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Originally Posted by flip
I've had both recently at a Flames game (not the best indicator I know) and they are similar but certainly not the same. By similar, I mean neither are particularly unique. They are both a little bland and not particularly flavourful but that doesn't make them the same.
Canadian is closer to Kokanee than it is to RR.
Also, I hope you and your friend took that info with a grain of salt. You really think that they just add red food coloring? You are surely smarter than that.
As I said, one is a lager and one is an ale. They aren't even brewed the same way.
With similar ingredients they may taste vaguely similar but I assure you they aren't the same.
A quick article on the differences.
http://www.beertaster.ca/content/ale-vs-lager |
Take the challenge - let's see if you can tell the difference blind. I really don't know, but nothing a big brewery does would surprise me.
I think there is a Simpsons episode where all the different kinds of Duff came out of the same vat!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Beer
While Duff Beer comes in several varieties, it is revealed on a Duff Brewery tour in "Duffless" that regular Duff, Duff Light, and Duff Dry are the same beer, although Homer and Barney apparently remain oblivious to the fact.
Truth is often stranger than fiction.