best beers in canada and the world as far as i am concerned are those brewed in the small brew pubs ....the first one in canada was opened here in victoria. if you want a half decent beer that is properly aged and chilled to perfection, or served warm, then go to spinnakers. we also have swans brewery which is ideal, plus hugos, and the canoe club which has an incredible pale ale.....i wouldn't touch any large corporation beer for nada.
The Beer Thread
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I'm not a beer drinker ITN I'm a beer lush 
Whisky too break out the crown royal and watch mom go over the edge :lol: These days though I only like to drink like that whem my kids are out for the night :wink: About the only beer I don't like is that dark stuff YUCK other than that I drink it all.Oh yea lets not forget Cuervo gold my fave with beer no lemon involed 8)
Whisky too break out the crown royal and watch mom go over the edge :lol: These days though I only like to drink like that whem my kids are out for the night :wink: About the only beer I don't like is that dark stuff YUCK other than that I drink it all.Oh yea lets not forget Cuervo gold my fave with beer no lemon involed 8)
Well you know mrmom, they have this beer museum in New York, right next to the upscale "red light" district. Feel like flying?
Toro said:
HAHAHAHAHA my last trip to Vancouver Island I brough home with me.... hemp beer .... true story. ya gotta love the independant brewing companies. Just south of the border here they make a mean huckleberry beer. I am a huge fan of unique and locally brewed beers.
gopher said:World's # 1 beer?
England's Samuel Smith's Tadcaster.
Simply the BEST!
To Quote Homer Simpson... "beeer"
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Ah no never endorse that show ahahaha just seems appropriate for the topic. He gives a big sigh when saying it. Kind of sums up how some of us feel about beer.
gopher said:
Ah no never endorse that show ahahaha just seems appropriate for the topic. He gives a big sigh when saying it. Kind of sums up how some of us feel about beer.
Toro, I have bad news. Rice is commonly used in making beer in Canada including Labatts Blue. It shouldn't make much difference and having participated in 'taste tests', I can tell you that even the experts in the business have trouble telling one lager from another.
Now, Micro Brews; well that's a different story. We have dozens here on the West Coast, but for you blokes in Ontario, I enjoy Waterloo Dark, Sleeman's Honey Brown and Formosa. In Winnipeg, Two Rivers and Fort Garry Ale are great. I could go on! Enough to say we are blessed in this country; just as they are in Europe and G.B.
Now, Micro Brews; well that's a different story. We have dozens here on the West Coast, but for you blokes in Ontario, I enjoy Waterloo Dark, Sleeman's Honey Brown and Formosa. In Winnipeg, Two Rivers and Fort Garry Ale are great. I could go on! Enough to say we are blessed in this country; just as they are in Europe and G.B.
Well, its not surprising. I used to sell beer and we used to taste test beers and no one could tell the difference between one or the other, at least with the large commercial products.
Stick with the micro brews. To me its night and day. I love the Shaftsbury products out there.
Stick with the micro brews. To me its night and day. I love the Shaftsbury products out there.
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I can recall staying in a motel near Charlotte, N.C. and finding Harp on tap. It was imported and not a license-brewed substitute. A truly happy day!
Toro said:
I can recall staying in a motel near Charlotte, N.C. and finding Harp on tap. It was imported and not a license-brewed substitute. A truly happy day!
I used to go to an Irish pub near the lake in Mississauga where we drank Harp's. Good stuff. Guinness too. Its tough to drink Guinness down here in Florida though.
Guiness is a winter beer for me. Along with Bowen Island Winter Pudding Ale. I can't put Florida and Guiness together in my imagination.
I've had Guinness once since I moved here nearly a decade ago. I love the product but its too heavy for the heat.
In the hot summer weather, I prefer a dry "hoppy" beer to quench my thirst. It causes you to drink it more slowly and enjoy it more. I'm no fan of 'light beers'. I consider Coors Light the beer for people who don't like the taste of beer. At least, that the Coors Light made in Canada.
Haha, no comment. :wink:
I prefer the full-bodied, dark ales, but you're right, you need something lighter-bodied in the summer. There are no micro-brews worth speaking of anywhere near here so we have to rely on Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, etc.
I prefer the full-bodied, dark ales, but you're right, you need something lighter-bodied in the summer. There are no micro-brews worth speaking of anywhere near here so we have to rely on Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, etc.
There is a small brewery here in Quebec called Unibroue.
They have different types of beer:
http://www.unibroue.com/english.cfm
They have different types of beer:
http://www.unibroue.com/english.cfm