I know it's owned by a foreign company, but I still see Sleeman advertising pretty regularly. Mostly their 2.0 low-cal beer. My brother drinks cases of their Original draft. When we went on their tour last year they said it's basically 50/50 whether 2.0 or Original is the higher selling in any given month.
I'm a homebrewer so I don't buy cases of anything very much at all, generally a mix of single cans. If I do need quantity for camping or a party I tend to grab Keith's for some reason. It was the first beer I got drunk and subsequently threw up on, but apparently I've come full circle. In college it was endless 8-packs of James Ready 5.5 - gotta get that extra .5% to get drunker! - but that was also when I started branching out into "fancy" and "dark" beers like Rickards REd and Guinness.
The complete abandonment of promoting the Canadian brands by the big multi-national is something I've noticed as well. Bud Gardens, Budweiser Stage, etc. Bud and Coors are all you see anywhere. Cross the border to Buffalo and Labatt branding is
everywhere.
Coors light isn't terrible, I'll take it over Bud Light every single time. Both go down real easy after a game or building a deck in the hot sun.
My dad used to be a dedicated Canadian Light drinker (how many even knew that existed?) and Canadian 67 when it replaced Light. But now he doesn't even have a "Canadian" (brand) option. Now I think he goes with Coors light out a lack of any particular interest in finding anything else, or sometimes I'll brew my dad beer* and bottle him a case now and then.
*Dad beer: Where
no matter how little hops I actually put in, the review will always be: "A little hoppy, but pretty good". Like, single digit IBU's.
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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking
If anyone wants a nicer beer with a kick, Faxe Extra Strong has 10% alcohol and flavour to go with it.
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My college rugby rookie initiation involved a sink full of those with hot water running over them for a few hours before consumption... it had a very short visit to my stomach before
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I admit it's been a long time since I had one but I recall it tasting very generic.
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Has that classics green-bottle skunk. Decent beer but I agree, pretty identifiable.