The resulting drink is similar to an alcoholic root beer, with molasses used as the source of sugar for fermentation, and flavouring ingredients including sarsaparilla, ginger, cinnamon, chamomile, and green tea. Follow. Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6. More should be available online soon. CALGARY, AB – Cold Garden Beverage Company has announced the release of a unique drink inspired by tweet that went viral earlier this year.. Cronk (4% abv) was brewed based on a recipe from the late 1800s for “Dr. The owners of Cold Garden decided to have a go at brewing Cronk. “I think it really tastes nice when it’s cold and carbonated.”. Cold Garden Beverage Company. Cronk is available now at the Cold Garden taproom and retail store, and will be available to order soon via the brewery’s online shop. That’s because it contains a substance believed to cause cancer and Health Canada has banned it from being used in food. Cold Garden brewed up 1,800, 375-millilitre bottles. “The fact that it hadn’t been produced in over 100 years made us kind of interested to see what it would taste like. On August 19, 2020, the company released an initial batch of 1800 bottles of Cronk. “The black strap molasses was just way too thick and you could not get any of the other flavours. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Some bottles were set aside for Fairie, who was expecting Cronk to taste like “maybe a nice-sipping cough syrup.”. I’ve got to learn more about this,” Fairie recalled thinking when he encountered the Cronk ads in June. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Facebook Instagram Twitter. “So we used a different type of molasses and the second batch turned out to be exactly what we think it should have tasted like.”. Cronk’s Sarsaparilla Beer” which came to the attention of modern drinkers in late June 2020 when University of Calgary researcher Paul Fairie tweeted some … Proceeds from its sales will go to Heritage Calgary and The Alex Community Health Centre. 4.74. We couldn’t really find anywhere where anyone had said they had tasted it,” Cox said. Fairie said Cronk provided a surprising and welcome break from the COVID-19 doldrums. It was just basically molasses fermented,” said Cox. All EMPTY CRONK BOTTLE . The owners of Cold Garden decided to have a go at brewing Cronk. The first attempt at Cronk was a foul-tasting flop. A Calgary brewery, inspired by the enigmatic ads, has resurrected Cronk. Paul Fairie, a community health researcher at the University of Calgary, makes an occasional pastime of perusing old digitized newspapers and he often posts on Twitter the oddities he comes across. Blake Belding, a brewer at Cold Garden, opined that the Cronk recipe will "taste like a spicy root beer." “I think, overall, it’s a success,” said Trevor Cox, brewer at Cold Garden. To order copies of “The fact that it hadn’t been produced in over 100 years made us kind of interested to see what it would taste like. People posted photos of antique bottles that once contained the drink. Cold Garden Beverage Company. Cox said the concoction has the taste of an herbal liqueur, like Jaegermeister, that’s been diluted to four per cent alcohol content and carbonated. Someone unearthed a recipe that calls for sassafras, sarsaparilla, hops, camomile, cinnamon, ginger, green tea and molasses. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Cheers to Cronk: Why a drink from the 1880s is poised to become a pandemic hit, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto Cronk went viral. To order The only diversion from the original recipe was leaving out sassafras. Proceeds are going to the Alex Community Health Centre and to Heritage Calgary. Cronk’s Sarsaparilla Beer” which came to the attention of modern drinkers in late June 2020 when University of Calgary researcher Paul Fairie tweeted some humourous advertisements for the beverage that he found in newspapers of the time. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. There was a lineup soon after the brewery opened on Wednesday. Getting all the ingredients was tough during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Silk Road Spice Merchant, a shop near the brewery, helped procure what was needed. 1100 11 Street SE Calgary AB drink@coldgarden.ca (403) 764-2653 Source & Photo: Cold Garden Beverage Company Facebook page, All contents © 2008-2019 Canadian Beer News — Hosted on Dreamhost — Running on WordPress, Village Brewery Releases Village Wild Red Barrel-Aged Ale, The Establishment Brewing Company Releases Strange Powers Imperial NEIPA, Cabin Brewing Releases Luna & Fuego Barrel-Aged Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout, humourous advertisements for the beverage, Cold Garden Beverage Company Facebook page, Short Finger Brewing Releases South Fargo Barrel Aged Sour.