Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

3rdLostPassword: Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

Labatt Blue? Molson Canadian? "Ice" beer?

This is one of the reasons I love living in Montreal.

/It's the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaar!

Reminds me that next weekend is the annual City Pages Beerfest in uptown Minneapolis (new window)

i've been having a beer festival every weekend in my apartment.

We are exactly like you, only saner.

We'll be right there.

My beers of choice:

Canada: Leading the entire known world in being just north of the United States.

Forgot the other one (404 pic not found!? Shennanigans!):

i don't the understand the strange ways of these "canady-enns"

strathmeyer: 3rdLostPassword: Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

Labatt Blue? Molson Canadian? "Ice" beer?

Maudite.
Blanche De Chambly.
La Fin Du Monde.

Any further questions?

I found it a bit disturbing that the first thing to spring to mind was the piece I read online about how beer essentially gives your semen a bitter taste.

roki: Any further questions?

Garrison Imperial Pale Ale
Propeller IPA

My two favourite beers from here in Halifax, especially the Imperial. Only recommended if you really like hops.

ah3133: i don't the understand the strange ways of these "canady-enns"

That's because you're pronouncing it wrong. They're candy-inns. The second A is silent.

I mean, who doesn't like candy? And an inn made out of candy? Well that's even better.

entropic_existence: roki: Any further questions?

Garrison Imperial Pale Ale
Propeller IPA

My two favourite beers from here in Halifax, especially the Imperial. Only recommended if you really like hops.

Nice. And from the west, Granville Island Maple Cream Ale.

/Finishing work in 14 minutes, 47 seconds.
//Beerlarity will ensue.

strathmeyer: 3rdLostPassword: Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

Labatt Blue? Molson Canadian? "Ice" beer?

I can't recall anyone drinking any of these recently. There are too many other, better, similarly priced options. Why would you drink this when all you have to do is go to the corner store and buy a six pack of something else? Say, McAuslan?

I miss living in Montreal, only for the summers. Beer festival rules.

Although now that I am back in BC, I have discovered there are better, locally made (drinking without eco-guilt at importing a beer? Awesome!) Hefeweizen options than in Quebec. But not too many places have McAuslan on tap. A tragedy.

nashBridges: 3rdLostPassword: Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

Considering most Canadians are delusional enough to think they "won" the war of 1812, I'm not exactly surprised you are intentionally ignoring your country's own shiatty beer.

Canadians: just as arrogant as Americans but seven levels higher in stupid.

/this should start the flamewar nicely!

Nah, Canadians are nice people. They'll put out the flames with Budweiser. That's about all it's good for, eh?

nashBridges: Considering most Canadians are delusional enough to think they "won" the war of 1812, I'm not exactly surprised you are intentionally ignoring your country's own shiatty beer.

To be fair, the only ones stupid enough to drink shiatty Canadian beer are Americans. In no small part because they're the only ones in the world with worse beer.

roki: entropic_existence: roki: Any further questions?

Garrison Imperial Pale Ale
Propeller IPA

My two favourite beers from here in Halifax, especially the Imperial. Only recommended if you really like hops.

Nice. And from the west, Granville Island Maple Cream Ale.

/Finishing work in 14 minutes, 47 seconds.
//Beerlarity will ensue.

Noooooooo!

Granville Island brewery is not good! It's driving me nuts that everyone in Vancouver has them on tap and not better beers!

I had their lager yesterday and it wasn't even decent, although it was better than some of the GI beers I've tried.

I'm still figuring out the local brewing scene in BC but so far, I've concluded that Nelson Brewing beers much more drinkable for the more-available microbrews. After Dark (dark style ale) and the Paddywhack IPA were pretty good.

Mill Street Organic. Try it. Thank me later.

I forgot my shorts at a beer festival once.

/fortunately, I remembered the ice cream.

Hang on, I should note that Granville Island brewing is generally about a 5 on a 1-10 scale, while Molson etc. are about a 2 (will get you drunk eventually, but not good for anything else.)

bobbette:Noooooooo!

Granville Island brewery is not good! It's driving me nuts that everyone in Vancouver has them on tap and not better beers!

I had their lager yesterday and it wasn't even decent, although it was better than some of the GI beers I've tried.

I'm still figuring out the local brewing scene in BC but so far, I've concluded that Nelson Brewing beers much more drinkable for the more-available microbrews. After Dark (dark style ale) and the Paddywhack IPA were pretty good.

I could take or leave any of their other beers but the GI Maple Cream Ale is heavenly (in the keg or out of a can only, for some reason it loses it's mouthfeel when it's in a bottle.)

Wish I could get it in Calgary, they can't make enough to ship it here.

/Counting the minutes until I open my fridge and grab a Fin Du Monde.

roki: strathmeyer: 3rdLostPassword: Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

Labatt Blue? Molson Canadian? "Ice" beer?

Maudite.
Blanche De Chambly.
La Fin Du Monde.

Any further questions?

Chambly makes good toilet bowl cleaner. Shake and spray around the edges.
All beers are so overpriced in Canada to begin with, so why bother.

DeanMoriarty: Mill Street Organic. Try it. Thank me later.

Haven't yet, and it's on my list. I'll thank you now because who knows when we'll have another Canadian beer thread?

I suggest: Kawartha Lakes raspberry wheat, in Ontario. I'm normally really picky about fruit beers, but that one is really good.

Malbar: You can only buy beer at government run or private monopolies protected by the government in most of Canada. This alone completely destroys any chance of Canada ever having any international beer prestige.

Not the case in Alberta or BC! One sweet day Ontario will follow.

/Down with the LCBO!
//And abolish 'closing time!'

This calls for a celebration!



/One fine brew
//Neck and neck with Brutopia's honey beer

Cpl.D: "Canada: Leading the entire known world in being just north of the United States."

Since 1867, Sir! Since 1867!

/this proud Canadian salutes you

nashBridges: 3rdLostPassword: Except that what we call beer is actually beer not 'beer-like beverage substitute'.

Considering most Canadians are delusional enough to think they "won" the war of 1812, I'm not exactly surprised you are intentionally ignoring your country's own shiatty beer.

Canadians: just as arrogant as Americans but seven levels higher in stupid.

/this should start the flamewar nicely!



twice.
'nuff said.

Malbar: You can only buy beer at government run or private monopolies protected by the government in most of Canada. This alone completely destroys any chance of Canada ever having any international beer prestige.

lol! canadians must think of beer as a public utility.

Malbar: You can only buy beer at government run or private monopolies protected by the government in most of Canada. This alone completely destroys any chance of Canada ever having any international beer prestige.

This is actually not true. In most provinces, you do not have to shop exclusively at the liquor stores run by the province (they do a good job normally, too) to get wine and beer. Vodka yeah, wine and beer, no.

In Alberta and Quebec you can get wine and beer in grocery stores, in Quebec even in corner stores, which I suspect get the bulk of beer sales. In BC there are very good specialty wine and beer stores that are privately run. In Ontario there are beer-specific stores as well as the LCBO. I don't know about the rest of the provinces, but I've already covered the bulk of the Canadian population.

Also there's benefits to having giant liquor stores. They have really good websites that tell you, province-wide, what their stock is. So if you're looking for something rare you can find out where you can get it in three clicks... or order it online.

Ok everyone. At least for this thread, can we all put our differences aside?

At no other time in human history have we had so many great brews available to us. The US makes some unbelievably great beer (favorite - Hop Devil) and so does Canada (favorite - St. Ambroise Pale).

Neither country has a monopoly on cretins sucking down tasteless lagers. :)

Both have great brewpubs and microbrews.

So drink to that!

CygnusDarius: My beers of choice:

Amen brother

I went to this Beer festival a few times, i'm meh about it.

You got to buy these tickets for $1.00 CND ($1.01 USD / 0.64 € /0.51 £)that are then traded in for samples of the differnt beers. Samples are about 3-5 oz. and cost from 2 to 5 tickets per sample.

When I sample a beer, I want to sample a pint of it. So if I bring a pint glass for them to fill, it could cost me $20 (5 oz. for 5 tickets x 4).

WFern: I found it a bit disturbing that the first thing to spring to mind was the piece I read online about how beer essentially gives your semen a bitter taste.

There's no such thing as semen tasting. At least not in the way there's wine tasting and beer tasting.

my favorite thing about Canada:

These threads always devolve into a Springfield vs. Shelbyville vibe.

nightfire: Neither country has a monopoly on cretins sucking down tasteless lagers. :)

Yup, and neither has a monopoly on the elitists who think they somehow have a vastly superior product to anything else on the earth.

When I travel down south and into the east, I love tasting the differences in the regional hops and barleys used in the local microbrews. I'm also OCD when it comes to collecting bottles.... anyone have a Monty Python's Holy Grail they'd care to send me?:)

Rules in Quebec for alcohol sales:

Spirits and wines are sold only in government run liquor stores (SAQ).

Beers and some wines (cheaper stuff, I think under $12 bottles) are sold just about anywhere else (gas stations, grocery stores, convenience stores, SAQs). These stores can even delivery the beer/wine to your house (the liquor stores don't deliver). Beer can only be sold between 8AM and 11PM, and sold only to adults 18+

Is it true that some states/provinces you can buy cases of beer from bars to bring home? Was at a bar a few weeks ago and some tourists wanted to buy a case of beer at last call to bring back to thier hotel room, and when told that bars can't sell unopened cases to patrons, they were all like back home we do.

ah3133: i don't the understand the strange ways of these "canady-enns"

Then I suggest we capture one for observation and experimentation.

I worked in that building for two years...it was always a great surprise you come out of the office and find there's beer everywhere...

Mmm



/American Canadian beer? Feh!

Oh, and megabrews everywhere are capable of crafting fine beers, but they become megabrews because they excel at the cost effective creation of "inoffensive" beers (using terms like "crisp" and "clean" .. ugh).

But take Labatt Porter. It's actually quite an interesting beer. And, from the same people who brought you Labatt Ice ... a "dubious acheivement," in the words of Michael Jackson (the beer guy).

Most people want a fizzy drink that will get them drunk. They're all over the world. Look at Heinecken, Stella, Bud, Blue, Sapporo, Fosters... All largely successful beers.

But virtually every country also has at least a handful of excellent breweries that cater to real beer lovers.

nightfire:
Look at Heinecken, Stella, Bud, Blue, Sapporo, Fosters... All largely successful beers.

Do I have to?

/good call on the St-Ambroise, although I prefer the Griffon Rousse and the Apricot Wheat.
//Brutopia's a good place to drink, too

roki: Maudite.
Blanche De Chambly.
La Fin Du Monde.

Any further questions?

Why did you just name three bad beers from the same French brewery?

Alright... "bad" is a little harsh, I'll downgrade to "mediocre". Damn the French!

My office is located just in front of the festival...

And...
For the fifth straight year, we're going to be hamered all week long... LOL
The first year we went there, we took all our afternoons and drank until our evening commutes...

:D

WFern: I found it a bit disturbing that the first thing to spring to mind was the piece I read online about how beer essentially gives your semen a bitter taste.

Dude. You've tasted your semen?