Whether you'll be at the cottage, watching waterfront fireworks or just barbecuing in the backyard, it's time to hit the LCBO to stock up for tomorrow's Canada Day celebrations.
To help you out with your shopping list, we decided to whip together a list of:
6 Great Canada Day Drinks:
- Bloody Caesar
- a truly Canadian drink. Invented in Calgary in 1969 (!) by Walter Chell, and then perpetuated in 2002 by Mott's designing pre-mixed Clamato juice just for this purpose. You can't even get a Caesar (unless it's with grated parm) anywhere but here, though there is something called a "Clam digger" which is similar. There's currently a petition to make it Canada's Official National Cocktail. - LugTred Lager
– a lagered ale from locally-owned and operated Beau's All Natural Brewing Company. LugTred is the perfect summer beer, light, golden and crisp. Beau's brewery is in Vankleek Hill and makes drinking their LugTred a great way to celebrate Canada Day. Read more about LugTred & Beau’s in Robyn’s post Follow The Tractor (Disclosure: Beau's was a sponsor of the last CheapEats Ottawa book launch) - Malivoire's Chardonnay Musqué
- made at an eco-friendly winery in Beamsville, this light, sweet, effervescent wine is a big favourite in my house. With hints of fruit - apple, peach, melon - it is great slightly chilled for sipping on a warm afternoon or for before dinner bubbles.
Now available (yay!) in the LCBO/Vintages unfortunately only in 1/2 bottles - Molson Canadian – while drinking Canadian doesn't give the nod to the increasing interest in microbrews and more complex flavours, it does say CANADIAN on the bottle and thus satisfies the most literal interpretation of a drink that says “I am Canadian”. And besides, who doesn't love the I Am Canadian ads?
- Canadian Club - with it's "Damn Right Your Dad Drank It" ads, it carries both the nostalgic and literal requirements to be a good Canada Day tipple. Drink it straight, on ice, or with a splash of ginger ale.
- Canada Dry Gingerale - speaking of ginger ale, why not splash in a bit more Canadiana? Canada Dry has been the ginger ale of choice in my house since we moved from the Maritimes and couldn't get Sussex anymore.
This post was inspired by SueB24 who asked why we didn't have a Can-con equivalent to Slashdot’s All-American Wines to Celebrate July 4.
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