What's your go-to beer?

12oz stouts... These days, Bell's expedition.

 

Fat Tug for me.

 

Moralite and Le castor Yakima IPA and Collective arts brewing Ransack the Universe hemisphere IPA. due to availability in my area!

If I want a light summertime beer than Beau's lug tread.

Stouts would be aphrodisiaque and the tom green beer!. those would be my go to's

I think the hardest part about answering this question is I always try to keep my fridge mixed up! I have a really good corner store next to my place which makes that easy and my parents live next to an LCBO and 5 mins from Beau's which also help when I'm out Ontario way!

 

For me it's been either Boneshaker or Red Racer IPA's. Readily available, solid and reasonably priced.

 

Ransack the Universe when it's Fresh, Redline Clutch as my backup.

Founders Breakfast Stout when the weather is cold (I have a ton) Is this where I openly wag my finger at Amsterdam for not producing Tempest more often?

Lowenbrau when we have friends visit that don't want to try that crazy no-name bitter beer

 

My go to beer is whatever homebrew I have on tap. I like trying new things, so I don't buy a lot of repeats. Fat tug is one of my favourite IPAs, but I find myself buying central city cans when I'm camping in the summer. Their ISA is a great camping beer. I wish there were more options in cans... Bombers are overpriced.

 

My go to beers are generally local or Maritime craft (Pump House, Propeller, etc.) for my nightly drink. With food, on a hot day, non-craft drinking friends over, etc. - I usually have a healthy supply of Moosehead products on hand....Lager, Pale Ale, or Alpine. Unibroue has also been a longtime staple in my fridge.

For the past two years or so though, the government liquor store has done a shockingly good job of bringing in craft from across Canada as well as a successful growler fill program (3 choices, rotating weekly, pricing $10 to $16), that at times I find myself drinking something new a couple of times per week.

 

Locally it would be Earl Grey Marmalade by Dominion City, when not in stock then whatever Belgian beer is in the basement "cellar".

 

The two commercial beers that I consider my go-tos are:

DIPA - MaBrasserie's Tribale DIPA (brewed next to my house, so it's easy to find fresh and it isn't too expensive)
IPA - DDC Moralité (I sometimes have to go to a specialty store to find it fresh, but it's almost always available)

To a lesser extent, there's also the black IPA from Dunham which has become another standard for me. But I don't drink as many black IPAs, and the Dunham one isn't always on shelves, so it doesn't quite make the cut. There are also some Belgian quads/strong dark ales that I like which are always available at the SAQ (Rochefore 10!), but that's more of a once-in-a-while thing.

 

I tend to by a different beer every time I go to the liquor store but if I am going to a party or having friends over I like to get a 4 or 6 pack.

For IPAs I rotate between Play Dead, 33 Acres of Nirvana or Four Winds Standard IPA.

If I am wanting something darker I will pick up a couple tall boys of Philips Odyssey Nitro Porter.

 

I have spent more money than I will ever admit on Fat Tug and Red Racer IPA but lately my go to choices are Destiny IPA and Play Dead.

 

Go to for hops, Aromatherapy
Go to for "having more than a few, Blonde de Chambly
Go to great beer, Péché Mortel

 

Steam Whistle for a light kick to the evening, and Muskoka Mad Tom to get the hops flowing.
Unfortunately, we get few other great regular choices in NL for beer.

 

Jelly King is the house beer.
Otherwise the rotation is seasonal and investigative.

 

GLB lake Effect when it's around, but the last few months it's been Collective Arts Ransack the Universe. Fortunate to live near Hamilton where it's brewed so often it's very fresh, and a week old or so.

 

We've recently started getting 16oz cans of McAuslan's St-Ambroise RIS down here and I've been stocking up in case they change their minds.

 

CANS?!?!?"?"?I)!"·º1 Not the Oatmeal Stout?

 

I agree completely. That is a great beer!