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Figured you all could use a good beer thread.
Favorite Mexican beers.
Dos XX Lager (the green bottle)
Corona
Go figure, I don't go for some of the specialty beers.
Go Astros!!!
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An ice cold Pacifico, please.
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Figured you all could use a good beer thread.
Favorite Mexican beers.
Dos XX Lager (the green bottle)
Corona
Go figure, I don't go for some of the specialty beers.
Go Astros!!!
Dos Equis is not a Mexican beer.
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Figured you all could use a good beer thread.
Favorite Mexican beers.
Dos XX Lager (the green bottle)
Corona
Go figure, I don't go for some of the specialty beers.
Go Astros!!!
Dos Equis is not a Mexican beer.
Then take it off the list.
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An ice cold Pacifico, please.
Agreed.
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Michelada
From NPR , August 15, 2001
From our U.S. border states, trickling up from Mexico, Michelada is roughly translated as "my cold beer". This spicy cocktail concoction is a beer with lime and some peppery seasoning. It's kind of like a Tomato Beer without the tomato.
i n g r e d i e n t s
1/2 lime, preferably a Key lime
Coarse salt
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 dash soy sauce
1 dash Tabasco sauce
1 pinch black pepper
1 dash Maggi seasoning, optional
12 ounces beer, preferably a dark Mexican beer like Negra Modelo.
d i r e c t i o n s
Squeeze the juice from the lime and reserve. Salt the rim of a highball glass by rubbing it with the lime and dipping it in coarse salt. Fill with ice.
Add lime juice, Worcestershire, soy sauce, Tabasco, pepper and Maggi, if desired.
Pour in beer, stir and serve, adding more beer as you sip.
Yield: 1 cocktail
Edit to add: Also good with a splash of Bloody Mary mix.
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Bohemia. Gracias
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Negra Modelo.
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You may be offending Frenchmen by celebrating Cinco de Mayo. After all, if Houston 1836 was deemed offensive ...
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Bohemia. Gracias
Agreed. Although I am sentimentally attached to Pacifico too.
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You may be offending Frenchmen by celebrating Cinco de Mayo. After all, if Houston 1836 was deemed offensive ...
I don't care.
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You may be offending Frenchmen by celebrating Cinco de Mayo. After all, if Houston 1836 was deemed offensive ...
I actually read recently that Maximillian was a pretty good guy who was abandoned by Napolean III.
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My local cheap 'n' cheerful Tex-Mex has recently started serving micheladas. It's an interesting drink, but I couldn't drink more than 5 of 'em.
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If I were going to be in town this weekend, I'd suggest a trip to Roeder's.
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You may be offending Frenchmen by celebrating Cinco de Mayo. After all, if Houston 1836 was deemed offensive ...
The French are used to it. Every nation, including Madagascar and the Pitcairn Islands, have kicked French derriere at one time or another.
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If I were going to be in town this weekend, I'd suggest a trip to Roeder's.
I am free of spouserly shackles on Saturday night. Any TZers (preferably of the hot chick variety) want to meet at Roeders?
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You may be offending Frenchmen by celebrating Cinco de Mayo. After all, if Houston 1836 was deemed offensive ...
As a further aside, I was in Paris this year during the student riots. From what I could see, they were having a great time. I think the French like nothing better than being offended.
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My local cheap 'n' cheerful Tex-Mex has recently started serving micheladas. It's an interesting drink, but I couldn't drink more than 5 of 'em.
We were at our favorite mexican place, and a college boy at the next table ordered one. I asked the waiter what it was, and after he described it, my wife asked "that's just something you made up to play a joke on stupid white people, right?"
He looked at her for a second, then almost died laughing.
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dos Pacificos, por favor.
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Negra Modelo, with Bohemia a close second.
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Dos Equis is not a Mexican beer.
Oh really?...
Pray tell, what do you believe the country of origin to be?
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We were at our favorite mexican place, and a college boy at the next table ordered one. I asked the waiter what it was, and after he described it, my wife asked "that's just something you made up to play a joke on stupid white people, right?"
He looked at her for a second, then almost died laughing.
I was in Mexico City a month-or-so ago, and the client I was with ordered one at lunch (I love doing business in Mexico). They had two kinds: one with and one without the hot stuff. I have also had it confirmed by Mexican friends that it's legit.
This assumes that I am not the victim of some vast Mexican conspiracy...
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As a further aside, I was in Paris this year during the student riots. From what I could see, they were having a great time. I think the French like nothing better than being offended.
I was there too. I was watching Sky (Fox) news about the widespread rioting in Paris. Then I walked 20 mins to my dinner appointment without seeing a thing. I figured that both sides had lost, and gone home.
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If I were going to be in town this weekend, I'd suggest a trip to Roeder's.
I am free of spouserly shackles on Saturday night. Any TZers (preferably of the hot chick variety) want to meet at Roeders?
I may be available. Let me check with the little woman.
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I was there too. I was watching Sky (Fox) news about the widespread rioting in Paris. Then I walked 20 mins to my dinner appointment without seeing a thing. I figured that both sides had lost, and gone home.
So they surrendered to themselves. Very French of them.
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I may be available. Let me check with the little woman.
If it's just thee and me, we can go to somewhere closer to home. Remember that place where we watched the Astros get completely fucked by...um...
Ok, Roeders.
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Dos XX is a german beer made in Mex.
It depends upon the time of day but I like a Tecate in a can with salt in lime on the rim in the morning after a heavy night of drinking.
Kroger has a beer called Tortuga or somethin of the sorts. Not premium but pretty damn good at 6.99 a 12 in mexican longnecks.
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Dos XX is a german beer made in Mex.
It depends upon the time of day but I like a Tecate in a can with salt in lime on the rim in the morning after a heavy night of drinking.
By that logic, Tecate is also a German beer, seeing as how both Tecate and Dos XX are the same beer, brewed by the same people.
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Andy and I came out of the subway into the middle of things. Actually, as we were coming out of the subway, the students were rushing down to avoid the police who were arriving. We had this little old French lady in front of us, pushing our way up like an icebreaker, and this rather largish French lady behind us cursing like a sailor. Or something. It sounded like French cursing to me.
I was scared that if we said anything we'd be recognized as Americans and have the crap beat out of us. But when you looked around, all the students seemed so happy, just like spring break. I got grabbed by a policeman when we started walking through the barricade, but then I bleated something random about our hotel being over yonder and they let us through.
Kris came through an hour or so later, and all of it, the students, the police, the police vans, was gone. She, being a woman with a woman's strong sense of direction, immediately took off the wrong way from the subway station and ended up behind the barricades at a new location. The students there had a cheery blaze going on some little french car and another car flipped. We went back later that night to admire the car damage and the glass on the street from the broken windshields.
It was the highlight of Andy's trip.
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By that logic, Tecate is also a German beer, seeing as how both Tecate and Dos XX are the same beer, brewed by the same people.
I did not know that.
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We were at our favorite mexican place, and a college boy at the next table ordered one. I asked the waiter what it was, and after he described it, my wife asked "that's just something you made up to play a joke on stupid white people, right?"
He looked at her for a second, then almost died laughing.
I was in Mexico City a month-or-so ago, and the client I was with ordered one at lunch (I love doing business in Mexico). They had two kinds: one with and one without the hot stuff. I have also had it confirmed by Mexican friends that it's legit.
This assumes that I am not the victim of some vast Mexican conspiracy...
They're prevalent in Oaxaca too. Then again, they served me grasshoppers there too, so maybe their tastes aren't so well-defined. (Although the grasshoppers weren't bad, to tell you the truth. Chapulines, they're called.)
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By that logic, Tecate is also a German beer, seeing as how both Tecate and Dos XX are the same beer, brewed by the same people.
I did not know that.
FEMSA, the largest beer company in Mexico produces Tecate, Dos XX, Sol, Bohemia, Indio, Superior, and Carta Blanca. They are the Mexican equivalent to Anheuser-Busch. "Carta" is the Budweiser of Mexico, what the local working man drinks.
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That is why I like all of them flavors. Thanks for the info. The only mexican beer I do not like to date is Corona.
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I may be available. Let me check with the little woman.
If it's just thee and me, we can go to somewhere closer to home. Remember that place where we watched the Astros get completely fucked by...um...
Ok, Roeders.
I might be willing to join.
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Never date a Mexican beer. That's just weird.
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That is why I like all of them flavors. Thanks for the info. The only mexican beer I do not like to date is Corona.
Corona is brewed by Modelo, who also brews Modelo, Negra Modelo, and Pacifico among others. 50% of Modelo is owned by Anheuser-Busch.
Basically there are two Mexican beers, Corona and Dos Equis, marketed under a dozen or so different labels. They all blow. Chunks.
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To highjack the thread a bit, does anyone know anything about tequila? I strictly limit myself to bourbon, scotch, gin, vodka, beer, cheap magaritas and cleaning fluids. How/what do you drink tequila straight?
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To highjack the thread a bit, does anyone know anything about tequila? I strictly limit myself to bourbon, scotch, gin, vodka, beer, cheap magaritas and cleaning fluids. How/what do you drink tequila straight?
A Mexican friend of mine is into drinking (sipping) straight tequila. She says it requires the good stuff, and when I say the good stuff, I mean the $100/bottle stuff. I do not know any specific brands off the top of my head (I'm a Scotch man), but the better stuff is going to be way more expensive than you thought tequila could be.
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Hawk, so you don't like mexican beer? What kind of beer do you like?
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I like tequila allot. The good stuff is usually designated anejo, which as I recall means ancient or old, and it's like drinking congac or brandy. There's a website I once found that had a long discussion of different brands, and the only one I can remember is Centenario. There was a Herederia I liked, too.
I did find this websit, though: The Link
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Hawk, so you don't like mexican beer? What kind of beer do you like?
Oh lord. Now you've done it.
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I like tequila allot. The good stuff is usually designated anejo, which as I recall means ancient or old, and it's like drinking congac or brandy. There's a website I once found that had a long discussion of different brands, and the only one I can remember is Centenario. There was a Herederia I liked, too.
I did find this websit, though: The Link
Thanks - I just got fired.
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Hawk, so you don't like mexican beer? What kind of beer do you like?
German beers. And yes, I'm aware of that the German beer that gets exported is nowhere near as good as what you get fresh from the local bierhaus in Bavaria...but it's the best you can get here. I can ocassionally choke down a black and tan. When forced to drink something else, I go with Shiner. Not because it tastes great, necessarily, but because it makes me feel like a real Texan when I'm pickin' on the back porch.
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Man, I tried some of that German budwizer that you buy at specks and I did not like it (don't know if it was a bad batch or what). I also do not like Shiner. I will not drink miller lite or corona. Anything else is fair game.
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I like tequila allot. The good stuff is usually designated anejo, which as I recall means ancient or old, and it's like drinking congac or brandy. There's a website I once found that had a long discussion of different brands, and the only one I can remember is Centenario. There was a Herederia I liked, too.
I did find this websit, though: The Link
I would have enjoyed that more if it weren't for the fact that they show a gorilla playing a trumpet, but it sounds like a tenor sax. Annoying.
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Shows what you know. That's how gorillas sound when they play the trumpet.
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Leon Negra ... on the beach at Tulum.
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Now yall have done it. Just had to call the wife and schedule a round of tex-mex and beer.
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My local cheap 'n' cheerful Tex-Mex has recently started serving micheladas. It's an interesting drink, but I couldn't drink more than 5 of 'em.
My friendly local texmexaria also serves it. I was having a late dinner with a buddy of mine who just got back from Monterrey who had become enraptured by them. It was a good drink, but the spicy version required mucho queso to quench the heartburn.
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My local cheap 'n' cheerful Tex-Mex has recently started serving micheladas. It's an interesting drink, but I couldn't drink more than 5 of 'em.
My friendly local texmexaria also serves it. I was having a late dinner with a buddy of mine who just got back from Monterrey who had become enraptured by them. It was a good drink, but the spicy version required mucho queso to quench the heartburn.
My standard equipment for a trip to a Mexican restaurant includes a pack of Alka Selzer.
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Man, I tried some of that German budwizer that you buy at specks and I did not like it (don't know if it was a bad batch or what).
Budvar (Czechvar) is Czech.
Interesting story why they can't call their beer, which has been brewed for about 7 centuries, Budweiser anymore: The Link
Never had it in the States. Tasted good from the keg over there.
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Hawk, so you don't like mexican beer? What kind of beer do you like?
German beers. <snip>
Any beer or style in particular? Or should I wait until the German national holiday (whatever the hell that might be) to ask?
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Man, I tried some of that German budwizer that you buy at specks and I did not like it (don't know if it was a bad batch or what).
Budvar (Czechvar) is Czech.
Interesting story why they can't call their beer, which has been brewed for about 7 centuries, Budweiser anymore: The Link
Never had it in the States. Tasted good from the keg over there.
I'm a big fan of Pilsner Urquell. It's worth czeching out.
Edited to remove redundancies arising from not reading very well.
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Hawk, so you don't like mexican beer? What kind of beer do you like?
German beers. <snip>
Any beer or style in particular? Or should I wait until the German national holiday (whatever the hell that might be) to ask?
I think you're thinking (or not) of Oktoberfest.
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I'm also a big fan of Pilsner Urquell. It's worth czeching out.
Yep, good stuff.
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i love that beer.
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My local cheap 'n' cheerful Tex-Mex has recently started serving micheladas. It's an interesting drink, but I couldn't drink more than 5 of 'em.
My friendly local texmexaria also serves it. I was having a late dinner with a buddy of mine who just got back from Monterrey who had become enraptured by them. It was a good drink, but the spicy version required mucho queso to quench the heartburn.
My standard equipment for a trip to a Mexican restaurant includes a pack of Alka Selzer.
I'm not a big fan of Mexican beers, either. There are some good ones, I'm sure, but usually by the time I hear about them they're so fucking trendy I won't drink them just on prinicple.
If we ever get around to Dominican beer, though, I'm voting for an ice cold Presidente.
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i love that beer.
Probably my favorite. Enjoyed one last night while watching us beat the Co-ards.
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German beers.
Spaten Optimator
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I think you're thinking (or not) of Oktoberfest.
Actually, it's Tag der deutschen Einheit (October 3rd). Reunification day, basically. I Googled it to make me look smart, then posted the message I wrote prior to doing the search. Genius, I am. Oh well.
Is it beer-o'clock yet?
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Try Herradura if you can get your hands on it. Pricey, but a good sipping tequila. Also, less expesive is the Don Julio White Tequila.
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Hey, how about Pulque ? That's been the favorite drink of Mexicans long before Cortes.
I got a good friend at work from the D.F. that says "that will give you the shits, but it's soooo good. But you got to get it out in the country..." Who wants to run to Mexico tonight?
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I may be available. Let me check with the little woman.
If it's just thee and me, we can go to somewhere closer to home. Remember that place where we watched the Astros get completely fucked by...um...
Ok, Roeders.
I might be willing to join.
I can probably make it. What time?
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Hey, how about Pulque ? That's been the favorite drink of Mexicans long before Cortes.
I got a good friend at work from the D.F. that says "that will give you the shits, but it's soooo good. But you got to get it out in the country..." Who wants to run to Mexico tonight?
Try Corralejo. It's a reposado but not as expensive as Patron. Sippin' tequila, no lime or salt required. As far as beer, any of you ever try Regia? It's from El Salvador and only comes in quart bottles. Damned fine beer.
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Pulque is also know as balba de diablo--devil's spit. Its an apt name because it has the vicosity of snot complimented by a vaguely fecal aftertaste. The only reason to drink it is it is very inexpensive. But you will pay later...
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every day is a german bier holiday. Try Warsteiner.
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I once lived near a tequila bar in Mexico City (Coyohuacan), and Mexico makes a lot of tequilas that aren't easy to find in El Norte. But a good one that I've seen in liquor stores is Hornitos.
I don't think you need to get in the silly-expensive ($100) range to find a good tequila. Just go to a good liquor store and buy a couple bottles in the $20-30 dollar range (but not Cuervo--it's good but not great). Worst that can happen is you don't like it straight and you can turn it into Margaritas.
Or find a bar that stocks a variety. I don't recommend experimenting with full shots; ask if they will give you half shots of a variety of tequilas. It won't take many shots for your ability to appreciate the individual flavors to be drowned out by the ghost of Pacncho Villa whispering UNO MAS TEQULIA UNO MAS TEQUILA stridently in your ear. Be wary of Senor Villa. El Gran Revolutionario doesn't like gringos (stupid Pershing) and it pleases El Senor to give gringos very bad ideas.