Hundreds of years of brewing tradition existed in Canada prior to anyone ever hearing of a village named Pilsner, nor a reason to own a microscope.
The "Canadian" ale flavour is somewhat of a hybrid and as such can be hard to define. For interest sake, many Canadian ales have always been closer to 100 % malt and often display bitterness into the mid-20's.
The dominant characteristic is a light to golden colour (rarely into the darker depths of amber); a typically complex "ale" aroma; and generally able to show a cleansing, rougher edge than typically gentler North American lagers.
This is a great style with food and one brand was once advertised as "keeps on tasting great"; hinting that it did not lose it's pleasing strength as one consumed a 2nd (or 3rd?..).
This ale is a modern Canadian ale, slightly lighter in character than has been the norm of many Canadian ales, but a distinctively fine ale.
