title_body: What factors cause distinctions between Canadian and American craft beer?
upvoted_answer: I am not 100% versed in this but I am assuming that Canada needs to import most of their hops. This could make it too expensive to provide a quality product when the ingredients are so expensive to buy. If you take that into account and the fact that alcohol, in general, is way more expensive in Canada than in the US, it makes sense that the brewers would skimp out on ingredients to keep their beer prices affordable.  There is more variety available to us in States than in Canada too. 
  
  It seems that Canada is in need for more hop growers to help alleviate this problem. 
  
  
    An article about Canadian hop growers that might be relevant. https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/2017/07/04/hop-in-growing-craft-brewery-market-drives-demand-for-local-hops/