When I was a kid the choices for beer were incredibly limited to say the least, so when I went to Europe and discovered what real beer tasted like and coming back to basically two beer companies I literally didn't drink it for years until the market opened up to imports and local craft beer. I find the lot of the Ontario beers to be amazing. So what is your favorite beer and your experience with taking tours of breweries and what would you recommend
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When I was a kid there was still a brewery in my Grandmother's neighborhood. The smell was awful, so I have no inclination to tour breweries. Not a beer drinker, butCoors or Mexican beer with pizza or Mex food. Prefer beer "so cold you can't taste it"..
I started to look for IPA's with the highest alcohol content. Used to drink something called "Amnesia" with a content of around 9%. Got sick of the taste. Too bitter. Found some with as much as 12%. Not looking for liquid volume. Just alcohol volume. That way one or two will do the trick. Guinness once in a while on tap. Once in a while means maybe twice a year.
I am not a beer drinker. Wife likes Heineken, but not the price.
Cameron's out in the west end of Oakville have brewery door special of $50 for 25 cans, all taxes included, on Captian's Log, which she thinks is a good take on the Great Green Bottle One.
Cases are actually often refrigerator temp.
There is also less of an urge to scream at the kids when they grab them willy nilly mid week when it is $2 a can versus north of $3.50
Cameron's out in the west end of Oakville have brewery door special of $50 for 25 cans, all taxes included, on Captian's Log, which she thinks is a good take on the Great Green Bottle One.
Cases are actually often refrigerator temp.
There is also less of an urge to scream at the kids when they grab them willy nilly mid week when it is $2 a can versus north of $3.50
Like you, Europe opened my eyes to such better quality beers. The Belgium Trappist beers and the German Wheats particularly.
I find every small town in Ontario has a brewery now, the market is over saturated and their are far too many for the LCBO's stores to actually stock.
I've done a few tours of micro-breweries, but after you've seen a couple they all seem basically the same. Won't be doing anymore. Flying Monkeys in Barrie was probably the best tour and it has a cool bar on the main downtown strip.
My favourite breweries to visit are:
Old Flame Brewery in Port Perry - The Blonde and the Red lagers are outstanding. They have a Newmarket location now.
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Sawdust Brewery in Gravenhurst - Cool little place with surprisingly good food available from the food truck in the parking lot. Try the Q-lager.
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Trestle brewery in Parry Sound is a cool place to sit and have a pint and sandwich. Muskoka chairs and bonfire overlooking the railway trestle. It's the Big Sound Lager here for me.
https://trestlebrewing.com/
My favourite craft beers are:
Lager - Red from Old Flame Brewery - Port Perry
Wheat - Wheat from Side Launch Brewery - Collingwood
IPA - Not a huge IPA fan, but I do like Ransack The Universe from Collective Arts - Hamilton
Sour - Jelly King from Bellwoods Brewery - Toronto.
I'm not a big beer consumer, but buddies rave about this app. Great way to share your likes & dislikes.
Like already said, craft brewery industry exploded & every small town has 1 now it seems.
I love everything about this brewery as well - great selection.
www.flyingmonkeys.ca
My favorite as well.
Home | Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
www.flyingmonkeys.ca
My favorite as well.
My previous job was with a third-party warehousing and distribution company, the majority of what they handle is craft beer to the LCBO stores.
Wound up with enough free stuff that I had to buy TWO beer fridges.
My favorites:
12 Minutes To Destiny from Flying Monkeys
Day Dreamin' from Lake of Bays
Sunset Point from Collingwood
No Bad Daze from Nickel Brook
Detour from Muskoka
Wound up with enough free stuff that I had to buy TWO beer fridges.
My favorites:
12 Minutes To Destiny from Flying Monkeys
Day Dreamin' from Lake of Bays
Sunset Point from Collingwood
No Bad Daze from Nickel Brook
Detour from Muskoka
If i'm at a strip club i like labatt blue among the domestic options available
At the lcbo i gravitate towards sour beer - prefer a tart aftertaste to a hoppy one. Jelly king was my introduction to genre, tried most of them at the lcbo. Green fields by bench is my #1
At the lcbo i gravitate towards sour beer - prefer a tart aftertaste to a hoppy one. Jelly king was my introduction to genre, tried most of them at the lcbo. Green fields by bench is my #1
