I forgot how much I love Corona.

[Pedro-]

As I am sure I will hear many rants about water and flavorless beer, i really don't care.

Nothing says sitting on the beach in 75-80degree weather like a nice corona. I love IPA as a mainstake in my diet, but the other day fiance ordered a corona. I tasted it and a rush of memories and a desire to be someplace warm took over my body.

Sittin in the mornin sun, I'll be sittin when the evenin comes. heh.

Is there anyone out there with me?


Also I would like to maybe brew some good cerveza next year, anyone succesfully done this? Good recipes/tips?

Another fav is a grasshopper on a hot summer day. Big Buck Brewery, my only problem is I live in the US, and it's a canadian brewery
I enjoy my trips to Toronto!

Cheers!

 

[disaffected]

As I am sure I will hear many rants about water and flavorless beer, i really don't care.

Nothing says sitting on the beach in 75-80degree weather like a nice corona. I love IPA as a mainstake in my diet, but the other day fiance ordered a corona. I tasted it and a rush of memories and a desire to be someplace warm took over my body.

Sittin in the mornin sun, I'll be sittin when the evenin comes. heh.

Is there anyone out there with me?


Also I would like to maybe brew some good cerveza next year, anyone succesfully done this? Good recipes/tips?

Another fav is a grasshopper on a hot summer day. Big Buck Brewery, my only problem is I live in the US, and it's a canadian brewery
I enjoy my trips to Toronto!

Cheers!

Corona is not bad. People claim the clear bottle leads to skunked beer, and that is probably true for most beers in clear bottles. Down here in Texas where I live, though, Corona flys off the shelves and never spends much time under lights. It is hugely popular. Plus, when I used to drink it a lot, I always bought it by the case at Costco and put it in my fridge. No light exposure to speak of.

I think it is much much much better than Budweiser or Coors. Goes down easy and has a good clean taste.

Maybe Otis Redding would have enjoyed it too, but he'd have been sitting on the dock of the bay rather than the beach.

 

[chillHayze]

I have never had corona non-skunked, but living in the north east you will have that. It seems like it would be good if I ever found it on tap. Come to think of it, I have never seen that stuff on tap. Does it exist?

I have never really liked Heineken or Grolsh, but on a recent visit to Eindhoven, NL, I discovered both are quite good before spending weeks on a boat sloshing about over the Atlantic.

 

[disaffected]

I've personally only ever seen it bottled, and never on draught. However, I googled up a few hits indicating that it is commonly available on draught in Cancun, and thus I surmise that it is on tap generally in Mexico.

 

[the_bird]

Objectively, I don't care for the beer, but you hit on something very important.

It's the context.

I'd be drinking Corona sitting on the beach over a Stone Smoked Porter all day. I'll down Molson Canadian sitting in a pizza joint in Buffalo. Ballgame, you typically aren't thinking Russian Imperial Stout, for a lot of people that's the time for BMC.

Just like you pair beer/wine with particular foods, you also pair it with particular occassions. If putting back a Corona gets you to that beach - hell yeah, I'm not going to be a snob about that!

Doesn't mean I'm grabbing a sixer next time I'm at the store!

 

[homebrewer_99]

Corona??? 'Scuse me, this is a BEER SITE...

(Just joshing you)...

 

[debtman7]

I'll definately take a corona over any american light lager anyday. And I don't care what anyone says, I'm putting a lime in it too

While bud/miller/coors/etc taste a lot to me like watered down skunk, corona has a much cleaner taste and it goes down easy with no real protest from the tastebuds.

 

[WAGNER BREWING]

Good ol piss beer got me through some hard hot summer days!

 

[dantodd]

I really think it comes down to your first exposure to beer. Like most here my first exposure to beer was BMC. I didn't know any better and thought it was ok. Until very recently I used to like an occasional Rolling Rock.

If I had a great APA as my first beer I'm sure I'd never be able to deal with ultra light and tasteless BMC at all.

I think that a nice 5% APA (especially cascades for some reason) is a much better lawn-mower or beach beer than BMC. A good Pilsner is also excellent warm weather drink. Not surprising since it is the proto-beer for American light lagers.

Similarly I never drank wine until I started working at a wine shop so my first exposure to wine was at relatively high-end tastings. I simply can't drink cheap wine now.

 

[Desert_Sky]

I go to Mexico and the Coronas are still skunked. DOesn it mean I don;t drink the hell out of them while Im down there? nope

 

[user 574]

Man Law exception Corona Must have a lime to offset the skunk IMO.

I know a lot of people like Corona and I used to drink it as well before I moved closer to the border. Now I never touch the stuff and if I go mexican I'd rather get a Pacifico, Dos Equis (green or amber) or Modelo (negra or especial). Tier two would be Sol, Salitos, Carta Blanca. That's me though; but I'd invite you to try some of these others if you haven't and are available in your locale.

 

[dantodd]

Modelo Negra is just about the only Mexican beer I drink. When we used to party in Mexico (I lived in SoCal) we'd pick up cases at the Corona brewery in Ensenada. That was good Corona.