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Our time outdoors is limited with the colder seasons approaching and the 2022 winter forecast predicting freezing temperatures. Luckily, we still have some time to enjoy the outside world without layers. And what's better than ordering a round of ice-cold beers at a Montreal beer garden and catching up with friends on a sunny day?

Here are eight pubs in Montreal that have beer gardens worth a visit this month — or at least before snow takes over our city.

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Good news for all beer connoisseurs: Mondial de la bière is finally back to normal. Unlike last year, this iconic festival has been able to return to the good old formula that made it such a fun event to begin with.

Thanks (but no thanks) to the pandemic, the 2021 festival had to operate a little differently — welcoming just 450 people at a time for a maximum of three hours. There were no individual booths and, because of importing delays, only 5% of the beers were international.

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With such a wide range of flavours and types to choose from, beer is a beverage appreciated by lots of Montrealers. Caramel, licorice, hazelnut, ginger, orange – there really is something to suit every taste.

From May 19 to 22, beer lovers in Montreal can check out breweries from near and far at the 28th edition of the popular Mondial de la bière. Founded in 1994, the event plays an important role in the world of brewing, continually reinventing itself to suit the evolving palates of beer connoisseurs.

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Quebec's annual beer industry bash is back from May 19 to 22, after a two-year pandemic pause. The 28th edition of Mondial de la bière will take place at the iconic Gare Windsor with a massive terrasse in the adjoining Cour Rio Tinto (between the historic rail terminal and the Bell Centre). The popular tasting event is free to enter — you pay for what you drink — and will feature four days of access to over 400 beers, ciders, meads, and mocktails.

“This will be the first time the festival will be held both indoors and outdoors… The new concept will allow us to welcome more visitors and offer two different environments," said festival co-founder and CEO Jeannine Marois.

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With the curfew that was lifted at the end of May and the other measures that will be easing up over the next few weeks, the time has come for Montrealers to get together for the first time in what feels like forever.

The balmy temperatures and long, sunny days are well and truly here. What could be better than a backyard barbecue with up to eight of your favourite people (including yourself) to celebrate?

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Quebec City's beer garden pool, La Cour arrière du Festibière, has announced it's reopening its terrasse for the season on May 28, and it might be the coolest spot to get a drink in the province — literally.

As Narcity Québec reports, the pub features chairs and tables in a shallow pool where patrons can sip a beer while dipping their feet in the water.

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Over the past year, more and more people have become aware of the importance of supporting local businesses.

Whether you're shopping for handmade clothes that fit your new WFH lifestyle, ordering takeout from a small restaurant or picking out farm-to-table ingredients for dinner, we've become increasingly aware that buying local is good for our communities. 

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What's better than a nice, cold beer? Getting paid to drink that nice, cold beer. EduBirdie, a professional essay writing service geared toward students, is hiring between 28 and 40 hangover testers who will get paid to party — and, yes, Quebecers can apply!

The point of the "research" is to study which of the 15 most popular American beer brands has the smallest impact on productivity the next day, according to the website

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Though everyone living here already knew this, Verdun was officially named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world by Time Out. Ranked among neighbourhoods in Hong Kong, Berlin, and Paris, Montreal's humble little riverside borough stood head and shoulders above those stereotypically "cool" neighbourhoods in cities like Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Dublin. 

Time Out Montreal's Jean-Pierre Karwacki said that "despite renewed lockdown restrictions hitting the city in October, Verdun’s continued rallying cry of local flavours, sights and sounds in the face of uncertainty demonstrates how Montreal – and cities everywhere – can and will get through this."

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COVID-19's effect on the economy has been compared to the Great Depression of the 1920s — which basically means that things are looking rough for the Montreal job sector.

Luckily, service jobs are at an all-time high. We've compiled a list of seven jobs in Quebec paying over $20 per hour that you can apply for with little experience. 

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Get excited my fellow beer lovers. The Montreal brewery Brasseurs Sans Gluten just won the Beer of the Year for its Glutenberg Red at the 18th Annual Canadian Brewing Awards on Saturday, September 12.

The beer also took the gold prize in the Gluten-Free Beer category. Another one of the breweries beers, Glutenberg Gose, took bronze in the same category. 

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No matter the time of year, in Montreal, you can find great beer. 

From the light-and-refreshing ales of summer to the spiced brews of autumn to the dark stouts of winter to the blondes of spring, Montreal is an all-year-round beer town. 

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