dug88 wrote:

> a 6 pack in alberta is 6 to 11 dollars, typical for domestic.
> Some german imports are 4 dollars a bottle.

Damn. You folks up there can pay a lot for a beer sometimes.
Does this included provincial tax and GST? Ouch.

> dollar price really has nothing to do with FLAVOUR.
> USA beers tend to be a watery style.

They do? It's true that the American mass production breweries make
beers that are deliberately light in flavor, which is perceived as
watery in style. This is typically done by substituting adjuncts
for grains, while still retaining the same overall amount of
fermentables to acheive a given alcohol content.

OTOH, considering the beers on tap at my local, I'd like to know how,
say, Grant's Perfect Porter or Hale's Pikup Andropov Imperial Stout
could in any way be considered "watery."

> canada beers tend to get you hammered.

They do? Perhaps you could educate us further on the differences in
alcohol content between the typical mass-production Canadian beer
(y'know, from the likes of MolBatt) and their American equivalents
(from the likes of BudMillOors).

> BUY a single from your beer shop, and let us know how it was for you.

That's good advice in any case. Even better is to find a local
that has a given beer on tap, and see how it tastes there.
--
dgs