"In 2018, Baerlic opened a small taproom in Rose City Park, surrounded by a ring of food carts. The Barley Pod became a hit within Rose City Park — even through the pandemic, when the Baerlic team turned their small taproom into something like a bottle shop and marketplace. When the time came to expand, the brewery team decided on a spot on Northeast Alberta adjacent to a food cart pod, which opened in 2021; visitors now flock to the food cart pod, order, and then camp out in Baerlic’s spacious beer garden just a few steps away. Each of the beer garden’s tables is also plastered with QR codes to the menus of the carts next door, to encourage Baerlic customers to support the pod." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
