat – Carp
Chez Lucien – Ottawa
Danny Mac's – Arnprior
D'Arcy McGees Sparks St – Ottawa
Dominion Tavern – Ottawa
Elmdale Tavern – Ottawa
Farbs – Ottawa
Fraser Cafe – Ottawa
Grace O'Malleys – Orleans
Granite Curling Club – Ottawa
Greenfields – Barrhaven
Higlander – Ottawa
Imperial Cafe – Ottawa
Johnny Farina – Ottawa
Juniper – Ottawa
Mikes Place – Ottawa
Murray Street – Ottawa
Must Wine Bar – Ottawa
Navan Curling Club – Navan
Neat Cafe – Burnstown
Pelican Grill – Ottawa
Pepper Garden – Ottawa
Petit Bills – Ottawa
Pub Italia – Ottawa
Rochester Pub – Ottawa
Sir John A – Ottawa
Southern Cross – Ottawa
Stoneface Dollys – Ottawa
Swan at Carp – Carp
The Manx – Ottawa
Whalesbone – Ottawa
Tilleys – Carleton Place
Town – Ottawa
Urban Pear – Ottawa
Wellington Gastro Pub – Ottawa
Wild Wood – Stittsville
Wilderness Tours – Forester Falls
Zen Kitchen – Ottawa

Last Friday we launched he second beer in our portfolio – Kichesippi 1855. This beer is a dark ale with 27 IBU’s and 5.2% Alc. Mayor Jim Watson was on hand to pour the first official pint and proclaimed it Kichesippi Beer Day in the City of Ottawa.

The 1855 is our way of thanking Ottawa and surrounding communites for supporting us during out first year in business. Our first anniversary is coming up next week on April 29th. For those wondering what the number 1855 means – Ottawa was incorporated on January 1, 1855.

For more details on the event, check out the blog by Ron Eade of the Ottawa Citizen. Thank you again to the over 100 people who stopped by the brewery to help us celebrate the launch.

http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/omnivore/archive/2011/04/18/when-the-wusses-aren-t-willing-the-pros-get-grilling.aspx

Another fun and successful tasting last month at the Savour Ottawa Annual Networking Summit and Trade Show, held at the National Arts Centre.

Savour Ottawa is an organization that is committed to emphasizing and promoting the Ottawa region’s  food and agricultural products, to local residents and to Ottawa’s visitors.  It’s a concept that closely mirrors the ideals upon which the Kichesippi Beer Co. was founded.

At Kichesippi, we believe in promoting our city and it’s surrounding communities.  We have so much to be proud of, from our fascinating history to the quality of our rich and diverse culinary scene.

At the show, we met many people who share our pride and passion for making great local products.  From cheese and meats, to beer and wine, there are some magnificent local foodstuffs out there.  Let’s share them with our friends and our guests.  Next time you have a visitor from out of town, yes, show them our historical buildings and our stunning natural scenery.  Take them for a skate on the canal.  But don’t forget some of the other things that are unique to our region.  Take them for a pint of Ottawa’s local beer, Kichesippi Natural Blonde, and let them try some great local foods in one of our restaurants. (Go to www.savourottawa.ca for restaurants promoting local producers)

We in the National Capital region are lucky to have access to some of the finest products in the country.  So let’s enjoy them!

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at the Kichesippi booth at the 25th anniversary edition of The Ottawa Wine and Food Show.

The Kichesippi gang spent a fantastic three days giving out roughly 1,800 samples of Natural Blonde. Allowing for those who came back twice, or three times (we stopped counting after three times!), we figure that’s over 1,000 new Longnosers added to the Longnose nation since last week.

The weekend also saw the debut of our stunning new bar. We here at Kichesippi love a good story, and is this ever a good one. Built from pine timbers salvaged from the bottom of the Ottawa River, 100 years or more after they were submerged, the bar was a focal point for visitors the entire weekend. The heart of our company grew from the river and its history, so to be able to help showcase that with our bar was very fitting and means a lot to us.

Other highlights included hanging out with our pub and restaurant partners and trying their delights, creating new relationships with local businesses, coffee tequila, lobster poutine and the invention of keg delivery by skateboard.

See you next year at the new Ottawa Wine and Food Festival.