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605:on Ontario Street in Montreal, founded in 1986.
840:"Beer Canada Annual Statistics Bulletin, 2015"
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932:Salut! The Quebec Microbrewery Beer Cookbook
866:. festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca. Archived from
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934:, Montréal: Véhicule Press, 192 pages
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575:, a 5% ale, brewed according to the
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829:Webzine, retrieved March 30, 2008
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864:"About us - Mondial de la bière"
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948:, Dundurn Press Ltd, 432 pages
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1012:- Quebec Encyclopedia of beer
917:Histoire de la bière au Québec
472:The first recorded commercial
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426:, an alcoholic beverage from
1050:Beer and breweries by region
813:Les Archives de Radio-Canada
459:Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve
977:Émile Vaillancourt (1940).
930:Raymond Beauchemin (2003).
747:List of breweries in Quebec
591:Golden Lion Brewing Company
577:Bavarian Purity Law of 1516
315:Tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean
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893:festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca
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798:, retrieved August 8, 2008
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164:French Canadian pea soup
1003:- Quebec beer webzine.
622:Ferme-Brasserie Schoune
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1696:List of microbreweries
992:L'Institut de la bière
790:June 29, 2008, at the
582:In the mid 1980s, the
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448:Relations des JĂ©suites
965:The Quebec Beer Guide
614:Les Brasseurs du Nord
589:On July 1, 1986, the
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