Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
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> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus

In article ,
 angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> 
> To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> import Canadian beer?"

May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

> Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
most yellow beers.

Sam

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

Some of the microbreweries do some nice stuff. I'll be trying some
more next time I'm across.

> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as
> most yellow beers.

My problem is most Canadian brewers don't understand the difference
between 'lager' and 'beer'.

Angus

Sam Wilson  writes:

> In article ,
>  angus_creech@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > Try Waitrose. They have a selection.
> > 
> > To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
> > import Canadian beer?"
> 
> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember 
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me 
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come 
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.
> 
> > Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
> > Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)
> 
> I think it was Molson I ended up with - it seemed to work as well as 
> most yellow beers.

I found the beers from the Granville Island brewery to be rather
good. And they seemed to be available in all those charmingly quaint
BC liquor stores.

-- 
There's one in every town

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

As a follow up question prompted by a conversation on another forum. 
Has anyone ever seen the New Zealand beer Speights Gold Medal 
(originally brewed in the southern version of this city, Dunedin) on 
sale in Edinburgh?

Stewart

"Sam Wilson"  wrote in message 
news:Sam.Wilson-4D83E3.15170309052007@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...

> May be a common feature of Canadians.  When I was in Canada I remember
> asking for beer in a restaurant and the waiter trying to offer me
> various European beers and seemed surprised when I said I hadn't come
> 3000 miles to drink beer I could have got at home.

A boss of mine once took out some high up Chinese business partners who were 
visiting Edinburgh - for a Chinese.
Although the Chinese food here is probably very different to that on China, 
imagine what it would be like to go all the way to China just to be taken 
out for the Chinese interpretation of haggis, neeps and tatties?

Z

"Marvin"  wrote in message 
news:RqGdnWL7I-in_6LbnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@bt.com...
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Peckhams in Bruntsfield has loads of foreign beers, I even found Bintang 
from Indonesia there, and yes it still tastes as good as it sounds. ;-P

Z

Marvin wrote:
> Anyone know of any shops in Edinburgh that would sell Canadian beers? In 
> particular Carling Black Label Extra Old Stock, but any really.

Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

> Try Waitrose. They have a selection.

To quote my Canadian girlfriend "Why the Hell would anyone want to
import Canadian beer?"

Personally, I can handle Molson's, but don't get me started on
Labatt's Blue (or 'bleeeeaurgh' as I remember it)

Angus