My thoughts in Visiting America - From A Canadian Prespective

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Hold on a sec. You're comparing our beer, at 5% alcohol/volume (or more if you get Old Stock), with that watered down crapola you guys have down there? When we used to go down regularly, we would laugh at how much beer we needed to drink in order to get a buzz!
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The internet is your friend when you google the things your friends tell you. Canadian beer has no more alcohol than American. America used to use a different measure (alcohol by weight) than Canada did (alcohol by volume). You can't compare different measures of alcohol straight up any more than you can compare miles to kilometers or liters to gallons. America switched to the Canadian method of alcohol by volume, and the numbers for beer are similar. But the urban legend lives on. Elvis is dead, there is no Bigfoot and Canadian and American beers have similar levels of alcohol.

American Beers
Beer

ABV
Budweiser 5.0
Bud Dry 5.0
Bud Light 4.2
Bud Ice 5.5
Bud Ice Light 4.1
Bud Select 4.3
Busch 4.6
Busch Light 4.2
Busch Ice 5.9
Coors Original 5.0
Coors Light 4.5
Coors Extra Gold 5.0
Keystone 4.4
Keystone Light 4.2
Keystone Ice 5.9
Old Milwaukee 5.0
Pabst 5.0


Canadian Beers
Beer

ABV
Carling Black Label 4.7
Grizzly Canadian Lager 5.4
Hamilton 4.5
Labatt Blue 5.0
Labatt Blue Light 4.0
Labatt Bleue Dry 6.1
Labatt Extra Dry 5.5
Labatt 50 5.0
Labatt Ice 5.6
Labatt Sterling 4.0
Labatt Wildcat 4.9
Moosehead 5.0
Molson Canadian 5.0
Molson Dry 5.5
Molson Export 4.9
O'Keefe Canadian Beer 4.9
Old Style Pilsner 5.0



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Quote from traderNik:


You give anyone in the world a blindfolded taste test with Budweiser and a Blue. We'll win in a landslide!
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Maybe there's something wrong with me then.
Cause I don't care for Bud or Blue.

I'll try to remember to try Creemore Springs given the chance.



My number a of gay men comment was merely an observation. And I probably should have clarified that both those instances occurred in Kingston.
 
Coors and Molson are the best of the above, I get both but slightly prefer coors.

I used to drink all kinds of beer, but there's nothing like an icy cold coors on a hot day. Molson is better on a cold day.

Pabst is undrinkable, Labatts doesn't go down well.

There newbs, that's all the info you are getting from me.
 
And while we are on the subject of boozing it up, here's an Urban Legend I believed:

Alcohol destroys brain cells and makes you stupid

Alcohol has no effect on the lifecycle of brain cells . According to Queensland Brain Institute director Professor Perry Bartlett in Australia, drinking alcohol does not kill brain cells, even if it feels like it did the next morning. The commonly accepted notion that alcohol creates huge craters of dead cells in your brain turns out to be an old wives’ tale. In moderate amounts, Italian researchers have demonstrated that red wine helps the brain and can prevent dementia in old age.

Then there's this, which surprised the bejebbers out of me:

Parents can serve their children alcohol in America

This is true in only 30 states in America, and you can serve the alcohol only in your home to your own children. The other 20 states state that it is never ok to give your own children alcohol in any amount. You’ll have to look up the laws in your state to see if your state trusts you enough to know what is best for your children.

And finally the truth about why beer in cans doesn't taste as good as bottles?

Budweiser contains formaldehyde

We were so sure that this rumor was a myth, we added it to the list to research later. This might come as a shock to you. It shocked us when we found this on Notre Dame’s website . Canned beer does contain a small amount of the same junk that keeps your dead Kermit (frog) fresh for biology class. At least it used to.

Formaldehyde was used to kill bacteria that attacked the lubricant used in the manufacturing process of cans. The cans were rinsed, but a small amount always remained. People got used to this flavor in their canned beer. Other emulsions are used now, so there is no formaldehyde in current beers in America (there are reports that Chinese and Thai beers are using formaldehyde). Its legacy does remain – the newer emulsions created must have the formaldehyde flavor, otherwise it will change the flavor of the beer. People are so used to it, that they expect it.

More at http://www.fermentarium.com/content/view/163/59/

"Hmmmmm, I think there might be just a touch too much formaldehyde flavor in this batch." LOL.
 
Bud gave me headaches. Microbrew in Laughlin at the Colorade Belle is my fav. I drop the wife off in the Casino and indulge in my favorite hobby.. beats the heat every time and everybody is in a good mood there anyhow..
 
Quote from TGregg:

The internet is your friend when you google the things your friends tell you. Canadian beer has no more alcohol than American.
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I haven't had a drink in over 10 years so I'm no longer an expert, but back in the day, I recall that Pabst Blue Ribbon was the stuff we drank when in the U.S., along with Bud, and they both tasted like water to us. An eyeball of those two lists tells me that Canadian beer is slightly stronger, but I see they missed O'Keefes Extra Old Stock, which is what any self-respecting teenager drank in my day (in my province, anyhow).

Creemore was my beer of choice when I drank, and like I said, there are some amazing microbreweries up here.

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The one truism in the OP's post is about the obesity. Any Canadian who goes anywhere near Middle America notices it, especially among kids. I don't think it's any secret that there's a junk food eating crisis in the U.S. Canadians are right behind the U.S. though, as this type of eating and the obesity which follows is a growing problem here.
 
I had to run to Kmart after the market closed to pick up a few groceries -- you know, carrots, brocolli, apples, and such. It took me a while to get through the front door because I got caught behind these two penguins. You know how penguins walk -- they just waddle back and forth and they move about as slow as a snail. I finally got through and side-stepped these two to grab my cart. By the time I got going I got caught behind these suckers again but fortunately in a wide aisle. One of them had this droopy looking thing hanging off it's tail. I think it was some sort of pad or something. Whatever it was it was nasty looking. I got closer and closer and that's when it dawned on me. These two fuckers weren't penguins at all. They were human-fucking-beings. There were so freaking fat they walked just like penguins. Anyone could have made that mistake. I was so disgusted I almost barfed my lunch, which, by the way, consisted of Romaine, Brocolli, Tomato, Pecans, and Strawberries, all drizzled with Balsamic Vinaigrette -- you should try it. Just delicious. Back to the penguins.

I was worried these two wouldn't make to the back of the store without collapsing. God forbid I'd have to help them up or give them CPR. I just had to get out of there. A few aisles down I ran into another fat fucker only this one was BIGGER. So freaking big, in fact, she rolled by me in one of those electric carts. Damn near ran my sorry ass over on her way to get to the freaking cup cakes. I ain't shitting you.

I come home - lunch still intact - and sat down to watch World News Tonight and cook my veggies -- yeah I know, I should eat them raw. Turns out Charlie needed to tell America 23% of us got fatter this year -- FATTER! 23% of the states in America got freaking fatter. "No shit," I said. Mississippi was #1. 44% of them exploded.

Obama and Co are trying to save money on health care. One of the ways is to centralize record keeping and put it on a hard drive instead of walls and walls of paper. Good idea I think, but he's not even close to solving the <b>National Health Crisis.</b> Obesity is taking this country over. It's a matter of national security because America is going to go broke treating these fat farts. It's turning into a National Epidemic.

I had to go check the stock price of MCD. Damn near all time highs. I bought that piece of shit stock back in 2002 at 14 bucks and change. Sold the bugger in the low 30's. Boy, was that stupid. I wish I had gone to Kmart before I sold the thing. Fortunately I was smart enough to buy it back at $50. Hooray! It's up to $57 and it's going higher. I'm gonna need this money to hedge my insurance premiums. I wonder if I can expense the profits? Bet the IRS would like that!

Man, those Canadians are pretty smart. One quick trip to American and they can see the National Emergency that we Americans seem to be missing.

Sugar, sugar, sugar -- it kills! America is just so uneducated about nutrition. Most people actually believe wheat bread is good for you. Well yeah, I guess when you compare it to white it starts looking pretty good. Anyone who has taken the time to get a basic understanding about nutrition knows that the ingredients in wheat bread should read, "sugar, sugar, sugar."

I gotta take my kids down to the park for a little fast pitch. I wonder if I could lose a quick 1/4 pound. I bet those two penguins are ordering a quarter pounder :(
 
Quote from Sikhinvestor:

Some of the things that I have realized while visiting America include the following:

a) The country is morbidly obese, I couldn't fathom how many kids, adults I saw that were extremely out of shape, and honestly, scary to look at. I personally felt I was very accepting person, and extremely non-judgemental, but I think I can't say that anymore.
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You should see the leader of the republican party. He even thinks like a morbidly obese person.
 
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