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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Consider it your birthday present, Ken. |
You are a prince.
carpe diem!
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Consider it your birthday present, Ken. |
You are a prince. |
Don't you mean -
I think the world is run by C- students.
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mulegemichael
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krico...thanks for the website...it legitimatizes my drinking...somewhat..anyway, it's something i'll copy and show my enablers..
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Bajahowodd
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Dennis- you're correct about seeing Bohemia ale. It was Bohemia beer. But... California instituted a rule years ago that mandated any brew labeled
beer could not contain more than 5% alcohol. Back in the day, before the Mexican government decided to tackle the borracho problem, most Mexican beers
were 6-7% alcohol. Not to mention other countries. I recall drinking Australian beer that was 9%. There was not a big export market then. Today,
although many states do not have such rules, inasmuch as California is such a huge market, virtually all foreign brewers lowered their alcohol content
to 5% or less.
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
krico...thanks for the website...it legitimatizes my drinking...somewhat..anyway, it's something i'll copy and show my enablers..
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Legitamize beer drinking? Enablers? Now don't fall prey to modern psychobabble. But if you want to further "legitamize" consumption of the nectar of
the gods, I once had a conversation with a doctor about my fondness for drinking beer. He said in Australia I would be considered a light drinker.
I grew up in a household that had two refrigerators, one for food, the other for beer and ale. I was always surprised that my friends only had one
frige in their houses.
But, it's true, for many folks moderation is difficult and problems arise. Never before noon and never until the day's work is done.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Dennis- you're correct about seeing Bohemia ale. It was Bohemia beer. But... California instituted a rule years ago that mandated any brew labeled
beer could not contain more than 5% alcohol. |
Ahhh yes......It all comes back to me now. That was the explaination at that time as well. This was in the 60s. On the bottle it said cerveza and
the carton said ale.
Thanks, Howard.
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David K
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Not all clear bottles make stinky beer...
Corona yes... but Baja Angel's favorite 'Sol' and one of my favorite's 'Mexicali' are in clear bottles, and not stinky. Also, while not my first
choice, 'Modelo' is in a clear bottle and an ok beer... just a bit too light tasting for me.
Maybe, my top 6 Mexican beers...
1) Pacifico
2) XX Special Lager
3) Mexicali
4) Tecate (in Baja)
5) TJ Beer (Güera)
6) Carta Blanca
Also enjoy on occaision:
XX Amber
TJ Beer (Morena)
Bohemia
Sol
Victoria
A big favorite of dark beer drinkers is Negra Modelo... Which was the sponsor of the 1979 Score Baja 1000 (Score's first race to La Paz)... and I was
a co-driver in it... and the night before the race... at the Bahia Hotel... I had far too much Negra Modelo... and never drank it again! Used to drink
Noche Buena, too... 
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by mulegemichael...and..why is corona so skunky when Pacifico is most of us folks favorite and aren't they brewed in the
same brewery???... |
Corona comes in a clear bottle, Pacifico comes in a brown bottle.
It's all about the sun and light. It reacts with the beer, mainly the compounds from the hops and forms the skunky smelling chemicals. In a clear
bottle (Corona, Miller, Mexicali) this can happen in minutes. Green bottles provide longer protection, and brown bottles even longer. A keg or a can
are better, but can impart a metalalic taste.
Even fluorescent and incandescent lighting can skunk a beer, it just takes longer.
Remember, friends don’t let friends drink beer from clear bottles. 
Of course, some people think that Corona is supposed to taste like a skunk’s butt and like it…
The best beers come in brown bottles that have to be opened with a bottle opener. Think about it. 
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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durrelllrobert
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I remember the Miss Rheingold contests from California when I was a kid.
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and the song they played was....:
"My beer is Reingold, the dry beer.
Think of Reingold meanever you by beer.
It's not bitter, not sweet:it's a fine tasting treat. Won't you try extra dry Reingoild Beer?"
Bob Durrell
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wessongroup
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Beer drinking in the World
Saw we got to the east coast... and I remember a number of brews listed.... thanks, great to see some of the old labels which I have tried but, have
forgotten.
Well, if you get a little further East, try Kreuzberg Monastery, about 30 miles South East of Fulda in Germany.. Those monks started making the stuff
around 800 AD and got pretty good.
When I was there, they were filling the mugs from huge "wooden" barrels.. not pretty looking, but the beer/ale that came out was really good.
You could write your name on the "head"... if you could do 2 liters and walk, they would most likely have Sainted you..
Oh, just thought of another one a lot of folks must have had San Miguel in the PI..
[Edited on 9-29-2009 by wessongroup]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
You could write your name on the "head"... if you could do 2 liters and walk, they would most likely have Sainted you..
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I think natural fermentation will go as high as 18%. Not for me. One of the things I like about the fine art of beer drinking is the volume
attainable and they longer times it takes to reach that point. If my function of drinking was limited to anihilation, I'd drink Caña.
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
You could write your name on the "head"... if you could do 2 liters and walk, they would most likely have Sainted you..
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I think natural fermentation will go as high as 18%. Not for me. One of the things I like about the fine art of beer drinking is the volume
attainable and they longer times it takes to reach that point. If my function of drinking was limited to anihilation, I'd drink Caña.
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tell it to the Germans... they make it and I didn't see one person getting their arm twisted
just checked, they have a web site and webcamera... thought you all might want to see how badly uncontrolled drinking of high content beer under
duress looks in present day Germany... what a rowdy bunch
It all about taste, if you get a good buzz too... who's complaining, if your Dr.'s not...
[Edited on 9-29-2009 by wessongroup]
[Edited on 9-29-2009 by wessongroup]
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Eugenio
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by grmpb
guess i'ma snob after a trip to england many years ago. are there any mexican ales? |
I don't know the technical difference but, many many years back, Bohemia was exported to the states and on the box it said Ale. Perhaps it still
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I don't think there are any ales produced in Mexico - unless they come out of microbrewries. Bohemia is a Vienna style Lager.
I've even had a hard time expressing the word "ale" in Mexico - some higher class mexicans understand ale as "ale" in spanish - and I've heard ale
expressed as "cerveza inglesa" - but really the distinction is simply not made in Mexico. (maybe Ferna or Jesse could set me straight here.)
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Mexitron
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Cousin Kevin with the catch of the day, Santa Rosalillita, 1985...mine were the bottles on the right
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Cypress
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When you get right down to it, if you're a beer drinker it's all pretty good.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
When you get right down to it, if you're a beer drinker it's all pretty good. |
Some just better than others when you have a choice.
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Oso
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Arrogant Bastard
No, not you Dennis...
I mean Arrogant Bastard Ale, a really great microbrew available in 24 oz. singles in the more discriminating stop n pops. It costs a good bit more
than Butt Lite, but worth it. The question is, are you worthy of it? The label is a great read. Sort of Studio 54 type advertising. Put down,
sneer at and generally humiliate the potential customer to make them think only the elite are allowed in.
http://www.arrogantbastard.com/
[Edited on 9-29-2009 by Oso]
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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DENNIS
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I feel left out. 
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wessongroup
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Mexitron, great shot....
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Mexitron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
It's all about the sun and light. It reacts with the beer, mainly the compounds from the hops and forms the skunky smelling chemicals. In a clear
bottle (Corona, Miller, Mexicali) this can happen in minutes. Green bottles provide longer protection, and brown bottles even longer. A keg or a can
are better, but can impart a metalalic taste.
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Actually I think the beer in cans taste better these days...maybe the technology is better...don't recall a metallic taste from a keg, but then again
usually when there was a keg around I didn't recall much of anything anyway. 
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