Brew pub beers for me...particularly pale ales or IPAs.
Brutopia's beers are great. I'm from out of town and I always drink there when in Montreal. There used to be an interesting brew pub in a rundown area called Cheyval Blanc, or something like that. Is it still around?
And the best of all time- right in your backyard- Dieu Du Ciel-especially any of their Imperial stouts !!! Keep giving us the world's best products JF...
Guinness on tap (if possible in Dublin or in the UK, the taste overthere is less sweet than the one in Montreal) or in a can. Guinness in bottle isn't creamier as the one in a can or on tap.
The Cheval Blanc Micro-Brewry is located on rue de la Roche in Montreal. It was taken over by Les Brasseurs RJ, known in particular for their "Belle-Gueule" label. Several of the original Cheval Blanc labels were dropped following RJ's acquisition but they kept some of the best.
My votes among Quebec's microbrewries go to:
From Unibroue (Sleeman): Blanche de Chambly, Maudite, Raftman
From Les Brasseurs du Nord: Boréale rousse
From Les Brasseurs RJ: Belle-Gueule Originale, Cheval Blanc - Blanche Originale and Rousse Légendaire
For more information on Quebec's beers (from micro-brewries to majors), a very good directory http://www.bieranet.qc.ca/bieres.htm
Only in French unfortunately...