Canadian Beer Styles

Hello Everyone,

I have a friend who is French Canadian (a born & bred Quebecer) for whom I’d like to brew a batch of beer. He’s not a “beer guy” per se, but has been in on my exploits since I began brewing a couple of years ago. Today I came across NB’s “Quebecois Quadruple Wheat Wine” product group, which I thought looked very interesting and got me thinking about Canadian beer styles.

Can anyone out there tell me if there is a specific style of beer that is considered to be uniquely Canadian? I’d like to avoid the standard Labatt/Molson/Moosehead crowd, and I’d also like to avoid anything with maple syrup. :wink:

Based upon a few sites I have seen, it appears that pale lagers seem to be the beer style of choice.