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Great Western Brewing Company Wins Award

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Great Western Brewing Company Wins Award

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"Great Western Light wins Best Standard Lager in the World at the World Beer Awards Competition "

http://www.greatwesternbrewing.com/medi ... s-releases



Who the firkin is Great Western Brewing (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), and why can't I have the privilege of tasting their award winning brew?!?

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I've heard of them but never had a chance to sample anything from Great Western.

Complete list of WBA winners, organised by 'Beers of the World' magazine

http://www.tastingbeers.com/awards/wba/2009/

I&G Canadian Cask won for Best Rye beer.
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You aren't missing out on anything. Great Western used to be the Labatts brewery in Stoon. When Labatts shut the brewery down (about 91 or so), the employees bought the building and equipment and started Great Western.

I'd say their products are marginally better than Molbatts, but not by much.

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