what type of beer is best with a squeeze of lime?
 

why do some beers come with a wedge of lime? i mean who decides? corona..sure.

but what about all the other beers?

Funny story I heard about the Corona with lime thing, is that at first the lime was used just to clean the mouth of the bottle. I do like the taste tho.

Cheers Richard

None that are worth drinking

If the beer is so bad you have to have a lime, then I don't want it.

A mexican bartender told me the lime and salt was originally used around the lip of the cans because the metal tasted so bad.

Good salt and lime do make a mexican beer taste better, imo. - Dos Equis, Tecate..

Sol.

Mexican beer. I love Dos Equis Amber with a squirt of lime.

corona and limes go together, so much so that it doesn't taste right without the lime.
But then again, I didn't know what a proper beer was until I went to a pub here in London.

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As the story goes as told to me.

The use of the citrus was to clean the bottle and keep insects from the opening

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I heard several reasons why there is lime and sometimes salt. Would be interesting to hear more.

I like corona with lime in summer. Otherwise I keep it with German lager and no citrus fruit needed.

G

I figured that if the water is so bad that you can't drink it, they must use the lime to make it taste better ;). I agree as noted above, if my beer needs a lime or a piece of fruit it is not worth drinking.

True...I do admit having a few too many Coronas on more than one occasion though.

The lime is to keep flies out.

Dean

1. Sanitize the mouth of the bottle

2. Yarrrr to keep ya from gettin' scurvy, matey.


Corona or Tecate with a lime is pretty bad and I love it.

Corona or Tecate wihout a lime is pretty bad.

Vodka

NEVER put anything in a good beer..... Just enjoy it as it is!

Negra Modelo. Remove lime from mouth of bottle,... drink.

I can't abide the taste of corona... Pacifica or Sol with lime, guilty... Dos Equis doesn't need it.

Now orange of lemon in my hefeweizen... that is a whole different story!

achh.... sol/corona.... et al... mexican miller.... like making love in canoe... f##& close to water... hit on a good IPA and you will enjoy beer and forget about fruit.

A Blue Moon (a Belgian wheat beer) goes well with a slice of orange... lime is sorta OK with it, just not as good as a nice orange slice.

Then again, if your beer choice requires a garnish, I'd be worried.

good beer needs nothing-
bad beer can't be helped
cheap beer is enjoyed because it is cheap beer and nothing should be added to deter form the cheap beer experience-

in Portland if you put fruit in beer you could be refereed to as " one of those people "

Nothing like an ice cold Tecate with a pinch of salt and a squirt of lime on a hot South Texas day...

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I don't mind flavoring beer, I like variety. +1 on blue moon and orange, and mexican beer and lime.

There's a German Pilsner so bitter that it is served with a shot of raspberry syrup, I forget the name.

I also like cider and lager mixed together with a splash of black current (Snakebite).

When I was in Munich they were serving beer and something like mountain dew together.

I agree.

Don't fruit the beer!

And in Portland its great because Rogue is just down the line... oh yeah! Brutal Bitter baby!

This!

What type of beer is best with ice cream?

Have you never experienced the magnificence of a Guiness float?

XX Amber

For the lime, as others have mentioned, the real reason was for cleaning and keeping flies away. Somehow that has evolved into squeezing it and putting it in the bottle or in the glass. Also, if the beer is warmer and you are in a hot climate, it can help reduce that skanky warm beer taste (why I do it if I can't have a Bass at the beach).

Negro Modelo, Dos Equis, Corona, Tecate, Landshark. All fine with a lime.


For the salt, I've seen it done with Bud. If a beer has a lot of carbonation and one does not like it, the salt will dampen the carbonation at bit. Obviously there is a tipping point whereby the beer will begin to taste like salt water. I've never had issue with carbonation level so I can't say as I've done it.

Incidentally, the best beer I have seen hold up to the heat, that is when it gets warmer, is Bass. IPA you would think would hold up as that what it was created for. Alas, I have not acquired the taste for a warm IPA.

But what do they call it when you put beer in your fruit?

While on the beer topic and I digress from limes but, it is time for one of the best ever seasonal beers... Sierra Nevada Celebraton Ale! If you've not had it, look for it in your finer packies....

I've had lots of their pale ale. Great stuff. How does their celebration ale compare to say Sam winter lager?

Have done the lime deal. Personaly prefer Sol with lime. Not huge on Corona. Never tried the salt thing though.

More robust, great full taste to it. It has a slightly higher etoh content but finished. A lot of higher content or a lot of craft beers for lack of better work seem unfinished, like the ingredients are at odds.

But with the Celebration its similar to Torpedo but more of an ale element rather than just a hyped up IPA.

What kind of beer do you add to your pancake batter?

What kind of beer do you add to your fish batter?

How about Guiness bread?

For one loaf

600g Wholemeal flour
150g Plain Flour
75g Oatmeal
2 and 1/2 teaspoons of Bread soda
1 teaspoon of Salt
2 and 1/2 tablespoons of brown sugar
40g Butter
480ml Milk
200ml Black treacle
½ Pint Draught GUINNESS®

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NO BEER IS BEST!!!!! Drink hard cider ya bum!!! Try Perry!!! The grain stuff will just rot your teeth out SmileWavy:eek:SmileWavy:eek::D:D:D:eek:

Dunno about lime but OB beer goes great with kimchee.

This is all you need to know about Mexican beer and lime.


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I gave up drinking in quantity a long time ago, but I do love good beer. Typically I favor ales. Red, brown, IPA anything with 'nut' in the name. But I tell you Modelo Especial with a lime is just a damn good drinking beer. It's good without but great with the lime.

-J

My beer is NFL.....