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What's Banff like for beer lovers?
My apologies if this is too off-topic, but my questions about the
skiing in Banff were already answered in the earlier thread ;-) Is it possible to get good beer in Banff? I'll be going there in early March for a week of skiing. My experience in Canada has been limited to the Maritimes and Manitoba, which, despite their many charms, are lacking in the beer variety department. Can anyone recommend restaurants or pubs that have a good selection of IPAs and other non-lager beers? Or do I need to devote part of my carry-on luggage to Sierra Nevada? Cheers --AD |
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What's Banff like for beer lovers?
Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
(soma) writes: Is it possible to get good beer in Banff? Hey Walt, someone is asking for your opinion! :-) Unfortunately, I've never been to Banff, so I can only extrapolate from my other visits to Canada. Take it for what it's worth: I doubt you'll have a problem in Banff. I wouldn't bother bringing my own. Now, if you said you were going to Utah.... -- //-Walt // // Emeritus Official Beer Taster for RSA |
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What's Banff like for beer lovers?
soma wrote:
My apologies if this is too off-topic, but my questions about the skiing in Banff were already answered in the earlier thread ;-) Is it possible to get good beer in Banff? I'll be going there in early March for a week of skiing. My experience in Canada has been limited to the Maritimes and Manitoba, which, despite their many charms, are lacking in the beer variety department. Can anyone recommend restaurants or pubs that have a good selection of IPAs and other non-lager beers? Or do I need to devote part of my carry-on luggage to Sierra Nevada? What's the name of that large Irish bar on the side street? They had a ton of beers, plus a big selection of single malt Scotches. Dave |
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What's Banff like for beer lovers?
Walt wrote: Dragan Cvetkovic wrote: (soma) writes: Is it possible to get good beer in Banff? Hey Walt, someone is asking for your opinion! :-) Unfortunately, I've never been to Banff, so I can only extrapolate from my other visits to Canada. Take it for what it's worth: I doubt you'll have a problem in Banff. I wouldn't bother bringing my own. Now, if you said you were going to Utah.... Now hold on a darn minute. There is absolutely nothing wrong with beer in Utah. Just a few simple rules. You cannot buy beer on tap. By law, all draft 'beer' is 3.2 beer, and therefore not beer at all. You can buy beer in bottles in bars, assuming you can get in the bar. Well, they're not bars, they're 'private clubs' which means they have to collect a cover charge which goes directly to the state. Oh, and the clubs have to buy their beer from the state liquor stores. Which means they have to mark up the already marked up beer from a religious monopoly. But, you can go the liquor store yourself, and then you can buy the beer by the bottle. And there's no discount, whether you buy a single bottle or ten cases. A bottle of Guinness costs $2.25. And since all the liquor stores are state owned, it's the same price everywhere, which saves inconvenient shopping around. Oh, and it's warm. They'll tell you that beer is not supposed to be refrigerated, just to see what your reaction will be. Oh, and all the beer in the liquor store (which they call strong beer) is generally premium beer, meaning either import or microbrew. You cannot get Bud or Miller or any of the other American mass market lagers there, you have to go to the grocery store. There, they sell cold beer but again, it's all 3.2. So, basically the state which is controlled by the church controls the temperature, price, and selection of beer. Which is sort of like fish making rules about birds. Now, if you want a mixed drink you have to go to a club, unless it's a restaurant. You can get a mixed drink, but no doubles, and the liquor volume is monitored mechanically. There are lots of rules here too, but here is my favorite one: If there is a bar in a restaurant that serves food, one of two things must be true...either the drink must be mixed out of sight of the customer, or else if it is mixed in view of the customer the bartender may not hand the drink over the bar to the customer but must instead walk around the bar and place it on the bar from the customer's side. Other than that, there is absolutely no problem at all getting a drink in utah. Come on out, the greatest snow on earth! (Assuming you classify Utah as "earth", but that's another post.) |
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