Molson Calgary

Brewed by Molson Breweries (MolsonCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Ahhhh…fond memories of Calgary export beer. It was a true western dry lager made with specially malted conquest barley malt and hops from BC…It was crisp, tart and finished dry…a wonderful delight to cut the bald-ass prairie dust otta your throat on a hot summer day spent traveling to the stampede…..But I say “WAS” because it is no more…Molson’s closed the Calgary brewery and I fear the recipe for Cal-EX went south. This beer has the familiar trademark of the buffalo head in the horseshoe but that is where the resemblance ends. I was shocked when I saw this beer I thought was extinct sitting on a shelf in a Saskatchewan beer store …so I bought a 12. It certainly isn’t Calgary Ex the way I remember it . This beer is far too sweet and missing the distinct hop tartness and dry finish that Cal-EX was renown for. Poured a medium straw color. Small cap that laced out nicely no strong aromas…slight wisp of sweet grains. Started peppery from the carbonation then a sweetness wrecks the hop balance and the body goes thin and malty with a musty bready finish….not Cal-EX…but some kind of Molson mega brewed pale lager with no character.

341mL bottle purchased eons ago in Edmonton, likely at Chateau Louis Liquor Store. From my notes. Pour was pale golden with foamy white head settling to no lacing. Aroma of light malts and corn. Taste is very slightly better than the average macro. Except for the label, there was nothing else memorable about this beer.

Funny that a beer named after my city can’t even be purchased here. Poured with a fizzy head that quickly dissapeared. Lots of carbonation. Golden yellow in color. Tastes like every other Molson product.

Last time I saw this on the shelves in Calgary was around 1995. Apparently my old tasting notes say: "Better than Molson Canadian and after drinking 4 supercans I had no hangover". Wow....was I ever young once or what? I remember this as being thin and watery but with a touch more hops than usual Molson ales/lagers.

Unavailable in Calgary…Indie staple in Saskatoon…this illustrious example of Prairie distributing genius is sold to unwitting Saskatchewanites as the “real deal” Alberta beer. The only “real deal” about this beer is that you can’t buy it in Calgary...and it could have about 6 different labels on the outside and no one would be the wiser. This is the most generic tasting beer I think I have ever tasted.

scent similar to regular Molson Canadian, has a golden yellow colour with small white head that dies out pretty quick. Has a very dry, wheat taste. goes down rather smooth though. will not buy again.

Nice looking bottle and logo but diappointing beer. Overcarbonated pale yellow pour with typical canadian ale/lager taste, but more watery and thin.

I used to drink this in University. Using tomato juice to make the beer last longer on a student’s budget the tomato juice in a Calgary produced the best mushroom cloud when being poured into the glass. Kind of a shame that you have to go to Saskatchewan to buy a beer named Calgary. Is it the same beer. Hard to say 20 years later, but I hope not since my memory is better than the taste. Looks, tastes and smells like a generic Molson beer.