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Sticking with mostly local/canadian selections here...

My go-to if the bar has it on tap is the Surrey Central Red Racer India Pale Ale. I find the bittersweetness of IPA's refreshing but also with that big depth of flavour that you can slowly savour. Best of both worlds. If only we could get more readily access to Dogfish Head beers here I'd be in heaven.

For lagers, Czechvar (not local), OK Springs 1516, Sleeman 1516.

Wheat ales; Red Racer White Ale, Grasshopper, St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale, R&B Sun God (Mt. Pleasant!)

Ales; Tree Brewing Thirsty Beaver Ale (cheap but tasty!), Rogue Dead Guy Ale (from Portland, but expensive!), anything from Unibroue (La Fin Du Monde, Maudite, etc.), Driftwood Farmhand, R&B Raven Crea,

IPA: Red Racer, Fat Tug, R&B Hobgoblin

Stout: Backhand of God, Guinness, R&B Dark Star, St Ambroise Oatmeal.

Breweries in general: Dogfish Head (American), R&B (Vancouver), Central City (Surrey), Unibroue (Quebec), St. Ambroise (Quebec), Big Rock Brewery (Calgary), Rogue (Portland), Driftwood (Victoria)... And all the monasteries in Belgium that do trappist ales.

Thats all I can think of for now...