heard rumor that limes are used in corona to kill bacteria

[iwantanewcomputer]

i think corona is about 3% alcohol. friend says corona used to have toxic bacteria that you needed to kill with lime juice

oops, i didnt mean currently, but could this have been done in the past?

 

[Thraxen]

Sounds like BS to me.

 

[Tremulant]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Sounds like BS to me.

 

[LordNoob]

From what I have heard, the proper use of the lime is to rub around the rim of the long neck because the bottling conditions were less than sanitary. This was not to kill the bacteria in the beer but along the rim on the bottle. Subsequently putting the lime into the beer defeats this purpose in my mind.

 

[PingSpike]

I thought it was just a trick to try and get women to drink more beer?

 

[DurocShark]

Hmm... Nothing in Snopes.

 

[jmdeathsquad]

its so that it doesnt taste like dog pee from which it was brewed

 

[Howard]

I heard the purpose of the lime was to remove the rust on the lip from the cap. Doesn't happen anymore, though.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: LordNoob
From what I have heard, the proper use of the lime is to rub around the rim of the long neck because the bottling conditions were less than sanitary. This was not to kill the bacteria in the beer but along the rim on the bottle. Subsequently putting the lime into the beer defeats this purpose in my mind.

the acid in lime juice would likely kill a lot of bacteria i think, but i suspect alchohol is pretty good for that too. Also, anything killed by citric acid would be better killed by stomach acid

 

[broon]

The lime is to cover the taste.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Howard
I heard the purpose of the lime was to remove the rust on the lip from the cap. Doesn't happen anymore, though.

 

[JS80]

i thought it was to mask the shvtty taste of corona

kidding. i love corona. it's probably custom.

 

[astrosfan90]

Lime does wonders for nasty beer. It even does wonders for good beer.

 

[Platypus]

The lime comes from the fact that Corona uses clear bottles and the beer goes skunk faster.. it depends on where you live. Here in Chicago, it almost isn't needed because there's an importer for Corona here. I assume the same in the southern US.

Heineken uses green glass to counteract this and the longer shipping time from Holland to the US though sometimes it's STILL skunky.

 

[broon]

After a battle, the Aztecs would make a brew, add a slices of the defeated's kidneys to it, and drink it until drunk. After eating your enemy was no longer fashionable, they began using fruit...mostly lime. This caught on and is now a standard practice within the Mexican community.

 

[rbV5]

Another suggestion is that the lime keeps flies from landing on the bottles.

 

[InverseOfNeo]

I am sure that if the purpose of the lime is to kill bacteria then there would be warnings on the box it came in. I think the lime is just to make it taste better.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: broon
After a battle, the Aztecs would make a brew, add a slices of the defeated's kidneys to it, and drink it until drunk. After eating your enemy was no longer fashionable, they began using fruit...mostly lime. This caught on and is now a standard practice within the Mexican community.

except it's less common in Mexico than the US, its for touristos down there, not the locals.

 

[moshquerade]

it's just that, a rumor.

 

[Miramonti]

Remind me not to lend money to your friend.

 

[ArchCenturion]

I would guess that lime is so strong and sour that it takes away the taste left by the alcohol.

Tequila + Salt + Lime = Out of control good times? Lime takes away all after taste of the drink.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: broon
After a battle, the Aztecs would make a brew, add a slices of the defeated's kidneys to it, and drink it until drunk. After eating your enemy was no longer fashionable, they began using fruit...mostly lime. This caught on and is now a standard practice within the Mexican community.

Reminds me of the Mexicans mourning the shipment of mayonnaise.

 

[davestar]

to start, the 3% beer thing is a myth. the are states (Utah anyone) where they put a ceiling of 3.5% on beers sold in supermarkets, but in the vast majority of the US, macrobrews are 4-5% alcohol. corona in particular is 4.6%.

lime is used to make beers more palatable to non-beer drinkers. mexicans don't put lime in their lagers, germans don't put lemon in their hefes, and belgians don't put orange in their whites.

 

[jtvang125]

Ummm, same reason you put lemon in hefenweizen? It's for the taste.

 

[artikk]

it's a rumor, by it's very definition, you should know if it's true or not.