# Don't Canadians dip their chicken wings in beer?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555 "2007-07-05T02:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/21 "2007-07-05T14:38:45Z")
Well hey waitaminute you snowbound social-welfare pukes. Maybe we appreciate our beer _BECAUSE_ it tastes like dishwater! Maybe we’re a tough bunch that doesn’t _NEED_ our beer to taste good! Jevver think of that, you bilingual unified-armed-forces pindicks?! HAH?? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/22 "2007-07-05T14:44:22Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] No. Never. Ever. We appreciate spicy wings as much as y’all down there. And probably appreciate our beer slightly more. [/QUOTE] Right. How many Canadian craft brews are there? ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/23 "2007-07-05T15:14:41Z")
[QUOTE=Great Dave] Right. How many Canadian craft brews are there? [/QUOTE] There are oodles of microbreweries, small breweries, brew pubs, and even specialty brewers who make limited numbers of kegs for bars and restaurants here in Canada - I know if I tried to start listing only the ones I have personally tried, I would miss way too many. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/24 "2007-07-05T15:16:09Z")
Depends. In Ontario (~ 12 million people) I count about [30 craft brewers](http://www.ontariocraftbrewers.com/content.php?nextpage=map). It seems to compare well with what the Illinois Craft Brewers list as their memebership (~20). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/25 "2007-07-05T15:36:13Z")
[QUOTE=Great Dave] Right. How many Canadian craft brews are there? [/QUOTE] Enough to keep us happy. The [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_beer) on Canadian beer lists a number of Canadian brewers and brewpubs, and if you ignore the big brewers (Molson and Labatt), the regional ones folded into the big ones (Kokanee, Alexander Keith, Carling-O’Keefe), and the wish-they-were-big-ones (Sleeman, Northern), you still end up with a number of brewers producing a number of fine craft beers, not all of which are bland pale commercial lagers. Remember also we have one-tenth of the population of the US. Obviously, if we were to have the same number of breweries, craft or otherwise, we’d have a helluva lot of beer to drink. It would seem that a question like “how many Canadian craft brews are there?” cannot be reasonably answered without taking the population proportion and regional tastes into consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/26 "2007-07-05T15:55:56Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] wish-they-were-big-ones (Sleeman [/QUOTE] As a public service update, Sleeman is now owned by Sapporo. I drove past their head office last week, and there was a Japanese flag flying beside Canada’s. I’ll be happy if it means Sleeman starts getting served in Japan, but I’m still sad to see one of the better breweries in Canada become foreign. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/27 "2007-07-05T17:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=Cerowyn] As a public service update, Sleeman is now owned by Sapporo. I drove past their head office last week, and there was a Japanese flag flying beside Canada’s. I’ll be happy if it means Sleeman starts getting served in Japan, but I’m still sad to see one of the better breweries in Canada become foreign. Again. [/QUOTE] ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/28 "2007-07-05T17:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] From Wiki - ‘Donair sauce is made of evaporated milk, sugar, vinegar, and garlic.’ Sounds like weak ranch dressing to me\. [/QUOTE] These aren’t remotely the same, FYI. Donairs with this sauce come close to being food of the gods. I have never, ever dipped chicken wings in beer. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/29 "2007-07-05T17:46:55Z")
EWWWWWWW! I’ve had plenty of wings in Hamilton and Toronto, and never saw anyone dip them in beer. Chicken wings spread from Buffalo up the QEW to the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario before their popularity became widespread in the US. Buffalonians NEVER dip their wings in beer, or anything else except bleu cheese. Canadians, as early recipients of chicken wings, probably adopted their wing-eating customs directly from western New York. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/30 "2007-07-05T22:27:01Z")
As an aside, two members of Kids in the Hall were from Alberta, two from Ontario, and one from Montreal (I think… I am doing this from memory), and having been in many a pub in all 3 - I think this is a wrap. Only a very strange and twisted beer hating Canadian would dip wings in beer. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/31 "2007-07-05T23:05:50Z")
_ **desperately commences YouTube search 'Kids In The Hall + Dave Foley + Dipping + beer’** _\* ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/32 "2007-07-05T23:28:09Z")
Just thought I’d add a west coast post to state that dipping chicken wings in beer is unheard of. I’d probably stare at least a bit if someone did that and I work in a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/33 "2007-07-05T23:34:05Z")
As a Newfoundlander relocated to Ontario, just let me say… _ **EEEEEW!!** _ That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/34 "2007-07-06T00:16:53Z")
“The Kids in the Hall” also dressed up as chicken ladies. I am SO crushing your head. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/35 "2007-07-06T17:11:59Z")
I heard (and it might just be a UL) that some Canadian gentlemen dip their wicks in beer to entice the Canadian ladies into oral sex. If true, it sounds clever. Canadian ladies love their beer, too.😉 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/36 "2007-07-06T17:17:17Z")
Good lord. It’s amazing what people will believe if they see it on TV. While I’m sure there is someone, somewhere in Canada who may have dunked a chicken wing in their beer, they only would have done it once, because Canadians tend to be a smart bunch, and only a single trial would be necessary to determine how utterly foul that would be. Short answer - No. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/37 "2007-07-06T17:17:56Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Enough to keep us happy. The [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_beer) on Canadian beer lists a number of Canadian brewers and brewpubs, and if you ignore the big brewers (Molson and Labatt), the regional ones folded into the big ones (Kokanee, Alexander Keith, Carling-O’Keefe), and the wish-they-were-big-ones (Sleeman, Northern), you still end up with a number of brewers producing a number of fine craft beers, not all of which are bland pale commercial lagers. Remember also we have one-tenth of the population of the US. Obviously, if we were to have the same number of breweries, craft or otherwise, we’d have a helluva lot of beer to drink. It would seem that a question like “how many Canadian craft brews are there?” cannot be reasonably answered without taking the population proportion and regional tastes into consideration. [/QUOTE] Good to know. The only one I see is Unibroue, and I thought I read some bitching on the board not too long ago about the paucity of good beer available on the tundra. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/38 "2007-07-06T17:20:29Z")
Perhaps someone had beer-_battered_ chicken up North and something went horribly wrong in translation. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/39 "2007-07-06T18:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=Great Dave] Good to know. The only one I see is Unibroue, and I thought I read some bitching on the board not too long ago about the paucity of good beer available on the tundra. [/QUOTE] [McAuslan](http://www.mcauslan.com/en/) is better, but that could just be me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555/40 "2007-07-06T19:30:19Z")
By Unibroue, I mean La Fin du Monde, which is probably the best Belgian style outside of Belgium, and Maudite. Sometimes some of their others, like Ephemere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-canadians-dip-their-chicken-wings-in-beer/410555.md?page=3)