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Best warm beer???

BornFisher - 7-27-2017 at 04:23 PM

So sometimes you just run out of ice while exploring Baja. I wouldn`t drink a hot beer left out in the sun, but tepid or say 75 degrees would be fine. Had a Budweiser the other day that tasted fine this way (emergency)!!! So.... bottle, can, Tecate rojo, or?????
BTW this is a troll for a good "had to drink them warm" story!:lol:

TMW - 7-27-2017 at 04:31 PM

I have never had a beer that I thought tasted good warm. Old English Ale is the worst. Maybe a non-alcoholic beer might be OK. But as far as I'm concerned I don't like soda that's warm either, tea OK.

[Edited on 7-27-2017 by TMW]

bajabuddha - 7-27-2017 at 04:33 PM

Most of the OG Mexicanos I knew preferred their cervezas 'temprano' rather than 'frio'. Pacifico in the bottle was most preferred, with thumb-over-top in between sips to keep the moscas out. For me, not so much, but warm is better than none on a dry day.

Stay thirsty, my friends. :cool:

ADDENDUM: A good friend from Mexicali told me that a TKT ballena (chilled) is called "huevos hielados" and is Mexican air conditioning in Mexicali in the summertime. That's how they stay.....
COOOOL... :cool:

[Edited on 7-27-2017 by bajabuddha]

shari - 7-27-2017 at 04:54 PM

the only beer I can drink warm is Guinness.....hmmm...wish I had one!

chippy - 7-27-2017 at 05:00 PM

John Steinbeck and crew thought it was Carta Blanca?:barf:

del mar - 7-27-2017 at 05:52 PM

warm beer and bread they say can raise the dead well it reminds me of the menu at a holiday inn.......

vandy - 7-27-2017 at 07:11 PM

I would have loved a warm beer in a primitive cabin where
two of us were taking shelter during a day-long series of thunderstorms.
All we could find was a warm bottle of cheap gin.
We played draw poker and the loser would have to take a shot.

I still gag at the sight of gin.

That said, Bohemia Oscura or any beer with water in it,
when you're thirsty (as said), is excellent.

MMc - 7-27-2017 at 07:16 PM

I can always drink them at ocean temp, I do not spend much time on in the northern sea of cortez in the summer.

carlosg - 7-27-2017 at 08:07 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha  
Most of the OG Mexicanos I knew preferred their cervezas 'temprano' rather than 'frio'. Pacifico in the bottle was most preferred, with thumb-over-top in between sips to keep the moscas out. For me, not so much, but warm is better than none on a dry day.

Stay thirsty, my friends. :cool:

ADDENDUM: A good friend from Mexicali told me that a TKT ballena (chilled) is called "huevos hielados" and is Mexican air conditioning in Mexicali in the summertime. That's how they stay.....
COOOOL... :cool:

[Edited on 7-27-2017 by bajabuddha]


Hi bajabuddha,

I went to college in Mexicali, I certainly remember the "huevos helados" you're referring to. But actually it's about the city: it's said of Mexicali that it is: "la ciudad de los huevos fríos" (the city of the cold balls) because during summer time everyone has a cold "caguama" (thirsty-two-ouncer) between their legs while driving around... keep'em cool bro... actually the "caguamas" are said to be "vestidas de novia" (dressed like brides) because of the ice build up on the bottle's surface when taken out of the fridge... and everyone knows where the best "abrevaderos" (water holes) are at... chilled... mmm... mm... m...!!!... not warm beer in Mexicali...!!!!

bajabuddha - 7-27-2017 at 09:09 PM

carloslg, I wish you could meet my bud Tavo from Mexicali..... the guy is a true Baja treasure. Young, impetuous, and now found his way to the Cabo area to entertain his current clients. Huevos hielados indeed! The guy is an open container for knowledge, love, and friendship, one of my finest friendships made in Baja. That is, next to Chuckie...... he'll drink ANYTHING.

Marc - 7-28-2017 at 06:13 AM

At the China Fleet Club in Hong Kong we drank with British and Australian sailors. Those Limeys would let their beers go warm before they would drink-up. We and the Aussies liked them cold. This was 1959. Nowadays cold beer has become popular in the UK. Believe it or not Budweiser is a big seller there. Go figure.
That being said; from experience, I vote for Tecate Red for the best served warm.

BajaGlenn - 7-28-2017 at 06:58 AM

Tiger Beer:bounce:

Hook - 7-28-2017 at 09:02 AM

Was just commenting on the warmish beer I was drinking last night.

I was at a minor league baseball game in Boise and it was Thirsty Thursday, which meant dollar beers for the first few innings. Naturally, we would each buy TWO (the limit in the US; what a joke!) and one would lean towards warm while we drank the first one. It was in the clear, thin plastic cups with zero insulation value.

Cold or warm, Coors Light doesnt change much. Not much flavor to undergo a change, I guess. But I still like the beer, because it is so clean and refreshing and relatively low in alcohol. It's hard to pound IPAs, pale ales, ambers or stouts in 90+ degree heat. I actually drink Original Coors Banquet Beer as my go-to light beer, but that and Blue Moon were 6.25 at the game. The dollar Coors Light sales were brisk, even if the weather wasn't.

Can you tell the Boise Hawks are an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies?

Hook - 7-28-2017 at 09:07 AM

Oh yeah, any Mexican beer in a can that gets warm is awful, IMO. The leader is Modelo Especial. But I dont like it, to begin with.

[Edited on 7-28-2017 by Hook]

ehall - 7-28-2017 at 09:23 AM

Warm beer is poor planning and calls for an immediate ice run.

TMW - 7-28-2017 at 09:41 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Marc  
At the China Fleet Club in Hong Kong we drank with British and Australian sailors. Those Limeys would let their beers go warm before they would drink-up. We and the Aussies liked them cold. This was 1959. Nowadays cold beer has become popular in the UK. Believe it or not Budweiser is a big seller there. Go figure.
That being said; from experience, I vote for Tecate Red for the best served warm.


The China Fleet Club in Hong Kong brings back memories. It's Feb. 1966 me and my buddy were in there setting at a table with a pitcher of beer when an American sailor stands on a chair with beer in hand points it to the picture of Queen Elizabeth and says F the Queen. Well all hell breaks loose as the British Marines and US sailors are fighting all over the place. My buddy and I grab the pitcher of beer and our glasses and go under the table to watch it all. The SPs and MPs and maybe some cops break it up. One SP looks under our table and says OK guys it's OK to come out.

Hook - 7-28-2017 at 10:38 AM

Quote: Originally posted by ehall  
Warm beer is poor planning and calls for an immediate ice run.


Sometimes your camp is just too remote to justify it.

A remote camp is the best reason to buy a low-draw, compressor fridge around 40-50 qt, and a solar panel to keep up with it. Yeah, the return on investment, compared to the cost of ice, is long. But when you figure in fuel and lost time, it's a no-brainer.

As I've mentioned before, the combo of an absorption fridge and a small compressor fridge has freed me from buying ice on my summer travels in my truck camper. It's nice not dealing with ice. The absorption freezer makes ice cubes for mixed drinks overnight and all the other beverages (except bulky almond milk and juice containers) go in the compressor. I can set it at 32-34, if desired.

I really wonder if someone has every used their chest style compressor fridge to make large ice blocks that they then moved to a six-day ice chest. I just dont know if the compressor would keep up; they arent real fast at freezing a single mass over 3 liters or so. Especially if the ambient temp of the water is in the 80s.

The absolute worst can of beer I ever had was from a family selling cans of XXX (tres equis) near the dunes below Cantamar. Warm, and in a can from the 60s. Might have been lead-lined in Mexico back then. Certainly wasnt aluminum; maybe tin.

I was young and it was a long time ago, but I remember XXX being sold. Anyone else ever run across that?


del mar - 7-28-2017 at 10:59 AM

I remember seeing XXX but can't recall ever drinking it....the mexican beer that never worked for me was the Tecate of the 80's, no matter how cold it was.

AKgringo - 7-28-2017 at 11:24 AM

I am pretty sure I drank XXX on the mainland years ago, with favorable results, but I have never bought beer in cans SOB! Pacifico in returnable bottles was my choice.

In 1986 I found a cerveca sold in stubby, barrel shaped, non returnable bottles. it may even have been labeled 'Barriles', or something similar.

The twist off caps were the tightest I have ever encountered, so there was a recessed area in the bottom of the bottle to use to open another one.

Back on topic, the better the beer, the better the chance you can enjoy it warm. Frosted mugs are for real crappy beer!

bajabuddha - 7-28-2017 at 11:38 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  

Back on topic, the better the beer, the better the chance you can enjoy it warm. Frosted mugs are for real crappy beer!


... so are limes, IMHO. :cool:

chuckie - 7-28-2017 at 11:40 AM

Bariiles (sp) is still available and is my favorite, not warm..

BajaNaranja - 7-28-2017 at 01:35 PM

Somewhat of an aside (is semi-on topic as it is about beer, albeit cold beer) - stopped at Agua Mala brewery just north of Ensenada (very close to California Trailer Park) and had some delicious craft beers last week. Had a few drafts (Astillero, an American IPA and Sirena, a pilsner) and bought some bottles to take with; my new southbound MO may be to buy some bottles there.

Great food, too - the place is affiliated with Deckmans, the unbelievably delicious outdoor dining destination in Valle de Guadalupe.

As for warm beers, seems to me that the best ones are those with the least taste (Coors Light, etc.).

Saludos amigos!

[Edited on 7-28-2017 by BajaNaranja]

Best beer ever, warm or cold...

Howard - 7-28-2017 at 03:06 PM

By far and away the best warm beer (actually it was border line hot) was in Vietnam when a chopper landed in the field and a pallet beer was off loaded and was sitting in the hot sun. As an enlisted man we were limited to 2 beers and needed a can opener to open them up. Best beer I have ever had, warm or cold.
If memory serves correct, the officers had more than 2 beers.
Funny, I can't remember what I had for breakfast today but I sure do remember those 2 beers 51 years ago!

del mar - 7-28-2017 at 03:42 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Howard  
By far and away the best warm beer (actually it was border line hot) was in Vietnam when a chopper landed in the field and a pallet beer was off loaded and was sitting in the hot sun. As an enlisted man we were limited to 2 beers and needed a can opener to open them up. Best beer I have ever had, warm or cold.
If memory serves correct, the officers had more than 2 beers.
Funny, I can't remember what I had for breakfast today but I sure do remember those 2 beers 51 years ago!


Carling Black Label with a rusted top?

Howard - 7-28-2017 at 04:08 PM

Don't exactly remember but I thought it might of been either Hamms or Pabst.

AKgringo - 7-28-2017 at 04:17 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Howard  
By far and away the best warm beer (actually it was border line hot) was in Vietnam when a chopper landed in the field and a pallet beer was off loaded and was sitting in the hot sun.


What...they couldn't drop a couple of co2 fire extinguishers with the pallet?

In 69 I was in Korea, and as an officer, I was only allowed to drink at the officer's club on the compound. Our commander didn't mind an occasional moral boosting beer drop, but us junior officers were told leave the troops alone and let them enjoy our absence.

Old Milwaukee, 14 oz cans

[Edited on 7-28-2017 by AKgringo]

del mar - 7-28-2017 at 04:22 PM

I sure don't recall any 2 beer limit....was that per hour?

Howard - 7-28-2017 at 04:35 PM

Nope, I remember, 2 beers only. Perhaps they didn't want any front line infantry jarheads with a buzz and an M-14 or M-16. Really don't remember the whys and why not's, just remember it was hotter than hell and the 2 beers went down reel good.
Upon edit, I guess I had fishing on my mind, make that real good.

[Edited on 7-28-2017 by Howard]

Best warm beer

Sr.vienes - 7-29-2017 at 06:51 AM

My father said "Cold women, warm beer and wet toilet paper" couldn't tolerate any of them. My father was a wise man.

BornFisher - 7-24-2018 at 08:15 PM

Well some old character recently raided my supply and I had to drink some more tepid beer. Budweiser it was and again it was fine IMO.
Any other nominations for good beer drank at room temps?? Not hot, but not chilled.

woody with a view - 7-24-2018 at 08:45 PM

One time we ran out of ice camped out along the area that shant be named. It was summer. Placed the warm beer in the tide pools to cool off to around 67 degrees.

Never drank Corona again.

BajaGlenn - 7-25-2018 at 08:40 AM


Tiger Beer tho i doubt you can get it in Baja:(:(:(

pauldavidmena - 7-25-2018 at 12:03 PM

IMHO, Cask-conditioned ales are best served at "cellar temperature". My wife would call that warm, but a really good beer tends to lose some of its unique flavor the closer it gets to freezing (or so I tell her).

Cropton Brewery in North Yorkshire, England, makes some award-winning ales - all cask-conditioned. Closer to home, Goose Island Brewery in Chicago, despite being purchased by Anheuser-Busch, still makes really good cask-conditioned ales at their Clybourn Avenue location.

That said, room temperature might be a little too warm, and hotter than that, I would just as soon stick to water.

fishbuck - 7-25-2018 at 01:50 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ehall  
Warm beer is poor planning and calls for an immediate ice run.


Don't EVER leave your wingman or run out of ice!

fishbuck - 7-25-2018 at 01:56 PM

If the beer gets warm drink water until you can get to town for cold beer.
Nothing tastes worse than warm beer.
This is stupid.

willardguy - 7-25-2018 at 06:07 PM

"warm beer and bread they say could raise the dead".....I say better than nothing ;)

BajaGlenn - 7-25-2018 at 06:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  
"warm beer and bread they say could raise the dead".....I say better than nothing ;)


JB was right :lol::lol:

basautter - 7-25-2018 at 07:21 PM

San Miguel, brewed in the Philippines. I visited in the 80s while in the USMC, and it was most often served on ice (and not much ice) because refrigerators were few and far between. Of course, if there was no ice, we drank them anyway! :bounce::bounce:

mtgoat666 - 7-25-2018 at 09:11 PM

Why drink warm beer? Just pour some whiskey or red wine.

If you plan ahead, you’ll have a palatable warm beverage for when you run out of ice, because you didn’t plan ahead; eh?



[Edited on 7-26-2018 by mtgoat666]

BornFisher - 7-25-2018 at 09:26 PM

Nice to hear from some here on what we should all do. And also nice to see here that some have perfect plans that never go awry.
In the meantime, some make lemonade out of lemons.

bajabuddha - 7-25-2018 at 10:20 PM

Famous last word (s) :

I drink for the taste. :smug:

redmercury - 7-26-2018 at 02:20 AM

Otto Warmbier


bajaric - 7-26-2018 at 06:14 AM

Pacifico and Bud are not bad warm. When I look in the ice chest and all that is left is some soggy tortillas, a can of tuna, and a warm beer, for me that means its time to go.