Tilea
03-16-2003, 10:21 AM
Yeah I know, alcohlol is my hobby and I just can't let the topic go! I had a chat online with someone from the US who was asking about Canadian beers and what not. Well I've tried a LOT of them recently, mostly the more unheard of (and expensive!) ones. If you want to try out good Canadian beers, and you can find these in your area, I recommend all of the following:
Creemore Springs Premium Lager : It's a lager, duh! very smooth, made from spring water and very tastey!
Now I still have a grudge against Quebec for all the shit they put the country through with their referendum crap, but I have to admit they make the better beers in the country. All of the following come from Quebec:
St Ambroise Oatmeat Sout : I don't care much for Guinness but I LOVE the above mentioned Oatmet Stout. It's like Guinness but with a chocolate/coffee flavor and is a real treat :) Rated Canada's #1 beer at ratebeer.com.
St Ambroise Pale Ale : Blonde Ale with a very unique taste. One of the nicer aftertastes I've had in a beer. Very good! It's an American Pale Ale style.
Pretty much anything made by the Unibrou brewing company. Their stuff is all over the best Canadian beers list. Some examples:
La Fin Du Monde (the end of the world!). It tastes like a citrus beer, and is very nice! Tastes WAY too good to be a 9 percent strong beer, you can hardly tell. It's style is called an Abbey Triple, and the triple I learned is because it goes through 3 fermentation periods. Has a shelf life of around 8 years, haha.
La Maudite (forget what it means.. something like the destroyer?) : Like the other one in a lot of respects, more spicey. Also an 8 percent that tastes like candy!
Trois Pistoles (3 pistoles!) : Very dark brown Strong Belgian Ale. Fruity and spicey taste. Not something you drink to get hammered, although it is another 9 percenter. It's something you drink for the taste, and is too damned expensive to get loaded on anyways. $51.80 Canadian for a 24... ouch!
La Terrible : Haven't tried it, but it's also by Unibrou and apparently their best. Hard as HELL to find. Not available anywhere in Ontario. :(
All of those Unibrou beers are fermented with yeast and what not. So the yeast collects at the bottom of the bottle and you need to be careful not to let it pour into your glass or... bleck. I made the mistake when I tried my first one, hehe.
So there you go! Nothing wrong with Labatt Blue or Molson Canadian etc. But if you want to see what Canada has to offer, that stuff is among our very best! Cheers :)
Creemore Springs Premium Lager : It's a lager, duh! very smooth, made from spring water and very tastey!
Now I still have a grudge against Quebec for all the shit they put the country through with their referendum crap, but I have to admit they make the better beers in the country. All of the following come from Quebec:
St Ambroise Oatmeat Sout : I don't care much for Guinness but I LOVE the above mentioned Oatmet Stout. It's like Guinness but with a chocolate/coffee flavor and is a real treat :) Rated Canada's #1 beer at ratebeer.com.
St Ambroise Pale Ale : Blonde Ale with a very unique taste. One of the nicer aftertastes I've had in a beer. Very good! It's an American Pale Ale style.
Pretty much anything made by the Unibrou brewing company. Their stuff is all over the best Canadian beers list. Some examples:
La Fin Du Monde (the end of the world!). It tastes like a citrus beer, and is very nice! Tastes WAY too good to be a 9 percent strong beer, you can hardly tell. It's style is called an Abbey Triple, and the triple I learned is because it goes through 3 fermentation periods. Has a shelf life of around 8 years, haha.
La Maudite (forget what it means.. something like the destroyer?) : Like the other one in a lot of respects, more spicey. Also an 8 percent that tastes like candy!
Trois Pistoles (3 pistoles!) : Very dark brown Strong Belgian Ale. Fruity and spicey taste. Not something you drink to get hammered, although it is another 9 percenter. It's something you drink for the taste, and is too damned expensive to get loaded on anyways. $51.80 Canadian for a 24... ouch!
La Terrible : Haven't tried it, but it's also by Unibrou and apparently their best. Hard as HELL to find. Not available anywhere in Ontario. :(
All of those Unibrou beers are fermented with yeast and what not. So the yeast collects at the bottom of the bottle and you need to be careful not to let it pour into your glass or... bleck. I made the mistake when I tried my first one, hehe.
So there you go! Nothing wrong with Labatt Blue or Molson Canadian etc. But if you want to see what Canada has to offer, that stuff is among our very best! Cheers :)