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[SkintDoctor]

30 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

We were down in Reno last weekend, and that's what I ordered every  time from the casino cocktail waitresses. I don't recall a lot of other folks drinking it.

Disease vs Virus

[steveinthecity]

Which thread is discussing Spectacular Spider-Man #176?

 

[MR SigS]

On 3/18/2020 at 8:35 PM, Iceman399 said:

There just isn't enough 

At least I'm not seeing an updated death count every hour like across the street.

[Kramerica]

Are you asking if we could just roll all of the Corona infected threads into one thread? Or actually make every thread about Corona? I'm in favor of the former but not the latter. We should have a poll. People like polls. 

Edited March 20, 2020 by Kramerica

[Lazyboy]

2 hours ago, steveinthecity said:

Which thread is discussing Spectacular Spider-Man #176?

 

That would be this thread.

[slym2none]

On 3/20/2020 at 1:23 PM, Kramerica said:

Are you asking if we could just roll all of the Corona infected threads into one thread? Or actually make every thread about Corona? I'm in favor of the former but not the latter. We should have a poll. People like polls. 

    



-slym

[VintageComics]

Just disinfect the poll. I don't think the usual 'stripper wipe down' will be enough.

[slym2none]

On 3/20/2020 at 8:34 AM, lizards2 said:

We were down in Reno last weekend, and that's what I ordered every  time from the casino cocktail waitresses. I don't recall a lot of other folks drinking it.

Ew... you like skunky beer?

 



-slym (don't make him tell 'the story')

[Senormac]

I hope we don't  .  

[lizards2]

1 hour ago, slym2none said:

On 3/20/2020 at 5:34 AM, lizards2 said:

We were down in Reno last weekend, and that's what I ordered every  time from the casino cocktail waitresses. I don't recall a lot of other folks drinking it.

Ew... you like skunky beer?

 



-slym (don't make him tell 'the story')

Are you talking about the diet Pepsi and the spaniel?  I must have really been drunk if I told it here...., 

[slym2none]

10 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Are you talking about the diet Pepsi and the spaniel?  I must have really been drunk if I told it here...., 

No, my story about Corona beer. Condensed version: I asked a guy one time why everyone puts a lime in their Corona. He said "You have to do something to make it taste good."

He isn't wrong, y'know.



-slym

[lizards2]

12 hours ago, slym2none said:

13 hours ago, lizards2 said:

Are you talking about the diet Pepsi and the spaniel?  I must have really been drunk if I told it here...., 

No, my story about Corona beer. Condensed version: I asked a guy one time why everyone puts a lime in their Corona. He said "You have to do something to make it taste good."

He isn't wrong, y'know.



-slym

I don't know about you, but the story makes no sense - why would you spend the extra money for a premium beer that you don't like?  Or were you in Mexico where the choices are limited?  The only time I went to Mexico, you had to go to a specialty store to get the gringo Mexican beers, like Corona and Dos Equis.  The locals all drank Tecate.

I do like skunky lager beer.  I like Corona with or without lime.  I actually like most variety of beers, whether ale, lager, IPA, Scotch, juicy, etc.  The only exception is I dislike most of the watery American light beers.

Currently I'm on a Ninkasi Prismatic kick - it is a juicy IPA.  I went up to our only grocery store yesterday, and they had the 1/2 cases on clearance sale, so I bought them all.

[steveinthecity]

When did Corona become a "premium" beer?   I remember it was a cheapo option back when.  Of course so were Rolling Rock and Pabst.

[lizards2]

39 minutes ago, steveinthecity said:

When did Corona become a "premium" beer?   I remember it was a cheapo option back when.  Of course so were Rolling Rock and Pabst.

You have to pay a premium over standard American beer for Corona anywhere I've ever been, which is mostly the west.  Around here it goes on sale for about $16 a half case, which is way more than most of the American krap beer, like Bud, Coors, Busch, Pabst. Granted, if you are talking premium American craft IPA, it is probably on price par with that.

I get Tecate in cans (which I like way better than in bottles) for $21-24 a 30 pack, on sale, and sometimes it comes with a $6 paypal rebate.  However, that is basically "truck beer" for hunting camps, or "lawnmowing beer" for home.

[slym2none]

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

I don't know about you, but the story makes no sense - why would you spend the extra money for a premium beer that you don't like? 

1) it was a Mexican-style restaurant and 2) people buy krap they don't like all the time. Put a higher price on something cheap and it gains popularity somehow, hence Cornoa being a "premium" beer somehow.

FTR, I hear the breweries that make Corona pass the open cans (before they get a top) under a UV light to skunk the beer, so it tastes like the bottled stuff. IDK if it's true, but it sounds plausible.



-slym

[lizards2]

3 minutes ago, slym2none said:

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

I don't know about you, but the story makes no sense - why would you spend the extra money for a premium beer that you don't like? 

1) it was a Mexican-style restaurant and 2) people buy krap they don't like all the time. Put a higher price on something cheap and it gains popularity somehow, hence Cornoa being a "premium" beer somehow.

FTR, I hear the breweries that make Corona pass the open cans (before they get a top) under a UV light to skunk the beer, so it tastes like the bottled stuff. IDK if it's true, but it sounds plausible.



-slym

I know that Canadian and Mexican beer purchased in country tastes nothing like the stuff they export to America.  I don't know why the difference, but they monkey with the beer when it is bottled for export.

Also, the skunk flavor is a peculiarity of lagered beer - part of the brewing process, or so I thought.  We need a beer expert to explain.  There are plenty of lagers with that scent.

Edited March 22, 2020 by lizards2

[slym2none]

23 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I know that Canadian and Mexican beer purchased in country tastes nothing like the stuff they export to America.  I don't know why the difference, but they monkey with the beer when it is bottled for export.

Also, the skunk flavor is a peculiarity of lagered beer - part of the brewing process, or so I thought.  We need a beer expert to explain.  There are plenty of lagers with that scent.

Beer semi-expert here, as I have more than my share of home-brews under my belt, and Senormac is a far more experienced brewer than I and can back me up - skunking comes from exposure of hops, even small amounts like in a LAG (light American lager, say Bud Lite), to ultraviolet light, usually sunlight. Glass bottles are all susceptible to exposing your beer to UV rays, but brown is very effective for what it is, and that's why most beers are bottled in brown glass. However, coloured glass is more expensive to make, so clear was often used, and that lets any exposure to sunlight start the process, and it doesn't take much! Here, try this experiment:

Take one of your cans of Tecate, open it up and pour it into a clear glass. Then, take it outside on a sunny day. Leave it for 10 minutes. That's all I ask - 10 minutes. Now, take it back inside, and pour a fresh Tecate from a can into a fresh glass beside the one that was outside. Taste each of them, fresh beer first. Do this and report back to me what you find.

I guarantee the outside beer will be skunky. There's something about hops and UV rays that make a chemical reaction happen. And what's weird  is, esp. for a home-brewer, is that something like that is exactly what you try to avoid. HBs don't want weird fermentations from the temp being too-high and fusel alcohols forming while brewing, and they don't want sunlight hitting their beer afterwards. Corona does it on purpose, because people claim to like Corona. Apparently their canned beer didn't taste the same as the bottled and the bottles were far outselling the cans, so now they run the open cans under a UV light on the canning line before the tops are attached.

*themoreyouknow.gif*



-slym (tl;dr)

[lizards2]

37 minutes ago, slym2none said:

Beer semi-expert here, as I have more than my share of home-brews under my belt, and Senormac is a far more experienced brewer than I and can back me up - skunking comes from exposure of hops, even small amounts like in a LAG (light American lager, say Bud Lite), to ultraviolet light, usually sunlight. Glass bottles are all susceptible to exposing your beer to UV rays, but brown is very effective for what it is, and that's why most beers are bottled in brown glass. However, coloured glass is more expensive to make, so clear was often used, and that lets any exposure to sunlight start the process, and it doesn't take much! Here, try this experiment:

Take one of your cans of Tecate, open it up and pour it into a clear glass. Then, take it outside on a sunny day. Leave it for 10 minutes. That's all I ask - 10 minutes. Now, take it back inside, and pour a fresh Tecate from a can into a fresh glass beside the one that was outside. Taste each of them, fresh beer first. Do this and report back to me what you find.

I guarantee the outside beer will be skunky. There's something about hops and UV rays that make a chemical reaction happen. And what's weird  is, esp. for a home-brewer, is that something like that is exactly what you try to avoid. HBs don't want weird fermentations from the temp being too-high and fusel alcohols forming while brewing, and they don't want sunlight hitting their beer afterwards. Corona does it on purpose, because people claim to like Corona. Apparently their canned beer didn't taste the same as the bottled and the bottles were far outselling the cans, so now they run the open cans under a UV light on the canning line before the tops are attached.

*themoreyouknow.gif*



-slym (tl;dr)

Ah - interesting.  The skunkiest beer I'm used to comes in green bottles - like Heineken and Steinlager.  Steinlager from New Zealand is one of my favorites, although I don't see it around as much as I used to.

I used to make beer in college, but gave up.  Too expensive to make, and too labor intensive, and too many variables, compared to just buying it ready to consume.

Edited March 22, 2020 by lizards2

[slym2none]

2 hours ago, lizards2 said:

Ah - interesting.  The skunkiest beer I'm used to comes in green bottles - like Heineken and Steinlager.  Steinlager from New Zealand is one of my favorites, although I don't see it around as much as I used to.

I used to make beer in college, but gave up.  Too expensive to make, and too labor intensive, and too many variables, compared to just buying it ready to consume.

Blue and green glass is really no better than clear.

And yes, making beer is a labour of love. And, you get to make beer you want, not settle for someone else's idea of what you want.

-slym

[VintageComics]

On 3/18/2020 at 11:35 PM, Iceman399 said:

There just isn't enough 

Corona = crown (spanish)

Roy = King (French)

We should just call it the Roy Virus. Problem solved. Everyone is happy.