Talk:Beer in Canada

Reword "Canadian Government"
I was reading this article and there is one section that is somewhat misleading (if it is correct at all). It reads "The very first patent to be issued by the Canadian government on July 6, 1842, was to one G. Riley for "an improved method of brewing ale, beer, porter, and other maltliquors."".

Assuming the patent is correct itself, this is miss leading due to the fact that the "Canadian Gov't" as we currently understand it wasn't established until 1867 with the BNA Act. Reading the Constitution of Canada article it is likely the person was referring to the government body in charge of "the Province of United Canada" which was established in 1841. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada).

It is also of note that is not the "first patent in canada" as there are various patents in quebec and ontario before 1841 as well. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Act_%28Canada%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mulderxcom (talk • contribs) 18:34, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Percentage as weight per volume?
The following excerpt that was included on this page makes little sense to me, and I doubt it's true: "The percentage of alcohol is expressed in weight per volume (g/100ml) so it means grams of alcohol per 100 ml of solution (fluid in the bottle). It means that a 126.74% alcohol liquid would be pure meaning only pure ethanol."

I would also say it's not written the best, but that's aside the point. Nowhere have I heard of a notation of weight per volume to be expressed as an explicit percentage. Not only that, but I have not heard of weight per volume being used at all for alcohol labeling, let alone as a percentage. I believe whoever wrote this segment got confused between ABV and ABW and mish-mashed some combination of both in the explanation.

I am unsure if I should delete it, but it seems quite incorrect. I would like someone to indicate the source where they got that information from, else the information be deleted in the near future. As I am not a Wikipedia regular, I request someone act on my behalf (at the least just delete the part I quoted).

Thanks --24.79.140.120 (talk) 04:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

That is actually an important distinction between how Americans and Canadians measure alcohol in their beers. As the example shows, weight per volume (where 100% ethanol = 126.74%) as opposed to percentage per volume (were 100% ethanol = 100%) leads to the impression that when compared Canadian beers (measured in weight per volume) have more alcohol than United States beers (measured is percentage per volume). This is a pervasive beer myth and Wikipedia exists to dispel this sort of thing.

Also, Cream Ale is called Cream Ale in the United States. Kentucky Common is a related (but distinct) style. Another style that needs to be added to the Canadian indigenous beer section is whisker beer. I don't know enough to comment on it, but it seems fairly unique (related to browns, obviously, but clearly its own creature and distinct from anything in the USA). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.10.206 (talk) 05:21, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

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Why no coverage of Light beer?
Much of the consumption is of light beer such as Coors Lite. Light beer = 30% of sales. http://globalnews.ca/news/2169653/light-beer-war-brewing-between-miller-coors-bud-in-canada/

We discuss cream ale which is quite rare. Should we not have a section about light beer, including Sleeman's low carb Clear? Peter K Burian (talk) 16:30, 12 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I don't see why this couldn't be added. You have been contributing a lot to this article. If you have the desire to add information on this, please do so. Air.light (talk) 23:44, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


 * OK, I have added that section and done some additional editing of other sections of this article.Peter K Burian (talk) 00:11, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Spruce beer??
Someone added a section about this. The citations confirm it exists. But, is it a mainstream product or merely a novelty?

What if I made Pine Cone Beer? and got coverage from newspapers for this novelty? Should Wikipedia start a section about it?

I am tempted to delete the Pine Beer section and just mention it briefly in another section, with the citations. What do others feel about this? (trying to get consensus WP:CON) Peter K Burian (talk) 15:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Is this even beer??? today there is only one producer of the exclusive drink that brews the soda in the old-fashioned way  http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/care-for-a-tall-cool-glass-of-spruce-beer/

Even if it is beer, which it no longer seems to be, it does not deserve as much space as ice beer. I deleted the long quote. The reader can click on the wiki link to the Spruce beer article if he wants that much information. You might want to add it to that article. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:32, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


 * What brands of spruce beer are there? Ice beer is much more common. Common ice beer brands in Canada in 2017, with approximately 5.5 to 6 per cent alcohol, include Carling Ice, Molson Keystone Ice, Busch Ice, Old Milwaukee Ice, Brick's Laker Ice and Labatt Ice. There is a Labatt Maximum Ice too, with 7.1 per cent alcohol.'

Peter K Burian (talk) 15:35, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it was worthwhile to cut it back like you did, especially with there being a link to the main article at the beginning of that section. Thanks. Air.light (talk) 20:13, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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Pints and quarts
The article says, without citation, that beer was sold in 'small' and 'large' bottles, known (inaccurately) as pints and quarts. I have added a 'citation needed' tag: if anyone can fix this, would they please also fix the the same uncited statement at Pint? --Red King (talk) 14:11, 17 November 2019 (UTC)