Best Backyard Barbecue Beers

These beers are meant for meat on the grill

By Don McSwiney for Avenue Calgary's June edition.

Don McSwiney’s beer drinking resume includes 25 years of enthusiastic consumption, as a private citizen and member of The Dino Martinis. Turn-ons include long walks on the beach, beer, discovering great new beer and talking or writing about beer. Turn-offs include beer snobs and those unwilling to give different beer styles a chance.

 

  • Casa Lager Beer, a.k.a. Casa Beer
  • Moosehead
  • Tusker
  • Stella Artois
  • Grasshopper
  • Bear Paw Honey Lager
  • Cutthroat Pale Ale
  • Propeller Pale Ale
  • Jaipur IPA
  • Palm
Casa Lager Beer, a.k.a. Casa Beer

Société des Brasserie du Maroc (Heineken), Casablanca, Morocco

5.0% Lager

Nice little lager with a little complexity and some noticeable hops bitterness along with grassy flavour notes that hang around like Peter Lorre in the movie of the same name. An above-average lager.

Where to drink it: On a late spring evening watching playoff hockey.

Pairing: With a shawarma or falafel, just to keep with the desert theme.