From what I've seen, Canadians seem to like their Molson, Labatt's, and Rickard's for Canadian beers, and Guinness, Bass, and especially Stella Artois for imports. Is this pretty much correct?
2006-07-26 09:38:48 · 5 answers · asked by Swarmy32 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Most "popular" would probably be Molson Canadian and Labatt's Blue...however, as for the better beers out there, I prefer Sleeman's Honey Brown and Moosehead.
Bottom line, Canadians like beer.
2006-07-26 09:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by Howe132 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Rickards (made by Molson) stinks! - all of the varieties; just an effort (by Molson-Coors) to try to position awful, watery stuff (not as good as regular Molsons!) as premium like micro-brews! Canadian provincial consumer protection agencies should sue!
I believe the best selling domestic is almost a tie between Labatt bleu/blue and Molson Canadian (called Molson Export in Quebec). Budweiser and Coors Light are the largest selling
foreign recipes (contract brewed in Canada by Labatt and Molson, respectively) and either Corona or Heineken leads
in beers actually foreign-brewed. With exception of Heineken doesn't say much for Canadians having much appreciation for good flavor - sorry, flavour - does it????????? One would think
that with beer so expensive (except for Quebec) Canadians
would drink more of better ones. A few like "Vancouver" from a Victoria micro-brewery is every bit as good as anything the great micros of the US northwest or Colorado or New England produce. St-Ambrose (from Montreal) is also excellect, but only if you get it young (it stales quickly, unfortunately).
Of the 3 national Canadian breweries' products I consider only
Molson Canadian/Export and Golden (where it's sold), Labatt 50, and Sleeman Honey Brown Lager and Porter OK to be reasonably good. Moosehead (from a brewery partially Labatt controlled) almost so, but only available in some provinces. (Sleeman IPA, which I so looked forward to trying, has a good hops bite more like an American IPA but - alas - a disconcerting "sweet & sour" finish).
2006-07-26 10:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by Hank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Nova Scotia, Alexander Keith's is pretty popular plus it's brewed here. Alpine, Labatt's and Molson are popular too, but a lot of people like the good old draft served in the bars. As for imports, Budweiser is among the tops.
2006-07-29 13:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
molson
2006-07-26 10:08:36 · answer #4 · answered by ybrandonbob2376 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont forget the ICEHOUSE!
2006-07-26 10:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by sunnya4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋