Canadian Beer info needed

[dr_mabeuse]

A couple of duffers from the states are stand-hunting moose in Canada. What kind of beer are they likely to bring with them into the woods? What do the cans look like?

I want them to be inland too. The farther inland the better. Somewhere around Slave lake would be good,I think. But how would they get there?

It's not going to go well for them, by the way.

 

[cantdog]

I know only one man and wife from Manitoba. One day they drove to Belize. Well, seventy-two hours of driving time, he said. He is so Christian is hurts him, and he doesn't post here or read the boards, I'd be willing to bet money.

I know we have beer-aware Ontario-dwellers here, though. Molson's is likely, and Labatt's, in my end of Canada. Labatt's has a blue label with an outline of the maple leaf on it, and the name. It's a lager. But it is Québecois, and I don't know how widely they distribute.

 

[cantdog]

Mab, they aren't talkin. Are they at work or something?

 

[Alex De Kok]

... I don't know how widely they distribute.

I've seen it over here in England. Haven't drunk it. I tend to prefer a bitter to a lager.

Alex

 

[impressive]

Here, doc:

http://www.realbeer.com/canada/

 

[rgraham666]

Zoot, the beer would most likely be either Labatt Blue or 50, or Molson Canadian or Export.

These are the two biggest brewers in Canada and you can find these beers anywhere.

It's been so long since I've bought beer from the store I can't remember what the cans look like but the links should get you pics.

You're welcome.

 

[maggot420]

the best selling beers in canada are (in no particular order)
labbatts blue
molson canadian
coors light
budweiser

but what beer you drink is a very significant personality marker
old guys drink labbats 50 or Old Vienna or molson export
those a little younger drink beers like corona, moosehead, or sleemans
blue collar beers are molson canadian, molson export, labbatts blue mostly

but this is in ontario only
in alberta they drink out of cans more and its usually kokanee(brewed from glacier water) or the cheapest beer you can buy - pilsener.

this prolly doesnt help you much but its the thought that counts right?

 

[SexyPixie]

Kokanee! It's my favorite and it'd brewed in BC so it's popular in the west. At least I think it is.

 

[maggot420]

Kokanee! It's my favorite and it'd brewed in BC so it's popular in the west. At least I think it is.

its very tasty
Labbatts brewed it in london ont. a while back but it really sucked. i think they import it here now. but it still tastes better in the mountains.

 

[NoJo]

It's not going to go well for them, by the way.

I guess they pick the wrong moose.

 

[Guest]

its very tasty
Labbatts brewed it in london ont. a while back but it really sucked. i think they import it here now. but it still tastes better in the mountains.

everything tastes better in the mountains because the air is thinner and youre just happy to be able to breathe...everything else is secondary.

 

[SexyPixie]

everything tastes better in the mountains because the air is thinner and youre just happy to be able to breathe...everything else is secondary.

the lack of oxygen could explain the yokels I went to school with

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Funny, but I always thought that Canada would be beer central, and not just because of the McKenzies.

I guess it's the same up there as it is down here. When I was younger, there used to be hundreds of brands of beer, and they were all different. Now it seems like they're all owned by either Budweiser, Miller, or Coors.

Doesn't matter anyhow. I just discovered my story idea was already pretty much done by Algernon Blackwood in 1910. I'll bet I read it as a kid and had the idea rattling around in my mind ever since. Don't know whether it's salvagable. Maybe a few corsets and vibrators will pull it out of the fire.

 

[tolyk]

If you are from the maritimes you probably drink MooseHead or Sam Adams, which are decent brews.

Kokanee is popular out west as someone else already stated.

Molson Canadian, Labatt's Blue (My drink), and Budweiser do sell the most in the bars around here. I used to work in one, had to stock the shelves those always sold out fastest.

We don't tend to drink from cans, bottles are by far more popular up here. But out in the woods hunting, you'd probably bring cans, in which case the new Molson ColdShots are pretty good (tiny beer, but pack a punch)

 

[Weird Harold]

If you are from the maritimes you probably drink MooseHead or Sam Adams, which are decent brews.

My first thought was Moose hunters -- especially "American Duffers" -- would drink Moosehead for luck.

 

[tolyk]

My first thought was Moose hunters -- especially "American Duffers" -- would drink Moosehead for luck.

I thought something similar too, tis why I had to mention it. It is actually really good. It is what I order when the bar I am in has no Blue.

You can recognize it from the green bottles, and moose on the logo

 

[R. Richard]

I guess it's the same up there as it is down here. When I was younger, there used to be hundreds of brands of beer, and they were all different. Now it seems like they're all owned by either Budweiser, Miller, or Coors.

Back in the early 20th century many towns in the US had their own beer. People from the town worked in the brewery and people from the town drank the beer so that the brewery workers would have jobs. That last was the only reason they drank some of the beer. Then, as you pointed out, the big brewers began to buy up or run out of business the smaller, local brewers. I imagine that the same thing happened in Canada.

My point here is that, depending upon the time frame of your story, you might be able to use a "local beer."