Hougly Beer Review: Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale.

[patarfuyfuy]

NOVA SCOTIA! 

[nightmathzombieethan]

After moving to the U.S. from N.S. I absolutely CRAVE Keith's like you wouldn't believe. It IS more of a lager than an IPA but it is pure deliciousness! As for your comments RE: Crappy watered down American beers I have to agree. While there ARE some very good american beers, all "mainstream" American beer is tasteless, too low in Alchohol and popular due to advertising.

[nightmathzombieethan]

@nightmathzombieethan I honestly think they like watered down crap because it lets them feel more manly when they can drink 20 of them and still "maintain". Silly ad campaigns help as well. Beer is ridiculously cheap here, and as a lot of things in America, people prefer image and quantity over quality and substance. I can find many Canadian beers here, yet Keith's is unobtainable. I have 1 can of it hiding in the back of my fridge, which I will crack open when the zombie apocalypse begins!

[barflybean]

24 'likes' makes a case or a 2-4 in the maritimes.

[makkakman]

IM from quebec and i have to admit that its a good beer

[conman2317]

Never drink any beer warm FYI

[Spazzy4Twenty]

not true its deff a pale ale 

[jordanmacdougall]

Alexander keith's is Clint Eastwoods favorite beer!

[theshit1209]

Im drinking a tall boy of this right now... love it.

[Chad9976]

yeah, it's crisp, clean and refreshing but so is seltzer water. They should change the name of this to just "blonde" or something. It tastes like a pilsner or lager. It's false advertising.

[elharlock]

@Chad9976 I think it's still brewed as an ale, but by the time they are done with it, they've totally stripped it of even the minor ale characteristics that those golden ales and cream ales tend to have. Yeah, they have close to two hundred years of marketing behind them claiming it's an IPA, so I doubt they will ever stop, no matter how much the beer has changed over the years.

[F3udF1st]

You should try Nils Oscar India Ale, now that's one strong tasting IPA!

[theshit1209]

i thought this was very dry and bitter, what is a VERY dry and bitter beer

[Bryan711117]

great beer

[kodaxrose50]

best beer ever

[LouTheMetalhead]

I love Canadian Beers! I also love your reviews! 

[canmoore]

Funny thing is that, Keith's is owned by Labatt's. So any Labatt brewery will brew this, even in Downtown Toronto!!

[21forever21]

best summer beer I've had so far! (this summer anyway)

[wadmanlikesbeer1]

They brew that all over Canada now, wherever there is a Labatt brewery. I see the kettles in the St. John's Brewery.

[KeaneUndertheIronSea]

those who like it like it alot, and those who dont can fuck off lol. such a great beer even if its not and IPA

[GanjaBoulder]

Keiths is actually brewed not only in Halifax anymore. The Creston brewery in B.C also does too.

[milo555a]

my father bowls up there once a year (hes from mass.-u.s.).He brings me a few cases back every time cuz i rather like it.

[TumFlumBlackMetal]

You are the same as me my friend,i live in Cape Breton and i grew up drinking this,and i have a love hate relationship with this beer,but i find a lot of other beers that get a higher rating don't taste as good as Keith's but good review i like the honesty that you gave ,having grew up with the beer, i look forward to your other videos .

[PassMcNasty]

I was really surprised when I asked for an IPA in a Winnipeg pub and got Keith's. But it really wasn't bad at all. It was reminiscent of one, but it got the job done.

I was really shocked by the lack of tallboys for purchase. Most of the beer was in 12 or 24 pack boxes or individual 500 mL cans. Beer here is bought in the boxes or 6 pack longnecks. In Europe, the longnecks are even skinnier, which I liked. Any reason why Canadians like cans?

[elharlock]

I'm pretty sure it boils down to longer shelf life and lower cost for the breweries.

[jlavoie830]

I dislike cans, bottles are more for me Lol.

[KPmzXplict]

waht differnt types of lagers are.?

[brentnash1111]

I live and grew up in N.S. and i remember first drinking a kieths and it was awful. It has a very unplesent after taste to it and is horrible warm. I do enjoy the red amber ale though different taste without the after taste.

[ReservedRealist]

Is Keith's available in the US?

[elharlock]

Not sure. I highly doubt it. Maybe in couple of years. They've only just begun expanding across Canada.

[KPmzXplict]

budwiser gose whil with alexzanders red ale.

[Schlamme]

@ReservedRealist I believe that it is. I know Moosehead, which is a smaller brewery from the same area is available in random places like Southern California so I would assume that Keith's would probably be available. It is owned by Labatt, which is in turn owned by INBev (which also owns Anheuser-Busch). For that purpose alone, I would assume that it is available in certain areas; perhaps the likeliest area would be New England which is only a short distance from their brewery.

[conman2317]

I like it.

[StopWatchVideos]

love keiths my fist six pack lol

[wolfgang29]

im drinkin one right now got a 12 pak a bottles there wicked there pretty strong but nice

[brendanduggan]

THIS IS THE BEST BREW IVE EVER CONSUMED

[guinness13]

It's better than other big brewery beers - it's not quite lager, but it's not an IPA by a mile. It's a very good average beer. Give me a choice, and I'll drink Keiths over Blue, Molson, Bud, etc, but grab Propeller or Garrison for local Halifax brews.

[Ottawajames]

you should be ashamed of youe self. talking down on Keiths...its the pride of nova scotia and a canadian institution...bad mouthing a part of our culture and heritage! for shame...FOR SHAME!! although it seems to taste better from a bottle.

[ShaneThompson94]

@Ottawajames i agree on the bottle

[CdnSpecOps]

dont lose hope yet dude, i live in ottawa and buy keiths tallboys every weekend, i was born in halifax and love the home brewski

[elharlock]

Actually, since this was posted, we've had them back in talls for sometime now, thankfully.

[Deke1]

Those who like it, like it alot!!!!!!!! And I do!!

[wrath231]

First beer I ever liked ...Drink up ,lads!

[flamedrag18]

actually, about the brewing only in nova scotia, AK has allowed a company to brew the same beer, but I believe they had to change something on the label.

[jacobbaur]

AK is owned by labatts now lmao .

[bottomgrooves]

u can get tallboys in almost any liquor store in B.C

[MrPissartist]

I'm from England and I've drunk beers all over the world and Keith's IPA is my favourite by a mile. I'd give it 5/5 at the very least!

[chrissept21]

YAAAA halifax NS im from cole harbour

i tryed keiths today (LOL not a big drinker) and i found the first sip was the best

then it was a little diffrent

[elharlock]

Yes, all Keith's beer have a similar aftertaste. Sometimes it's okay and sometimes it's nasty.

[Paulpunkrocks]

Had this beer in a pub in montreal, tasted watered down so i bought the 12 pack and it tasted a lot better... oh and is it me or does montreal have a poor beer variety I went to 5 bars and all they had was carlsberg, molson dry, alexander keiths and guiness... kinda sucked I was expecting more

[SeAyOuNtEa4tk]

Barrington Nova scotia WHATTT

great beer

great province

[Colvax]

You know what's funny? I watched one of your reviews a long time ago and I was curious if you'd reviewed this beer, so I looked it up. I had no idea you were from NS though! - me too. :) Small world, as they say.

[elharlock]

Indeed. And NS has even smaller liquor stores.

[zero2492]

Yeah, I'm from Yarmouth and this is what everyone drinks. I'm in high school and very rarely can I get anyone to buy me anything better. I prefer Keith's Amber ale though.

I'm lovin the reviews.

[adriangogan420]

Schooner is awesome too!Another nova-scotia brew!

[quackmcpat]

eww Olands Products ftl

[PoliceWillProtect]

good ol nova scoita beer :)

[fenderfunk]

Originally from Nova Scotia, hey?

Where abouts?

I grew up in Sydney.

Cheers

[elharlock]

I'm in the Annapolis Valley.

[jacobssandy]

It's ok to like Keith's, but I if you like Keith's then you'll like any other popular beer the same, for these kinds of beers I think preference is mostly just what reminds you of drinking in the park when you were 17 more than the appreciation of the distinct flavour of it. Molson Export is shit but I still get nostalgic when I take a sip because we alway used to get that when I was in high school. It's false advertising though they shouldn't be allowed to call it an ale, it's a lager.

[scottg936]

keith's is fantastic, hard to find in the states tho. reminds me of the trips over the ambassador bridge from detroit to windsor when we were nineteen because the legal drinking age. slammed pint after pint of this shit. wish it was marketed better. great review as always.

[SheisseFicken]

very partial to keith's. what i used to drink when i would trip up to canada for those 3 day weekends in the air force. i really miss that beer and wish i knew where to order it.

[CLiDED]

Good review... although I think all of the "premium" macro beers taste pretty much the same in Canada.

[elharlock]

Yeah, there is not a great deal of difference between most of them.

[charlton542]

4 years old whoop whoop .....

[styles8888]

Wait, I'm not actually sure I heard your the first fourteen times; is this an IPA?

[kjpomeroy]

I am no beer expert but have done quite a bit of homebrewing. If im not mistaken which I may be, IPA's are based on the amount of hop bittering oils present in the beer not the ABV. Great video by the way.

[elharlock]

Well IPA's were first invented as a way of preserving ales that the British shipped to their troops in India in the 18th century (it was about a 6 month trip by ship). They did not have refrigeration and pasteurization then so they used more hops and alcohol content to help keep the beer from going bad.

So true IPAs tend to be more bitter and have a slightyly higher alcohol content of about 5.5% to around 7.5%. Modern versions can get up to about 20% however.

[johhnyo]

Wow

You could have summed this up in 2 minutes vs seven. thanks for the review, we do appreciate it...

but you went on and on and on.

Also, don't appologize for liking this beer, it is a good brew.

[elharlock]

Well, I'm not much for summing up reviews unless the beer really bores me or if I have no personal history with it. And I'm not really appologizing for liking Keith's, I'm just being honest about the face that some will not like this beer as much because it's not a real IPA and because they didn't grow up drinking it.

[John031989]

You are the best beer reviewer on youtube (and the brewdudes). Keep 'em coming! Please do some Belgian Strong Darks or some German beers next.

[elharlock]

Thanks for the kind words. You're in luck, as I've been planning on picking through my liquor store's German selection next.

[DenisLD]

Wow, I'm one of the first (if not the first) to watch this =)

Good review!

[elharlock]

Cheers. Not to burst your bubble, but being to first to watch one of my videos is hardly an amazing accomplishment considering how low-traffic my channel is.:)