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ElFenix

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Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
Originally posted by: Rogue
I've been told that the lime is actually put on the top of the bottle for sterilize it.


umm you are gulable...anything sold in the US is not going to be infected...and people know about it

mexicans put the lime on the top to keep the flies out. you remove the lime, take a pull, and then put the lime back, like a stopper.
 

StageLeft

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In my experience no beer is a chick's beer because chicks hardly ever drink it.

My favourite for the price vs taste is icehouse. Sure it's a little common, but it's cheap and it's got some kick.
 

tRaptor

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Wow, i really feel like a chick. I have not been able to find a good beer in awhile. SO i usually end up with vodka/everclear. I know its unmanly but I like mikes/smirnoff, why should I drink something that tastes like PISS.

As far as beer, I used to enjoy bud light. Then there was the time that 20 pack bottles where on sale for like $10. I had like 17 before the night didnt go so well.... I havent found a beer I liked since then. Is there something wring with me? I just tastes terrible.
 

quentinterintino

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Originally posted by: anxi80
Topic Title: Corona
Topic Summary: Chick's beer?
yes it is. might as well lift up your pinky finger while drinking it. :p

its not so much a girls beer but that its a terrible mexican beer. but why does it sell well and is so damn popular? marketing boys and girls. so next time you are at the store and feel the urge to pick up a mexican beer, please consider expanding your horizons and not buying into the hype and get better mexican beer such as: bohemia, negra modelo, xx's or pacifico. in that order might i add.

gawd, i sound like such a shill.


Umm, you do know that Corona is made my Negra Modelo - right?
 

Rogue

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Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
Originally posted by: Rogue
I've been told that the lime is actually put on the top of the bottle for sterilize it.


umm you are gulable...anything sold in the US is not going to be infected...and people know about it

ummm....you've probably never had a Corona in Mexico then, otherwise you wouldn't say that. Whether my reason is valid or not, there is a purpose for the lime other than making it "girlie"
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: Rogue
Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
Originally posted by: Rogue
I've been told that the lime is actually put on the top of the bottle for sterilize it.


umm you are gulable...anything sold in the US is not going to be infected...and people know about it

ummm....you've probably never had a Corona in Mexico then, otherwise you wouldn't say that. Whether my reason is valid or not, there is a purpose for the lime other than making it "girlie"
that lime is not going to "sterilize" anything. you are FOS.
it's for flavor only.

 

Rogue

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Rogue
Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
Originally posted by: Rogue
I've been told that the lime is actually put on the top of the bottle for sterilize it.


umm you are gulable...anything sold in the US is not going to be infected...and people know about it

ummm....you've probably never had a Corona in Mexico then, otherwise you wouldn't say that. Whether my reason is valid or not, there is a purpose for the lime other than making it "girlie"
that lime is not going to "sterilize" anything. you are FOS.
it's for flavor only.

" The quality of our beer does not require any addition. However, Corona
Extra is a beer with a nice option in the lime. The use of the lime
started in the states of Texas and California as a marketing promotion.
Both ways Corona is the most refreshing and most drinkable beer in the
market, and thanks to loyal fans as yourself, it is the No. 1 import in the
U.S."


I stand corrected. In any case, I'm not FOS, I'm just misguided. In any case, ever had a Corona in Mexico? ;)
 

Rogue

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I'm a victim of bigotry!

"I've heard lots of crap about the lime in Corona. Most of it
is thinly veiled anti-Mexican bigotry. Keeps flies away,
used to wipe the dirt from the top of the can/rim of the bottle,
the brewery has to hire woman to fish the spent lime out of the
returned bottles with a coat hanger, etc. Mexicans have probably
been putting lime in their cerveza clara for decades, if not
longer. "

There are many threads about this on the internet for anyone that wants to look. This one is the most complete I've seen in my brief research:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...1?q=lime+corona&rnum=4&hl=en#dac9049b4a4aa721
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
In my experience no beer is a chick's beer because chicks hardly ever drink it.

My favourite for the price vs taste is icehouse. Sure it's a little common, but it's cheap and it's got some kick.

Yeah, if you're talking cheap but effective beer, Icehouse is the way to go.
 

anxi80

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Originally posted by: quentinterintino
Umm, you do know that Corona is made my Negra Modelo - right?
and they also make pacifico which i listed also. doesnt change the fact that there is practically no marketing behind those labels. and i think its a crime that corona sells well despite the fact that there are better choices available in my opinion.
 

CRXican

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Corona never was and never will be a "girls drink"

Pacifico is better though