Now seems to be the perfect time to do another beer roundup because I’m happily enjoying a cool one as I type this. Some of these beers I drank almost 2 months ago, so i’ll see how well I can remember them.

Okay, so on the far left we have Red Stripe out of Jamaica. This is a light and refreshing beer not unlike the typical labatts/moslon product. As you may have read from my beer reviews I tend to compare beers to the labatts/molson flavour. I use it as my benchmark for comparison. A beer is either worse, similar or better than the L&M. If you’re looking to try a new beer you want to pick beers that are better than L&M, since L&M is usually only “good” when drunk ice cold on a hot day (in which case the L&M are actually really quite good imo). Anyways, Red Stripe is a bit better than L&M.
Next there La Binchoise Brune from Belgium. I’ve had this beer a few times and I don’t really like it. I can’t remember why, but I won’t buy it again. I think I find it too malty for my taste.
As it happens I am right now drinking Schneider Weisse Original from Germany. I love this beer, it is everything a wheat beer should be. Okay, maybe it’s a bit sweet but who cares. It tastes good, it has a bit of snap to it, good aroma, head, colour and good aftertaste. We have a winna.
Chimay Blue from Belgium was a bit different from most of the beers I’ve tried because it is a strong brew. In fact, its alcohol content is 9%. Obviously one would drink this beer for different reasons than a lager. Overall the taste was quite nice, and I’d recommend it if you were looking for a strong beer – it certainly does a good job. I wouldn’t get it again because I don’t really like strong beers.
Duckstein from Germany was pretty good. I don’t remember much about it, so i’m going to have to guess a bit here. It was a slighter darker beer that was still able to refresh. Give it a shot eh.
Chimay Red is a pilsner malt beer that handles itself quite nicely. It is also a bit stronger, but at 7% it is not as strong as it’s blue brother. I preferred the red to the blue and would buy it again if I wanted a malt beer.
St-Ambroise is a pale ale from Quebec. Ales aren’t my favorite and the St-Ambroise didn’t do anything to change my thinking. If you like Ales you should try this I guess, but it’s nothing special. I prefer the L&M.
Steinlager, despite its Germanic name, is from New Zealand. You’d think that NZ would export a pretty good beer, but that’s not the case with Steinlager. I’d rate it as similar to Bud. ie a watered-down L&M.
Finally, to wrap up today’s ratings there is the Tree Rebel from BC. They seem to be marketing it as a Canadian version of Becks or Heineken. It’s kind of like L&M but with a bit more hop taste. I haven’t decided if it’s an improvement or not. I think that if you prefer Becks, Heineken or Stella to L&M then you should buy the imports. If you prefer an L&M you might as well buy a Kokanee or NatureLand Organic.