We’ve had a pretty amazing summer, but it seems like Mother Nature is catching up with us. This past weekend was grey for most parts and pouring rain for others. But this should never discourage you from grabbing a great beer if that’s what you’re craving.

Beer isn’t made just for the hot sunny days, there are beer styles and flavors that match practically any scenario. So what are the best beers to cheer you on that rainy, overcast, or miserable day?

Stout: The St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

At its World Beer Championship debut in 1994, this 5% Stout from Quebec received the 2nd highest ranking out of over 200 beers at the competition. Its claim to fame is the remarkably creamy mouthfeel that’s silky and smooth. There are few beers in the world that can match the flavors, texture, and drinkability of this amazing stout from Canada.

This ink black beer pours out easily with an oily consistency that forms a dense mocha brown head as its crown. The nose is all soft roast with hints of cocoa, espresso, dark malt and cookies. As you enjoy this beer, smooth waves of baker’s chocolate, coffee beans, cocoa powder and dry roast entice and refresh your palate.

It’s available all over Canada, and is quickly making it’s way South as well. Try it with hamburgers, sausages, roast beef, soft cheeses, and cheesecake, chocolate and fruit desserts.

American Style India Pale Ale: Duggan’s No. 9 IPA

American Style, yes – but brewed in Canada. This is a richly malty, crisply bitter, and satisfyingly zesty India Pale Ale. It combines two amazing worlds; rich malt depth, and fresh quenching hops.

From this 6.2% beer pours a rich amber brown, red brick body and a thick cream colored head. The nose is rich with sweet malts and fresh bitter hops, caramel, toffee, hints of oak and crisp pine. The waves of smooth caramel malts wash widely across your palate and show a creamy balancing act of gooey, sweet malts and fresh, clean hops.

This beer transcends all seasons and will help you beat the rainy day blues every time. The No. 9 is perfect with pub fare, red meats, sandwiches, and yes, cheesecake.

Strong Lager: Christoffel Nobel

Bierbrouwerij Sint Christoffel in the Netherlands is producing this remarkably unique pilsner style beer. They’ve left it unfiltered, unpasteurized, and it’s fermented in open tanks. All this creates a spicy, yet clean and refreshing beer with characteristics that are very hard to combine. At 8.7% this beer demonstrates a new meaning of crisp and soothing refreshment.

Lagers are clean, fresh, and crisp flavored beers. Their typically transparent body comes from a bottom-fermenting yeast and long periods of cold ageing (lagering). The Nobel is clean, fresh, crisp and smooth but shows significantly more complexity and character than most of its Pilsner counterparts. The nose is all herbs and flowers with fresh hay fields and earth. It brings a pale malt sweetness that’s balanced with fresh grassy and bitter hops, a clean dose of bright pepper and muddled spice. Its finish is dry with a crackling sensation and enough power to cleanse and quench any food you pair with it.

Try the Nobel with anything spicy or greasy; Thai, Indian, Mexican and Chinese food are excellent. So are nachos, burgers, fries, pizza, pastas, and light pastries.