I bought a 12 bottle variety case at a duty free store. When I cracked one
(honey brown) open tonight I noticed that the label said the beer was
imported. It was obviously labeled for sale in the U.S. My question is,
would it have been better to buy the beer in Canada at a regular distributor
or at the duty free? BTW, how is beer sold in Canada?

Barb

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, news.verizon.net wrote:

> I bought a 12 bottle variety case at a duty free store. When I cracked one
> (honey brown) open tonight I noticed that the label said the beer was
> imported. It was obviously labeled for sale in the U.S. My question is,
> would it have been better to buy the beer in Canada at a regular distributor
> or at the duty free? BTW, how is beer sold in Canada?

I've had Sleeman's on draft in Canada and in bottles in the US. I'm not
impressed.

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.

> wrote in message
.net...
> 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 meant cheaper first and original recipe second.

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.
>
>