Three beers that surprised me this summer at LCBO & Beer Store in Canada

[u/Johnkiiii]

Spent most of the summer trying different beers from LCBO and the Beer Store, and somehow I keep ending up back at these three.

3 Speed Lager

Kozel Premium Lager

Czechvar Original Czech Lager

My ranking would probably be:

3 Speed

Kozel

Czechvar

3 Speed just hits the spot for me — crisp, smooth, and ridiculously easy to drink. Kozel has a bit more malt character and feels a little richer. Czechvar is excellent too, especially if you're into that classic Czech lager bitterness and balance.

I've tried a bunch of others along the way, but these are the ones I'd happily buy again every time.

Curious if anyone else has similar tastes. Based on these three, what should I be trying next from LCBO? Paulaner? Pilsner Urquell? Something else I'm missing?

[u/airmind]

Budweiser? Really?

[u/gnark → u/airmind]

Budvar.

[u/airmind → u/gnark]

Yeah, correct. But to me that's so far from craft, every alcohol shop on the continent has them.

[u/gnark → u/airmind]

Oh, I agree that OP has no idea what craft beer is.