Best Canadian Beer You Had in 2015?

Peche Mortel... Will be the same in 2016 unless I get to try the BA version.

 

I imagine that between those and the Unibroue ones that is pretty much the case. If you look, most of those folks are in the US. DDC and Unibroue are pretty well-distributed and I imagine that a lot of people trade for BA Péché.

 

I've been meaning to pick this up. Will do so ASAP. I hear the BA version is pretty darn nice too.

 

Unibroue and Central City are all I see in New Mexico. Would love to try all of those mentioned in this thread. Looks like some Canada visits are in order.

 

Limited exposure to Canadian beer in general and in 2015 specifically. BA Peche Mortel takes the top spot with honorable mention to Central City BA Thor's Hammer.

 

don't think I had many Canadian beers last year (so many great ones reared their heads stateside!), but I really liked Unibroue 17. I thought it was just as good as any of their other BSDAs and will age well too

 

Hard to pick one, so I'll pick a bunch…

Hoppy:
Four Winds Vexillum
Four Winds Juxtapose
Driftwood Raised by Wolves
Yellow Dog Play Dead
Yellow Dog Alpha Dog
Le Castor Yakima
Karma Citra (Honourable Mention)

Malty or Belgian…y:
LTM Baltic Porter (Normal and BA… both great)
DDC Peche Mortel (BA one was inconsistent in 2015… often ashy)
DDC Solistice D'Hiver (Didn't have BA in 2015, but previous years are fantastic)
Dageraad Burnabarian
Bellwoods BOYD
Bellwoods Skeleton Key
Bellwoods Grandma's Boy
Bellwoods 3M2M
Bellwoods Lambda
(BC MAKES NO GOOD STOUTS OR BARLEYWINES)

Tart or Funky:
Four Winds Nectarous
Four Winds Sovereign
Four Winds Passionfruit Berlinerweiss
Four Winds Edna (hit and miss… but the hits were excellent)
DDC Solstice d'Eté
Moon Under Water Tempus Corvi
Moon Under Water Sang du Merle
Bellwoods Cherry Farmageddon
Strange Fellows Obnoxious Little Persona
Dunham / Vox Populi Le Cerbère
Le Castor / Dunham Chevaliers du Funk No.1
Bellwoods Motley Cru

So yeah.

All those.

 

Moosehead Lime. Next best thing to Miller Chill.

 

I'll second that motion!

 

Good list @Kump you hit pretty much every great 2015 Canadian beer, although I never had Karma Citra.

 

ISO: all the tart and funky.

 

Moralite, by Dieu du Ciel. I actually just saw "IPA" on an otherwise French menu and ordered it, not knowing what it was.... wow!

 

Very much enjoyed
La Trou du Diable
Dulcis Succubus

 

Parallel 49 The Toques of Hazzard. Or maybe Disco Soleil.

 

My buddy traveled to Toronto several times last year so he brought back quite a few things to try. Mostly St. Ambroise, Mill Street and Hop City stuff.

If I had to narrow it down to one, I'm gonna go with Bolshevik Bastard by Nickle Brook Brewing. I also enjoyed Mill Street's Cobblestone Stout.

 

Trois Pistoles

 

Flying Monkeys's Chocolate Manifesto was so good when I drank a pint of it I went and bought a bottle. I also had 4 oz. samples of several others from this brewery at a beer festival, and all were delicious. They make great beers.

 

La fin du Monde or Flying Monkey Chocolate Manifesto, which is surprisingly a shelf turd here.

 

Good to see some Canadian picks as most of our beers don't really get exported.

The beer I probably bought the most of would be Yellow Dog Play Dead, great IPA when it's on point.
Four Winds Edna, Nectarous
Bellwoods Farmageddon with Cherries
DDC Aphrodisiaque Nitro at the Montreal brewpub was insane
Driftwood Raised By Wolves really impressed me.

 

does CBS count?

 

I've only had Moosehead Lager, Molson XXX and Blanche De Chambly in 2015, so I guess the latter was the best of the three.

 

I agree with the crowd favorite Peche Mortel. But @ThickNStout is right that Herbe a Détourne is amazing. Hard to go wrong with Dieu du Ciel.

 

Canada: Beer's Best Kept Secret

 

Very tough choice between a Les Trois Mousquetaires Doppelbock Grande Cuvée (2014)
and Le Trou du Diable Saison du Tracteur.

 

I was in Windsor, ON in November. At Craft Heads Brewing sampled several of theirs, but two were completely outstanding:

Chocolate Milk Stout and Turbulent Peanut Butter Porter

The latter was one of the best beers I had all year.

 

agreed that Péché Mortel is a fantastic beer, but the BA version is overrated. better BA beers?

Bellwoods Bring Out Your Dead Cognac BA
LTM Porter Baltique Bourbon/Brandy BA
Bellwoods Three Minutes to Midnight Cognac BA

all incredibly good. other major highlights from 2015:

Yellow Dog Play Dead//Fresh Hop Play Dead
Yellow Dog Alpha Dog
Four Winds Vexillum
Four Winds Nectarous
Great Lakes/Amsterdam Life Sentence
Brassneck One Trick Pony
Brassneck Stockholm Syndrome
Dieu du Ciel Solstice d'Eté
Le Trou de Diable Le Hérisson
Moon Under Water Tempus Corvi
Moon Under Water Goldamsel
Four Winds Edna
33 Acres 33 Acres of Coff33
Strange Fellows Obnoxious Little Persona

really wish I had the chance to try some Auval, as well as the Dunham/Vox Populi collab.

 

agree with @Kump regarding Bellwoods Grandma's Boy, though I don't believe they produced a batch in 2015. if they did, that'd be near the top of the list.

 

Left Field Sunlight Park Saison from Left Field Brewery. Had it on tap at The Brain in Hamilton, Ontario. Good beer bar by the way, and you can get a Sazerac there as well.

 

Nah they released it Dec 17, 2014, but I didn't drink it until 2015 (don't think I even got it until spring).

 

Dieu du Ciel Blanche du Paradis

 

Unibroue would typically occupy this spot, but I had none this past year. I really liked Gahan House 1772 IPA, a beer that reminded me why I used to be a huge fan of English style IPAs.

 

Unibroue 17 grand reserve, although not their best year.
GLB Thurst IPA
Saison du tractor

Cheers!

 

I'm sure there are a lot of great Canadian beers, but with a limited distribution here in Florida I don't have much to go on. I do have to say though that Peche Mortel blew me away the first time I had it. A great coffee beer.

I'll be in Montreal for the first time next month. Can anyone give me advice on where to go and specific beers I need to try while I'm there? Obviously I'm going to DDC.

 

$6 an ounce for a Sazerac( no idea what it even is) and people bitch about $1 oz beers.

Enjoy

 

Sazerac is a cocktail.

 

I think the tried and true still vie for that top spot for me; BA Peche Mortel and Fat Tug are tough to beat.

Though I'll give an honourable mention to Four Winds Nectarine Berliner Weisse, Driftwood Raised By Wolves, and Machine Ales Happyness. All newcomers, all delicious.

 

2013 - P49 From East Van With Love BA Maple Stout collaboration with Gigantic
Four Winds Operas Bretton Saison
Yellow Dog Fresh Hop Play Dead IPA
2013 DDC BA Equinox des Printemps
Four Winds Nectarous
Central City Thor's Hammer (reg and bourbon)
Dageraad Wet Hop Blonde

All beers I truly enjoy!

 

Moralite is my personal favorite beer. Luckily, it's not available where I live anymore thanks to the new beer taxes. Someone's going to get a kick in the crotch for that one.