Can you tell me the names of Canadian beers and which you think is the best?

Question

We don't really get Canadian beer over here in the UK, so I was curious.

Answer 1

Big Rock (Grasshopper, Traditional, Honey etc) <--my favourite is any Big Rock product especially Grasshopper

One of my friends drinks Blue all the time (Labatt's Blue)
Another always buys Alexander Keith's
Rickard's (I sometimes buy the assorted cases of Rickard's)

Moosehead
Kokanee
Molson Canadian
Sleemans

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Molson Golden and Molson Canadian are my favorites. I can get pretty much any Canadian beer since I live across the border in the US (gotta love duty free!).

Um, one poster said Canada makes Budweiser? There might be brewery or two, but Bud is American.

Answer 4

For the most part Canadians have lost ownership heritage of their suds.

The two major national breweries are Labatt, now owned by Belgium's Imbev, which also makes Alexander Keith's and Kokanee brands, and also is licensed to make the American Budweiser, and Molson, which is now owned by Coors in the USA and also makes Rickards brand. A smaller national brewery is Sleeman, now owned by Japan's Sapporo. A year before being bought by Sapporo Sleeman bought Unibroue, which solely makes super-upscale artisan unusual brews which are actually distributed more in the USA than in Canada (Unibroue makes the limited exclusive annual vintaged Christmas Ale for Trader Joe's stores) and also owns a number of small local brewers originally started as independent micro-brewers. Moosehead is a Maritimes regional brewery owned partially by the Oland family and partially by LaBatt; it also makes Oland brews. Moosehead is the 3rd most populat Canadian beer in the USA, and it is also produced under license in Quebec by a Montreal micro-brewery (as strange as it might seem for the most part Canadian provincial laws prohibit sales of brands of beers and ales in each province that are owned by a company actually having a brewery in the province, unless there is a special licensing of the trademark and recipe to a provincial brewery).

Otherwise only some micro-breweries and brew-pubs (far fewer
per capita than in adjoining parts of the USA, alas) remain Canadian owned.

My choice as the best Canadian brew is the micro-brewed Vancouver Ale, made in Victoria B.C. My choice as the best
Canadian mainstream lager is Molson. My choice as the best
Canadian mainstream ales is a tie between Labatt's 50 and Alexander Keith's IPA - I actually suspect they are the same recipe.

Answer 5

Canada makes Budweiser which I think is pretty good. Molson Special Dry and Labatts Lite are my faves.

Answer 6

Some good breweries are: Robert Simpson, Neustadt, Mill St, Amsterdam, King, Granite, you can check out a better list (of Ontario Beers) at http://www.ontariocraftbrewers.com/

One of my favorites is Mill St Stock Ale, but there are many others.

Answer 7

LaBatt's has always been my favorite. Molson is always good too. There is a Molson XXX that has a higher alcohol content ~8-10% I think that isn't legal in the US for importing.

Answer 8

Keith's India Pale Ale -- Halifax, Nova Scotia = the best.

Answer 9

molson canadian - my favorite
labatts blue--2nd favorite
alexander keiths--3rd favorite

Answer 10

I loved Le Batts, but that was like 20 years ago. don't know if they still have it. It was the best to me.