Thanks gentlemen,
I just got back, 20lbs heavier than when I went and my liver is clamouring for a two week vacation at a health spar to recover.
I took quite well to Sleemans and Amsterdam as session beers.
Thrawn: Fin du Monde occasionally makes it a cross the pond to the UK and I spend a happy afternoon drinking it at a bbq some years ago. I did however spend one night on the Quebec Unibraue beers (hope I spelled that correctly) including Maudite. As I recall they were very good but the world went away at some point so a detailed comparison is not available
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To anyone interested in beer I highly recommend Smokeless Joe's in Toronto - they keep something in excess of 200 different beers. I spent a number of hazy evenings there.
By the way, why do Canadians waste a perfectly good Bloody Mary by putting clams in it?