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Beer, revisited

Spadge Vernacular said:
That's an impressive volume.

As far as mass produced beer goes I quite enjoy a Corona with a slice of lime on a sunny day. Can't stomach bud though.
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Whenever I very rarely drink Budweiser (necessity rather than choice), I often have a really dry mouth and headache the next day. People say it's the glyphosate.

The fact that you have to put lime in Corona to make it drinkable is testament to how rubbish it is. Why not drink lime and bloody soda?
 

PhilM said:
Whenever I very rarely drink Budweiser (necessity rather than choice), I often have a really dry mouth and headache the next day. People say it's the glyphosate.
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I read the same not long ago. I was suprised to Samual Smith on the list of offenders :(

PhilM said:
The fact that you have to put lime in Corona to make it drinkable is testament to how rubbish it is. Why not drink lime and bloody soda?
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I find it refreshing on a hot summers day.

Besides 'lime and bloody soda' sounds horrific :eek:
 
PhilM said:
Whenever I very rarely drink Budweiser (necessity rather than choice), I often have a really dry mouth and headache the next day. People say it's the glyphosate.

The fact that you have to put lime in Corona to make it drinkable is testament to how rubbish it is. Why not drink lime and bloody soda?
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Had a corona without lime last weekend. Literally the worst thing I've ever tasted, beer or otherwise
 
Spadge Vernacular said:
I find it refreshing on a hot summers day.

Besides 'lime and bloody soda' sounds horrific :eek:
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It isn't particularly nice, but it's fairly comparable to Corona. If you're on holiday and in the sun, I get it; drinking it in the UK just doesn't compute for me.

Like I said to @COYBL25 the other day, I call this the Mythos effect: when you're on holiday and in that situation, their ice cold beers are so refreshing and lovely.

When you come back to the UK, they simply aren't the same, which may suggest exteraal influence impact the taste too more than we normally imagine.
 

PhilM said:
It isn't particularly nice, but it's fairly comparable to Corona. If you're on holiday and in the sun, I get it; drinking it in the UK just doesn't compute for me.

Like I said to @COYBL25 the other day, I call this the Mythos effect: when you're on holiday and in that situation, their ice cold beers are so refreshing and lovely.

When you come back to the UK, they simply aren't the same, which may suggest exteraal influence impact the taste too more than we normally imagine.
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San Miguel is the same, beautiful in Spain, dreadful over here, even on draught.

It can only be one of two things, as you say the " Mythos " effect or the stuff that finds it`s way over here is somehow brewed differently .

I`d go for the latter, as one of the best pints of Guiness I`ve ever had in my life was from an Anglo Spanish bar in Fuerteventura, where the owner loved his Guinness and would only serve up a quality of beer that he expected to drink himself.
 
COYBL25 said:
San Miguel is the same, beautiful in Spain, dreadful over here, even on draught.

It can only be one of two things, as you say the " Mythos " effect or the stuff that finds it`s way over here is somehow brewed differently .

I`d go for the latter, as one of the best pints of Guiness I`ve ever had in my life was from an Anglo Spanish bar in Fuerteventura, where the owner loved his Guinness and would only serve up a quality of beer that he expected to drink himself.
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San Miguel that you drink in the UK is brewed in Northamppton like a lot of other beers to be honest: very few are actually brewed from their home countries.

Most the main foreign lagers now come from either there, Burton-on-Trent (the big one) or Manchester; very few are actually brought over from their home land.

That means the water content is different, which is very important as you'll see later, and the hops and barley are probably the same variety but a different source.

Guinness is either brewed in Dublin or Nigeria (they drink lots of the stuff), but it's produced in a concentrate form and then tankered to distribution plants.

The Guinness you drink in the UK is transferred from concentrate in Preston Brook, near Daresbury, so the major water source is difference hence the taste.

Your pint in Fuerteventura was probably made from a different factory and different water source, so will taste different; looking after it is important too.

I do still think the Mythos effect plays a part too: I brought Mythos back from a holiday in Cyprus where we'd drank it and Keo a lot and was lovely.

When I drank it in the garden however, it tasted like piss. I love Kronenbourg when in France, but the stuff they make over here is like cats piss.
 
PhilM said:
San Miguel that you drink in the UK is brewed in Northamppton like a lot of other beers to be honest: very few are actually brewed from their home countries.

Most the main foreign lagers now come from either there, Burton-on-Trent (the big one) or Manchester; very few are actually brought over from their home land.

That means the water content is different, which is very important as you'll see later, and the hops and barley are probably the same variety but a different source.

Guinness is either brewed in Dublin or Nigeria (they drink lots of the stuff), but it's produced in a concentrate form and then tankered to distribution plants.

The Guinness you drink in the UK is transferred from concentrate in Preston Brook, near Daresbury, so the major water source is difference hence the taste.

Your pint in Fuerteventura was probably made from a different factory and different water source, so will taste different; looking after it is important too.

I do still think the Mythos effect plays a part too: I brought Mythos back from a holiday in Cyprus where we'd drank it and Keo a lot and was lovely.

When I drank it in the garden however, it tasted like piss. I love Kronenbourg when in France, but the stuff they make over here is like cats piss.
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Heineken and Amstel are another two on that list.

The bottled stuff in Holland is beautiful, but the stuff over here is rank.
 

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