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BajaRick
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Mood: for a cold one!
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Bob H.
You are a wise and experienced beer drinker. I too enjoy Corona Familiar it's a good change of pace after the normal Pacifico. I also enjoy a good
homemade Sangria on warmer days. Two Buck Chuck is great for this drink.
BR
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Dave
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RandyMac, you missed the best. Tijuana beers are THE best in Mexico and IMNSHO stack up against the finest on the planet.
I'm chompin' at the bit. David, care to organize a pilgrimage?
Tues-Wed are my only free days.
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David K
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"I just love driving in Baja"... Dave, a lot is on the planning board and things are a little crazy for me... However, the very first opp. to get away
mid week... I will make some noise and bring along Nomads to your deli for lunch, then the Tijuana (not Tia Juana) Brewery, eh? I am wondering... if
it isn't Tia Juana (two words) then why do even Mexicans call the city "T. J."!!!??? 
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Dave
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David, lunch at the deli on Tues-Wed won't work. We be closed on dem days. That's why I suggested Tus-Wed for a brewery trip.
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Baja Bernie
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Mexican Beer
Way back when I first came to Baja I learned to enjoy my beer warm and the only one was Corona---We called it skunk beer because the clear bottles
allowed strange things to happen to it when it sat out in the desert on a train enrounte to Baja. It was okay if you held your nose. Bohemia became
my favorite when ice became available because it had a soft, mellow taste and feel. When I first was introduced to Pacifico on the mainland it was in
chica 7oz bottles and a six pack was equal to a guart of beer. Good beer but too little too late.
Ice does make a difference. Even for Vodka or Rum.
Oh! Yes no one stopped the bottles up with limes in those days.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
David, lunch at the deli on Tues-Wed won't work. We be closed on dem days. That's why I suggested Tus-Wed for a brewery trip. |
Of course! If you are not there... nobody can make awesome pastrami sandwitches! Okay, we will caravan to the T.J. Brewery... Who wan'ts to go? We
Nomads are thirsty!
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Baja Bernie
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Tijuana Brewery
David and crew,
Keri tells me that the TJ Beer company will be at the May 1st book Signing with free samples. Yea, at the Pyramid Resort!!!!
Damn, Beer, Wine, and books. How can you beat that?
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Tijuana Beer - Another beer stop on the way south...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
RandyMac, you missed the best. Tijuana beers are THE best in Mexico and IMNSHO stack up against the finest on the planet.
I'm chompin' at the bit. David, care to organize a pilgrimage?
Tues-Wed are my only free days. |
Dave,
I noticed it last night while searching, but I thought it was an obscure micro brew brand. I have never seen it in Baja. It sounds good. I could only
list 10 items also, so I chopped a few and they were probably the best beer. Too bad.
I found the web site again and although it's not that friendly a web site on a Mac, it has some interesting things. 2 for 1 beer nights and days with
food appies at The Brewery La Taberna TJ.
http://www.tjbeer.com/eng/history.html
BREWERY LOCATION: (Info from website)
As a Tribute to Tijuana's hospitality and inviting atmosphere, we have created a new beer; Cerveza Tijuana TJ. Located just outside of the heart of
historic Tijuana, you will find a brewery unlike any other. Cerveza Tijuana is different and unique.
TIJUANA DORADA
A full-bodied beer.
4.4% Alc. Vol. Extr.Orig. 10.5%
TIJUANA MORENA
This dark beer is unique among all others.
4.5% Alc. Vol. Extr.Orig. 11.5%
TIJUANA LAGER
A beer with an exquisite flavor.
4.2% Alc. Vol. Extr.Orig. 10%
[Edited on 3-26-2004 by RandyMac]
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Dave
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The real surprise is at the brewery where they offer unfiltered varieties of their bottled/keg beers. OUTSTANDING!
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja Bernie
Oh! Yes no one stopped the bottles up with limes in those days. |
Bernie, the lime scares away flies. I've tested this theory, and it works. A fly will not land on the lime or anywhere the lime juice landed on,
including the entrance of a beer bottle. Subsequently, as time went by, people began squeezing the entire slice into the bottle (along with the
peeling in some cases).
Bob H
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Neal Cox
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This might pee you all off, but I would only drink Mexican beer if I were totally out of the supply of NW Micros I bring with me. When in Mexico,
drink what they do best, Tequilla
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The Gull
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Lime Source
Are you sure that the lime is not a carry-over from the good old days when you would put lime and sometimes salt on the top of a Tecate can to remove
the rust before drinking?
Now those were the good old days!!!!
Who remembers the short squatty bottles of Mexicali beer? We used to call them short dogs.
[Edited on 3-26-2004 by The Gull]
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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academicanarchist
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Origin of lime
Goes back to the days when pulque was commonly drunken in most of Mexico, and lime was a way to prevent certain dietary deficiencies. Also from the
way that tequila is consumed. I have to admit that this is the most profound and important thread to date on this forum.
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Cox
This might pee you all off, but I would only drink Mexican beer if I were totally out of the supply of NW Micros I bring with me. When in Mexico,
drink what they do best, Tequilla |
Neal, I lived in Seattle and still visit frequently. The Tijuana ales stack up to any of the PNW micros.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by academicanarchist
I have to admit that this is the most profound and important thread to date on this forum. |
AA - I actually totally agree with you. Thank goodness for that, huh?
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RandyMacSC/SO
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On the origin or Lime
| Quote: | Originally posted by academicanarchist
Goes back to the days when pulque was commonly drunken in most of Mexico, and lime was a way to prevent certain dietary deficiencies. Also from the
way that tequila is consumed. I have to admit that this is the most profound and important thread to date on this forum. |
I came across this on some crazy web site where this guy Cecil Adams anaswers bizarre questions from all over.
Why the lick salt-drink tequila-bite a lime stuff?
According to Cecil Adams, he says the following:
Mescaline is made from what the plant botanists call Lophophora williamsii. Tequila is made from several species of the genus Agave. The term "mescal"
is used as an informal name for both types of plant, even though they are of different genera.
So, while you could say that both tequila and mescaline are manufactured from the mescal plant, you couldn't say they are manufactured from the same
plant. To add to the confusion, tequila is classified as a Mexican brandy, and the generic name for Mexican brandies is...mescal! Aren't you glad you
asked?
Mexicans have long known that a little sodium chloride on the tongue can help to mollify the fiery flavor that characterizes much of their food. They
use salt when downing chile peppers, for example. By the same token, citrus juices of various kinds have long been used to kill the aftertaste of the
more potent forms of alcohol. For example, poor black folks in the U.S. used to cut their port wine with lemon juice. The Gallo wine company noticed
this and began marketing Thunderbird, a white port-citric acid mixture. Anyway, when tequila came to the U.S., the salt and lime (or lemon) bit came
with it.
--CECIL ADAMS
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This is an important topic and come to think of it, I'm late. It's time to go out to my favorite pub (The Rex) and have a few dozen ice cold Molson
Canadian or ice cold Kokanee draft tonight. Better do my magic tricks before I have too many.
Have a good weekend.
RandyMac
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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Markitos
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Guess Im a Pacifico Guy too. Nothing worst then a medelo Hangover. Tecacte taste funny and the other stuff isnt allways around. Bellena Hummm ?
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pappy
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for a sit down dinner- bohemia.out on the dirt or in camp-Tecate
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fdt
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[Tijuana (not Tia Juana) Brewery, eh? I am wondering... if it isn't Tia Juana (two words) then why do even Mexicans call the city "T. J."!!!???:
[Edited on 3-27-2004 by fdt]
[Edited on 3-27-2004 by fdt]
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fdt
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I guess I don't know how to post :-)
But Tuesday or Wednesday I'm in for Tijuana Beer
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