Candor for Alexander
I can think of only one beer that tastes good out of a can and that’s Mother’s Milk. Add this to the fact that most Canadian beers I’ve tasted, outside of the province of Quebec, are an underwhelming experience and it’s obvious that I should have resisted the urge to taste Alexander Keith’s IPA. Maybe it was because the barkeep poured the beer into a wine glass that I resisted my snobbishness and reluctantly accepted the free drink.
I generally like IPAs due to their hoppy, crisp taste; however, as I took my first sip of this Canadian drink, I was sure the can was misprinted as all I could pick up was a watery malt taste. I couldn’t pick up any hops. I took another sip to verify, and sure enough, this beer was horrid. I decided to put an end to the unpleasant experience right then and there. Does an IPA imply something different in Canada?
If the beer has been labeled a lager, I may have just described it as a watery lager and left it at that. But, because of the IPA sobriquet, I’m left utterly disappointed and once again reaffirmed in my belief that only one beer can be purchased in can and that on the large part, Canadian beer must be brewed incorrectly. If you are Canadian, give a Wild Goose IPA a try and you’ll see my point.