Dragaera

Beer

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Wed Apr 7 16:12:16 PDT 2004

Alex Nixon wrote:
> If you're a fan of darker beers, there's a brewery in Canada called
> MacAuslans, based out of Montreal.  They do a stout, entitled the St.
> Ambrose Oatmeal Stout, that's incredible.  It's pretty much liquid
> gold, although still not as good as Hoegaarden.
>
> Alex

I find it's interesting that a Canadian beer company advertises heavily in
the U.S. on NHL games.  If we like Canadian sport, then we must like
Canadian beer.

>> One of the best things about NBBC  is the accessiblity of their
>> products.  Similar to the Sierra Nevada stuff as well...good beer
>> and very accessible.  The other one that comes to mind is the
>> Anchor products.  I tend towards darker beers and Anchor Porter
>> is great, as is the Sierra Nevada Porter, although both are
>> not grocery store items.

Trouble is, there are only a couple of places in town where I can get Anchor
on tap.   It probably doesn't make any difference with its Porter (I haven't
tried that on tap), but it certainly makes a difference with its steam beer.