CANADA VS. USA: The Beer Battle

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 02/21/2014 at 11:56 • Filed to: Beerlopnik

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We're about to find out which nation can better hockey with testicles, but which nation can better beer?

Trick question! All North American beer is terrible. Source: see above.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:58

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All North American beer is terrible.

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ttyymmnn > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:58

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Those aren't beers.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:58

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You are asking pretty much which eye I'd rather have poked out. Neither is particularly desirable.

#DrinksEuropeanBeer

puddler > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:59

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shiner's brewed in texas...which is better than not texas.

EL_ULY > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:59

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que guey?

Straightsix9904 > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:59

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disagree! All North American major brands are terrible! There are some delicious micro brews and bigger-than-a-micro-brew-but-not-a-major-brewer-type beers.

Excepe in Canada and Mexico all their beer sucks.

505Turbeaux > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 11:59

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ask these guys

For Sweden > EL_ULY 02/21/2014 at 12:00

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Latin American cannot into North America

crowmolly > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:01

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Big brand beer? Canada all day.

But craft beers? USA.

CKeffer > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:01

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I know some folks who would argue that all North American beer is terrible, though they will agree with you on the ones pictured.

EL_ULY > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:02

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Fine, we'll take our beer, food, labor, drugs, and women back then :]

AJUA!!!

For Sweden > crowmolly 02/21/2014 at 12:02

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The fact that Canadians would put their national symbol on swill such as Molson is the perfect metaphor for what the world thinks of Canada.

Textured Soy Protein > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:04

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First off:

Now, as a resident of the Great State of Wisconsin, principality of the kingdom of AMURRICA, the best part of the continent of North AMURRICA, I must wholeheartedly disagree with your trolling.

Now excuse me while I drink a 12-pack of Miller High Life bottles, the champagne of beers, so I can piss excellence.

EL_ULY > CKeffer 02/21/2014 at 12:04

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+1 for Saint Artnold

Nibbles > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:04

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The entire state of Colorado would like to have a couple words with you

For Sweden > Nibbles 02/21/2014 at 12:06

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The home of Coors having something to say

Racescort666 > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:06

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glove cast...

For Sweden > Textured Soy Protein 02/21/2014 at 12:06

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yeah miller high life woooo

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:06

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Say WHAT? Dogfish Head, Flying Dog, Bad Frog brewery, Anchor Brewing... just a few US breweries that makes rather awesom beer.. North America fucking RULES the microbreweries at this point.

Edit: Ahh.. it was you, you troll :P Didn't see that.

Tekamul > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:07

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You know not what you speak of

crowmolly > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:09

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I almost tried a Swedish beer once but I forgot my allen wrench set and couldn't open it.

Nibbles > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:09

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The home of Coors having something to say

Along with 139 other breweries making drastically better beer

yamahog > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:11

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Seeing as Michigan alone provides seven of the world's 100 best breweries, I DISAGREE. YOU FEEL SHAME.

http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/T…

For Sweden > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 02/21/2014 at 12:11

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How many monks make your beer?

Zero. That's how many.

Casual.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:11

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This gentleman would like to have a word with you.

hethoughtofcars > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:13

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All North American beer is terrible.

Correction: most "Mainstream" American beer is terrible. I live in Beervana , where unfortunately not many of us care about hockey, but we all own at least 2 growlers. And the beer aisles are vast and filled with the everything from the driest of local ciders to the darkest and finest of stouts .

Patrick Frawley > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:14

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I'm sorry, but screw the snobbery.

I can guzzle upscale with the best of them (current favorite: Bear Republic Racer 5) and I'm going midgrade with lunch today (Harpoon) but sometimes you just want something simple and refreshing and unpretentious.

On that front I'll take Labatt's on a consistent basis and eschew Bud products entirely, but if you don't mind being looked down upon by Real Beer Drinkers - and really, like that's such an ego blow - any number of good cheap mainstream beers are creations to be very happily celebrated and imbibed.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:15

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Very few Monks in Norway, and I don't think any of them make beer :P

Anyway, I'm having a Chimay Blue as we speak. Cheers mate.

For Sweden > Patrick Frawley 02/21/2014 at 12:15

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Dammit Patrick you're interrupting the butt hurt.

Mattbob > crowmolly 02/21/2014 at 12:15

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I totally agree.

Nibbles > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:23

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Not true

Wait nevermind forgot where he was from

Patrick Frawley > yamahog 02/21/2014 at 12:23

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One of the (admittedly few) things I miss about Michigan is Bell's. And how.

It's starting to sneak into NYC here and there, though.

Brian, The Life of > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:24

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Don't get Gamecat and me started ...

Gamecat235 > Patrick Frawley 02/21/2014 at 12:35

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Sometimes... Living in AZ is a perk. (Bells Distribution map)

parkave231 can't get enough of that funky stuff > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:37

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Several years ago, I went on vacation to Canada. (Ottawa, because hotels were cheaper than Toronto.) The first night I was there, I had dinner at the Elephant and Castle downtown. Since I was on vacation, I thought I'd splurge and have a beer with dinner.

Waitress: Would you like anything to drink with your meal?

Parkave231: Yes, I'd like a.....(thinks to self...in Canada...why not get a Canadian beer?)...do you have "Labaht?"

Waitress, looking at me like I'm speaking a foreign language: A what?

Parkave231: A...Labaht?

Waitress: Um...we don't have that...

Parkave231, half confused, half embarrassed: Okay...I'll, uh, just have some sort of draft beer.

The next day, I walk down the street and see, clear as day, an ad for Labatt Blue, with the bear and everything — which confused me even more.

Only later was I informed that a) apparently it's pronounced "Labaaaaatt"; and b) apparently Canadians don't really think that much of it.

Tl;dr: Dumb American embarrasses himself in Canada

OPPOsaurus WRX > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 12:40

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Just one of their amazing brews. Also Troeg's Mad Elf is a Christmas Time favorite.

STREPITUS > Gamecat235 02/21/2014 at 13:41

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Woooo. I'm relocating from Michigan to Arizona in 2 days (no joke)!

crowmolly > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/21/2014 at 13:57

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Get a hold of some Nugget Nectar if you can.

monkeyracing > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 16:45

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Mexico is part of N. America. It's just not Canada or the US. This is a silly debate anyway. American beer sucks almost as much as the Olympic hockey team.

911e46z06 > For Sweden 02/21/2014 at 20:15

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Don't ask dumb questions.

That's just the very Southwestern part of California.

lonestranger > For Sweden 02/22/2014 at 15:00

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Erm, I'd just like to point out that both beers pictured above are Canadian beers. All of the Coors Light sold in Canada is brewed in Canada. In fact, the vast majority of US beer brands sold in Canada are brewed in Canada.

All of the following brands sold in Canada are brewed in Canada: Budweiser, Budweiser Crown, Bud Light, Bud Light Lime (can), BL Platinum, Busch, Busch Ice, Coors Light, Keystone, Keystone Light, Old Milwaukee, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Rolling Rock.

AFAIK, the only well-known US brands sold in Canada that are actually imported from there are Bud Light Lime (bottle) Coors Banquet, Mickey's, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Chill, and Samuel Adams. There's also microbrews, of course. Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Rogue, etc. are also exported to Canada.

My point is that most Canadians assume that American brands sold here are brewed in the states, and they therefore make false comparisons.

buford-t-justice > For Sweden 03/04/2014 at 14:35

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Molson is just massed produced drek, there are some spectacular microbrews near me in Ottawa