Sharksbaja
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Microbrew Impaired Mexico
Pacifico"...."Pacifico" they squeal. That's all I ever hear.  " I would
imagine that Mexico is microbrew impaired so to speak. Now, I have had my share of brews in Mex. and I have yet to taste a brew that matches up to a
NW Micro. I don't think though that heavily hopped beer would ever be to popular in hot climates. Lagers, pilsners and ales can be brewed to a lighter
palate. With milder hops and shortened fermenting cycles a brewmaster can deliver very crisp, clean flavors without the heavy lingering malted hop
taste. Or maybe a light Hefewiezen(wheat beer) with am light, crisp citrus finish. A current fancy.
 I remember my first experience with a Tres XXX in 1969 at a small
ranch en route and broken down at Rancho de Castro. On an exeidition down Baja our trek took us over to Malarrimo Beach. The heavy, extra warm beer
damn near made me puke. Still the worst beer I can ever remember.
 Where does one sample a cerveza brewed in small, controlled batches. It could
be a new market in Mex. Its popularity has waned considerably in the NW as
the saturation/attrition rate grew when the economy soured. Now only the strong, flexible micro-brewers survive or the giants who bought up many small
breweries.
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BajaVida
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easy--bring your own
part of the gear required of the Baja Boyz is to bring about 2 cases of road beer (not what you think) so we have a good supply of microbrews as there
normally a dozen of us
but we also support the local deposito, we're just that kind of people
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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thebajarunner
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Bring Back Carta Blanca!
BV is partially correct, we bring a couple of cases from home (in my case I bring Asahi which is not bad for over the counter beer delivered in U.S.)
However, I try to wait until we get across the border to get the real stuff, which in my case is clearly Modelo Negra.
Great Stuff!
Sharky, anyone who drinks a heavy, strong, dark beer "extra warm" deserves all the bad taste he gets....
Carta Blanca in the little stubby bottles, with the opener built into the bottom of each one, ah, those were the days.
Baja Arriba!!
ps. BV will drink anything that you can pour... anything!
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comitan
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Carta Blanca is back back but only in cans(La Paz)
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Dave
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La Casta is a microbrew from (I believe) Monterey.
Closer to home, check out the Tijuana brewery. They have a beer garden/club where they sell on tap. GREAT BEER!
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Carta Blanca= orines de caballo. I loved XXX oscuro (but cold), What happened to it? My favorite Mexican beer is the bock that only comes out once
a year in December- Nochebuena. One of these thick dark stouts with a raw egg in it makes a great hangover cure.
No accounting for taste...
If it hasn't dissapeared, there was a great cerveza de barril- barrel draft only, no cans or bottles, brewed in Monterrey by a German family by the
name of Kloster. Very popular in good restaurants in Mexico City.
In Baja, it's pretty much Pacifico or TKT. I'll take the former.
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
...check out the Tijuana brewery. They have a beer garden/club where they sell on tap. GREAT BEER! |
http://www.tjbeer.com
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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Don Jorge
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Triple IPA
Yes, I am guilty. I bring beer into Mexico. There is nothing like a triple IPA in the hot Baja sun. I gave up on Mexican beers when Tecate switched
to aluminum and forever was lost the sweeet steel taste with a touch of lead and a lime twist!
I miss the good old days.
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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BajaHawk
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Good beer cn be found
Mexico has a few very good beers. Try Bohemia, sometimes hard to find but well worth it. IPA is my favorite style normaly, but something about the
heat and a hoppy bear don't go well together. When in Rome...
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Sharksbaja
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Bohemia
is a decent beer. Similar to Carta Blanca but sweeter and stronger. I have had them off and on for 20 + yrs. A medium lager style, it is available in
the Oregon everywhere. Corona is our most popular import. Its skunky taste is its trademark. Some people like the hopped up Modelo but I don't care
for it much. We used to have fun visiting the (Pacifico?) brewery in Mazatlan and get schooners of beer for 2 pesos many years ago.
http://www.tjbeer.com/
Nice looking brewery Doug, are there any others? Can you drink cheap at the breweries in Mex. still? Has anyone tried the TJ beer?
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Has anyone tried the TJ beer? |
I try at least once most every day. If I get to like it I might drink it more frequently.
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bajaruby
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You could make your own and experiment. Have you checked out "Don Humphry's Missing Links"? He has a site that tell you how.
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Pacifico"...."Pacifico" they squeal. That's all I ever hear. " I would
imagine that Mexico is microbrew impaired so to speak. Now, I have had my share of brews in Mex. and I have yet to taste a brew that matches up to a
NW Micro. I don't think though that heavily hopped beer would ever be to popular in hot climates. Lagers, pilsners and ales can be brewed to a lighter
palate. With milder hops and shortened fermenting cycles a brewmaster can deliver very crisp, clean flavors without the heavy lingering malted hop
taste. Or maybe a light Hefewiezen(wheat beer) with am light, crisp citrus finish. A current fancy.
I remember my first experience with a Tres XXX in 1969 at a small
ranch en route and broken down at Rancho de Castro. On an exeidition down Baja our trek took us over to Malarrimo Beach. The heavy, extra warm beer
damn near made me puke. Still the worst beer I can ever remember.
Where does one sample a cerveza brewed in small, controlled batches. It could
be a new market in Mex. Its popularity has waned considerably in the NW as
the saturation/attrition rate grew when the economy soured. Now only the strong, flexible micro-brewers survive or the giants who bought up many small
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Sharksbaja if you would open a seafood restaurant and microbrewery here in Mulege the rest of them could all close
Bruce R Leech
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Sharksbaja
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But Bruce
you already scared me off......
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Bruce R Leech
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don't be scared off. just think it will be fun and I will git fat and drunk.
Bruce R Leech
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Cincodemayo
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Fat Tire from New Belgium breweries in Colorado.
But as long as a brew is ice cold it fits the bill....even Mickey's Big Mouth for that quick buzz. Those Carte Blanco bottle openers on the bottom
were cool.
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
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Sharksbaja
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Fat Tire
is pretty good, a little over-rated, the stronger pale ale was popular a couple yrs back. Mickys' has that wonderful skunky smell
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David K
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Tijuana Brewery...
was at last year's Pyramid Resort Book Signing Party... and they provided FREE full size 'samples' of their light and dark brews! Hey Keri... are they
coming back?
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pappy
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tres xxxx, and carta blanca were good-too much darn fun actually.but, anymoe it's cold tecate with salt and lime-the poor man's magarita! a nice cold
ballena does the trick between the highway and camp, then it's tecate time....
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