Sense of humor as they don't seem to have much of that over here.

And for those who live further south than the tundra, or further north than Front Street, I can recommend the Farmer's Market in Thornhill.

I have murdered at least 7 mice in the last week or two, using only the compulsive aroma of their Gorgonzola.

St. Jacobs. Huge market, lots of dodgy Mennonitey tat but also lots of good cheese. And the complaintant lived within the cachement area of the Woolie, always several cask beers offered there. I think he needs to try harder.

Yes I agree, even tho I have been in Canada for a little under 10months, I am only just starting to get about a bit..... im in my third week of my new job and now have a car!

This weekend (now that I have a weekend - I worked it before landing a normal job) I am planning on visiting my local farmers market in Peterborough I shall be on the look out for good cheese there!

Wellington....cask ale? I wasnt aware that Canada produced any REAL ale? forgive me for my ignorance, as I said I am only just starting to live life in Canada (I have expereinced more of Canada in two week holidays than I have over the last 10months) so please, educate me.... this is real ale in its own cask were talking about not carbonisesd keg? I am intruigued.....


Paul

Yes, real ale. The Wellington brewery is well established but there are some competitors, Cameron's is fine beer though not cheap. The Woolie, the Woolwich Arms, in Guelph is a good pub for real ale as was some place I was in at Davisville and Eglinton with some posters; the beer there was good enough to erase the name of the place from me head.

The great tedious beer argument is whether or not the local real ale is always better than Fullers ESB from a hand pump, that's quite widely available, notably at The Feathers in Toronto but, of course, it's come a long way.

Might this be the place? Yonge and Davisville?

Been here once and thought it was ok.

I'm going to die of old age waiting for that to open. Brewpub, revised location, SE corner Eglinton and Mount Pleasant, another branch somewhere east, Halifax maybe. Name will come to me...

Granite Brewery? They do a good growler...

Well Ive tried Wellington ales in the bottle, but never dreamt it was sold/served as real beer too, Guelph wasnt too far from where I lived before, but never had the logistics or financial means to get there, glad to say I am my third week into the real world now so I am about to start really exploring. I shall definietly pay the Woolie a visit, as I will be visiting friends in Cambridge sometime soon.

I have tried London Pride in a couple of places in Cambridge.....but its just keg, same as bottles, real ale doesnt travel well within the UK so it isnt going to make it across the Atlantic.

Id be very interrested to try Canadian real ale as opposed to this carbonised cold fizzy stuff....the Woolwich arms Guelph you say... OK will definitely give it a go...thats the first ive heard of real ale in Canada.

That's it.

It's not bad. I am basically a lager drinker, and all I really want is a nice pint of Star (or even San Miguel). Just stop offering wife beater in those gay glasses as the premium import lager....

Don't tell dbd33 that I'm a firm believer that beer is best consumed close to where it is brewed.

This website has a list of where real ale is available.

http://www.cask-ale.co.uk/us/canada-cask-guide.html

I can attest to the quality of the real ale at the place on rue St. Denis in Montreal...brewed on premises. The Woolwich Arms in Guelph sells quite a bit of real ale and the food is quite good as well. Not sure what is in Peterborough other than taverns where they sell you a tray of 50.

There's merit in that idea but, really, my home brew just isn't as good as Pride in tins.

By home brew I assume you are referring to stuff kept in a dark place in the basement in a carboy. If that is the case, I agree with you that Pride in tins is better.

Hahaha, so true. And it sounds like they're not the most adventurous eater, so perhaps not the best person to ask.

If you want to get good advice from locals who love good food and are in the know, I've found the Chowhound website useful. The advice you can find there is gold.

http://chowhound.chow.com/boards