This was always our go to beer when we were underage as it was 8 cans for a fiver at the local co op. It was the only place where we could get served without ID. My paper boy wages didnt stretch to the better beers

In college everyone who was a cad drank Pabst Blue Ribbon as it was cheap, now hipsters who want to recapture their youth are drinking it ironically.

Note that my use of PBR, shoving it into the cavity of chickens, is neither ironic nor deliberately unironic. It's cheap and the can fits well.

I quite like Stella....but it doesnt like me...everyone has got a drink where they get a little out of character if they have too many....well Stella is mine....so I limit myself to two before I get too mouthy! lol

Plus Ive found it gives you a headache in the "frontal lobe" region if you have too many!

I think that was routinely practiced with the fraternity crowd, albeit for different reasons.

Probably North Americans consider the Czech version to be a cheap knock off of their own premium beer.

Today I bought - or rather my MIL did as she paid for it - two bottles of Krombacher Pils, alcohol free, in Dollarama of all places for $1.50 each.

If it's no good, it'll be fine for cooking.

You know beer can chicken has been comprehensively debunked as a useful thing to do with either a beer can or a chicken?

http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/debunking_beer_can_chicken.html

I’m in my favourite London Camra-meets hipster pub. This beer on their “in the cellar” board sums up all that I think is wrong with “craft beer” 😀

You are probably right re Bud.

That might be useful for doing beer batter with...

It has the same effect with me. Bloody loopy juice. The worst beer hangover I have ever had was after a session on Kokanee the first time I was in Winnipeg. It felt like a pick axe in each eye and that my brain was trying to push through the front my skull Never experienced that before or since.

That is probably one of the big plus points to real ale - less of a hangover but your guts pay for it

I have seen such articles, yes.

I thought the Krombacher was low priced @ $1.50 but in Superstore today they had 6 Becks alcohol free for $9 and that's the same $1.50.

Having said that, the Krombacher there was $12.

It was just the idea of getting a beer, of any sort, in Dollarama that threw me.

Sounds exotic though, and seems to have a kick. Not tempted to a research half?

Oooh the Kokanee hangover sounded very nasty! similiar to a Stella hangover...the frontal lobe pounding accompanied by knife in head (or pick axe in your case) lol.

When I tell Canadians what they call Stella in the UK...they are shocked! In the part of the UK I came from, and in many others they call it "wife beater" !! As you say...its loopy juice!

Real cask ale was always my tipple... Im waitng for it the take off in Canada.

Hmm....yes I see what you mean I dont get the the obsession with double and even triple IPA and other exotic flavours...

The one place in Peterborough that brews its own cask ale, has made some great ones, but last week I went in there and they were doing a cask ale with a mint and chocolate flavour.... WTF? whats wrong with a good old balanced amber coloured traditional English style bitter???