Canadians enjoy St. Patrick’s Day just as much as their Irish friends. What better way to celebrate, and pass time spent waiting in an airport, than sampling some of Canada’s finest brews?
Cheapflights.ca has assembled a guide for beer lovers travelling the sky ports of the Great White North. If you happen to find yourself in one of these airports in the coming weeks, down a cold one for St. Pat.
Victoria International Airport, B.C.: “At White Spot you will find two Granville Island beers – Nat Bailey Pale Ale and Nat Bailey Lager,” say the Cheapflights.ca editors. “The Airside Café serves Lighthouse Lager, Beacon India Pale Ale, Race Rocks Amber Ale and Keepers Stout, from the Lighthouse Brewing Company in Victoria.”
Edmonton International Airport, Alberta: “Roughneck Driller’s Ale from the Roughneck Brewery in Calmar, Central Alberta, is available in the Mountain Lodge Bar & Grill and Molson’s Pub,” says Cheapflights.ca. “The Driller’s Ale takes its colour from the Prairies – golden naturally – and has a soft malt sweetness.”
Toronto Pearson Airport, Ontario: “Alexander Keith’s – the India Pale Ale and the Amber Ale – are the specialty domestic brews at Casey’s Grill Bar,” suggests Cheapflights.ca. “Although they’re not brewed in Toronto, they are Canadian. Rickard’s Red is served at the Exchange Café.”
Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia: “At the Maritime Ale House the beer line-up, in bottles, is Keith’s, Canadian and Coors Light,” says Cheapflights.ca. “On tap – Rickard’s Red, Rickard’s Dark and Rickard’s white.”
St. John’s International Airport, Newfoundland: “Destinations Restaurant & Bar sells four locally brewed beers from the Yellow Belly Brewery in St. Johns – Wexford Wheat, a light beer; Yellowbelly Pale Ale, a Bitter-style beer; Fighting Irish Red Ale, which is similar to Rickard’s Red; and St John’s Stout, a traditional Irish stout,” says the Cheapflights.ca staff.
- Nicole Feenstra