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fixtrauma
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Save one of those beers and I will join you with one on Dec. 20th when we stop in Loreto on our way to La Paz!
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alafrontera
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My second favorite beer but I've missed out the last few years. Speaking strictly from memory, tell me; if you blind taste it side by side with
Negro Modello can you tell the difference? Honestly? NM is available year 'round 
My memory says they are the same but I consider it my duty to seek out some NB and check again 
Question; Why is Adelita Bar more popular than Hong Kong Club?
Answer; Adelita's serves Negro Modello and Hong Kong makes you drink Bohemia. 
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woody with a view
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NM is chocolate flavored....
i got my order in for a box to be smuggled thru customs.....
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I've been a fan of Bohemia for years. Strong though. It was our only bottled beer at Alley West in Newport in the sixties.
Is there an alternate to Bohemia Oscura? I mean, a lighter model? I wasn't aware of that. |
That would be Bohemia...
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Bohemia
One of the oldest brands of the company, Bohemia is made especially for beer connoisseurs who appreciate its distinctive and impeccable taste. Its
label design and its golden neck and cap, accentuate its aspect of exclusivity, sobriety and elegance. Bohemia has attained the distinction of being
considered one of the finest beers in the world and the recognition by the Mexican consumer as the highest quality Mexican beer.
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Dark Bohemia [Bohemia Obscura]
To satisfy the most demanding palates Bohemia Obscura was developed, containing a dark liquid under the well-known Bohemia brand, which offers a great
alternative for the consumer of this type of beer. The metallic tones of the label are maintained, in this case silver, denoting exclusivity and
elegance of the Bohemia family.
Bohemia Obscura is a Vienna type beer, with a full body thanks to the mixture of caramel and toasted malts, which brings out is grain character, from
where nut and coffee aromas emanate.
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FEMSA Link
Got to love the descriptions:
"[Bohemia’s] label design and its golden neck and cap, accentuate its aspect of exclusivity, sobriety and elegance." Sobriety? Not
really the right word for a beer ad.
"Bohemia Obscura was developed, containing a dark liquid ...." Sounds like a description for Cheez-Wiz "A bright yellow, viscous,
cheese food paste product…." .
[Edited on 11-20-2009 by Taco de Baja]
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by alafrontera
My second favorite beer but I've missed out the last few years. Speaking strictly from memory, tell me; if you blind taste it side by side with
Negro Modello can you tell the difference? Honestly? NM is available year 'round
My memory says they are the same but I consider it my duty to seek out some NB and check again
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I find a distinct difference between those two.
But then again, I have difficulty justifying the price difference between Padre Kino Tinto and a $60 Cabernet. Taste pretty much the same to me. Taste
buds maybe lost their finetuning for years of indulging in cheap scotch.
And...not to forget.....martinis....shaken, not stirred.
Made with Popov.
[Edited on 11-20-2009 by vandenberg]
[Edited on 11-20-2009 by vandenberg]
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I've been a fan of Bohemia for years. Strong though. It was our only bottled beer at Alley West in Newport in the sixties.
Is there an alternate to Bohemia Oscura? I mean, a lighter model? I wasn't aware of that. |
That would be Bohemia...
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Bohemia
One of the oldest brands of the company, Bohemia is made especially for beer connoisseurs who appreciate its distinctive and impeccable taste. Its
label design and its golden neck and cap, accentuate its aspect of exclusivity, sobriety and elegance. Bohemia has attained the distinction of being
considered one of the finest beers in the world and the recognition by the Mexican consumer as the highest quality Mexican beer.
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Dark Bohemia [Bohemia Obscura]
To satisfy the most demanding palates Bohemia Obscura was developed, containing a dark liquid under the well-known Bohemia brand, which offers a great
alternative for the consumer of this type of beer. The metallic tones of the label are maintained, in this case silver, denoting exclusivity and
elegance of the Bohemia family.
Bohemia Obscura is a Vienna type beer, with a full body thanks to the mixture of caramel and toasted malts, which brings out is grain character, from
where nut and coffee aromas emanate.
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Taco de Baja
A new beer to try! Thanks for the heads up on Obscura.....in my case it has been obscure. First I've heard of it.
Ken
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Taste buds maybe lost their finetuning for years of indulging in cheap scotch.
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Oooooo, makes the middle of the back of my tongue burn just thinking about it !!
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fixtrauma
Save one of those beers and I will join you with one on Dec. 20th when we stop in Loreto on our way to La Paz! |
Don,
Have enough left by then that you may sop up all you can handle.
[Edited on 11-20-2009 by vandenberg]
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Hook
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After drinking a bit of N.B. last Xmas, I concluded that I had been drinking better dark beers during the rest of the year.
Like Bohemia Oscura, Casta, Negra Modelo. Indio is also pretty good but a pretty wimpy dark beer, as they go.
Noche Buena has more of a bite up front and on the back end than those others.
There are enough things down here that bite without finding it in the beer you drink.
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alafrontera
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I have never seen nor heard of Bohemia obsucra before reading this thread. It sounds like a beer I'd like, the search is on !
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by alafrontera
I have never seen nor heard of Bohemia obsucra before reading this thread. It sounds like a beer I'd like, the search is on !
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I kinda touched on the name a few posts back. I think it's just "Bohemia" in one style. It's not hard to find on either side of the border. Try it,
you'll like it.
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Bajahowodd
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Hook mentioned Casta. That's hard to find. At least for me. A few years ago, when they were a stand-alone company, I was able to find it in Cabo, and
in the states at BevMo. Can't recall off the top of my head whether it was Modelo or Femsa that bought them out. But when it happened, they closed the
original Casta brewery and took it in-house. Still doesn't help me find it. Casta brewed at least three different beers, and they were all very good.
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Dave
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Bohemia Obscura
Obscura has been around for years but was exclusively distributed in Europe. A few years ago the company decided to offer it to the homies.
I thank them.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Obscura has been around for years but was exclusively distributed in Europe. A few years ago the company decided to offer it to the homies.
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News to me. Thanks. I'll try it.
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Hook
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There is a Mexican gringo over here who claims to have worked in PR for Bohemia in the past. He claims that the slightly sweet aftertaste of Bohemia
is due to them using a RICE syrup with the conventional malted barley syrup. Is that common? I dont know as I am barley literate.
Actually, he's worked in PR for several of the Mexican beer companies. He prefers Bohemia. I can't argue. Great beers.
Casta is VERY available over here, Bajahowodd. AT the expendios, in the Ley and Soriana's, at the OXXOs, even on tap, I believe.
I believe I'll have a beer, now. All this typing has made me thirsty.
HIJACKING SIDENOTE: There is an English guy who just hit town with his latina wife. He claims to speak English but I can barely understand him. Accent
as thick as the River Thames. He brought a big ass smoker down from San An-tone and has just set up shop with smoked brisket, pulled pork and St.
Louis style smoked and BBQed ribs. Some damn good beans, too. Chicken coming later but I'm telling him that competing against Sonora/Sinaloa style
BBQ chicken is going to be tough. His stuff is dynamite! He was living in a town west of Chihuahua but cleared out for his wife and kid's sake (no
surprise there). Their loss, our gain.
DAVE, there is still no corned beef or pastrami and NO BAGELS whatsoever, unless you count the frozen ones at Mega. And no decent rye bread. I havent
seen a caraway seed since I was NOB.
There is opportunity over here for someone..................town is hoppin' and it aint weekenders.
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