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Best canned "lawnmower" beer?

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Best canned "lawnmower" beer?

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I've got a new property out in a rural area now with a riding lawn mower. I've like to drink and mow. I've been looking for a good canned beer (I don't want to break bottles and usually take 3 or 4 and open them on the mower so I don't have to go back in the house). After trying many different lagers, ales and IPAs that are in cans at the LCBO or beer store, so far the best I've had is the Kensington Baldwin FishEYE Pale Ale.
It is a bit heavy in hot weather and also a bit high in ABV for a session beer to be perfect though. Less expensive would be better too.

A light IPA or ale would be my preference.

Mill Street Tankhouse is a staple of mine but not in cans so it is out.

Any suggestions?

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Post by MatttthewGeorge »

This isn't going to help due to location and no LCBO/BS sales, but the Alt from Kilannan would fit the bill. 5.2%, light bodied but with a nice malt profile, and while $2.90 a can in single, a 24 works out to $2.65 a can.

If you're ever up in Owen Sound country, check them out.
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Post by MatttthewGeorge »

Also, the Scottish Pale Ale from Neustadt? http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... mber=64634

or, Lake of Bays Crosswinds Pale Ale? http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=338400

or, St Ambroise Pale Ale? http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=331264
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Post by Ceecee »

Fuller's ESB and Wellington Arkell Best Bitter have served me well as lawnmower beer. Both are $2.60 a can.

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Crazy Canuck?

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Post by Baulz »

Ceecee wrote:Crazy Canuck?
+1

Light, hoppy, and inexpensive.

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Ceecee wrote:Crazy Canuck?
duh! Can't believe I forgot that one!
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Post by instantkamera »

+1 to Crazy Canuck.

I would say Dead Elephant, but it's even higher in abv than EyePA. Maybe Augusta Ale, since you like Kensington's other offering?

If they canned Naughty Neighbour, that would probably be the perfect choice.

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Post by Gedge »

Nickel Brook has also done something called Headstock Light that has turned up in some LCBOs. Comes in at 4.4%.

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=350181

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Post by instantkamera »

Gedge wrote:Nickel Brook has also done something called Headstock Light that has turned up in some LCBOs. Comes in at 4.4%.

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=350181
My understanding is that "Headstock Light" is nothing like it's namesake, and is a somewhat misleading name. Worth a try anyway I guess, but I don't think it's got any hop presence yo speak of (where the NN would fit the bill and has an ABV under 5%).

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Post by matt7215 »

Gedge wrote:Nickel Brook has also done something called Headstock Light that has turned up in some LCBOs. Comes in at 4.4%.

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=350181
Headstock Light is a light lager, really bad move on Nickel Brooks part to have 2 beers that are so different in style named essentially the same
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Post by StevenThrasher »

Wow lots of quick responses. Guess I'm not the only one with this "problem"

Thanks All!

I'm off to the LCBO with this list and will pick up all of them available locally and try them out.

Cheers!

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Post by instantkamera »

matt7215 wrote:
Gedge wrote:Nickel Brook has also done something called Headstock Light that has turned up in some LCBOs. Comes in at 4.4%.

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=350181
Headstock Light is a light lager, really bad move on Nickel Brooks part to have 2 beers that are so different named essentially the same thing
Exactly. I feel like, especially with a 4.9%, Naughty Neighbour is much more suited for the name "headstock light" than the lager (if you absolutely HAD to name anything *light, which is silly IMO).

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Post by ercousin »

I might be a little late to the party, but King's Pilsner is now in cans. Pretty good when I had it a few weeks ago.

I've had two bad (oxidized) pints of Dead Elephant in a row now and have pretty much written off Railway City for a while.

You could also get yourself something like a stainless growler and just pour bottled beer into that?

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Post by Malcolm »

Soon you'll be able to put a plow on the front of it and crack a Welly Imperial Stout.

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