Monday, October 30, 2006

Beeracolada

A recent Miller Light commercial discussed putting fruits in beers. I've compiled a list of exceptions to the "No Fruiting Beer" Man-Law:

- Lime wedge in Dos Equis Amber Lager. I'm not sure why, but lime bits in this Vienna style lager is a tasty treat.
- Lime in Corona. Similar to above, but in this case the lime gives the beer flavor (Corona doesn't really have a lot of "flavor" of it's own.)

No-Gos:

- Orange Slice in wheat beers. Who the hell started that?

4 comments:

dshular said...

You missed one important OKAY use of fruit in beer.
When I make a skanky, estery Wheat Beer, It's okay to squirt a little Raspberry beer flavoring to make it a chick beer.

oceanwanderlust said...

First, IMO, it is NEVER ok to squirt in artifical flavoring into any beer. If you want raspberry beer, go pick a bushel to brew with, or simply drink a wine cooler.

Second, any real fruit, at any stage is OK. Bluemoon in particular is usually poured with a fresh orange which complements the orange peel in the brew.

Third, using real fruit during brewing, then supplementing with artificial flavoring when you bottle is plain wrong.l See Rule 1, then double the amount of fruit you brewed with.

Brewmaster said...

Relax Joe. Have a Blue Moon with an orange wedge, it's your perogative. Funny you mention Blue Moon, which is actually a Miller Brewing product, whom created the Man Law that spawned my post. That's irony...

Oh, and Derick was off the hook the second he called it chick beer, which is a derivative of beer, but not the real thing.

DanBower said...

You missed the point of the commercial entirely. Men shoudln't drink Corona - or any other beer that requires a fruit. Men should drink real beer than can stand on it's own.

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