news.verizon.net wrote:
My question is,
would it have been better to buy the beer in Canada at a regular distributor
or at the duty free?

Better in what way? Cheaper or somehow more "authentic"? I sort of
doubt they'd brew a different beer or with a different recipe for the
US, since they are relatively new to the US market and don't sell enough
beer here to warrant it. Certainly SOME imports are brewed differently
for the US or are beers brewed exclusively for export or are re-named
for the US market or are contract-brewed by some other brewer.

BTW, how is beer sold in Canada?

As in the US, it varies by province.