Im from the states and for the last year I’ve changed to Labatt as my “protests purchase” because of the asshole is the Whitehouse. I probably could have done a better job of reaching things as it seems Labatt sold in the states is actually a US company and not Canadian. However, the product is branded very Canadian so at least is appears im purchasing Canadian. All that said, is there an actual Canadian brewed beer I can purchase in the states you’d recommend? (Looking for a simple lager or pilsner.)
Molson is owned by Coors. Coors is American. Sleeman is owned by Sapporo. Keith’s and Kokanee are both owned by Labatt’s, which is owned by InBev (Belgian). Granville Island is owned by Molson (Coors). Moosehead is actually Canadian though.
You really have to go smaller to find Canadian-owned breweries. P49 is fucking great if they can find it.
The rest isn’t surprising. I should have looked more into it other than saying *made in Canada, to clarify. Granville Island is disappointing. Still not touching moosehead.
P49 is awesome AND the couple times I did orders for their brewers they were just lovely. But man, the big breweries are really taking over.
Then again, Red Truck and Yaletown are owned by Mark James, and he’s a Canadian asshole. The brewer at Yaletown was a sweetheart, but he might have retired.
Stuff is complicated.