March 18, 2009 [ Updated April 10, 2009 ]
To you, beerfriends from around the world, if you didn’t know, well know that in the imaginary country of Québec, the selling of alchool is controlled by the governement. It’s a little complex (sometimes I think it’s stupid and totally irrational) but let’s just say that we have less choice of wines and beers (but the profits from foreign wine and beer go to Québec’s government). There are hundreds of SAQ stores throughout the so-called province but the larger stores that have the Sélection name added usually have a somewhat interesting although restrained choice of beer. Although they have some great ones, they really could, as a governmental institution, make a much larger effort to have more choice of beers. The personnal are not all specialised into beer so service varies. All in all, for beers, boooooooooooooooo, SAQ, you su**!