# beers that taste like corona **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [July 6, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774 "2013-07-06T04:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/21 "2013-07-06T20:10:20Z")
Try Bud Light Lime. It’s usually priced lower than Corona. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/22 "2013-07-06T21:36:25Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Try Bud Light Lime. It’s usually priced lower than Corona. I don’t think that’s true. Bud light Lime is REALLY expensive where I live (and for what it is). Like, almost $12 a twelve pack. I assume Corona is close. ETA: I don’t think it tastes like Corona either. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/23 "2013-07-06T22:25:13Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I don’t think that’s true. Bud light Lime is REALLY expensive where I live (and for what it is). Like, almost $12 a twelve pack. I assume Corona is close. > > ETA: I don’t think it tastes like Corona either. In Chicago? Bud Light Lime is usually $9.99 for a 12 pack. Corona, outside of Cinco De Mayo specials, is usually $12.99 a 12 pack and up. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/24 "2013-07-07T06:40:01Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I don’t think that’s true. Bud light Lime is REALLY expensive where I live (and for what it is). Like, almost $12 a twelve pack. I assume Corona is close. > > ETA: I don’t think it tastes like Corona either. Corona is almost always around $12.99-$13.99 for twelve. Bud Light Lime seems to be really variable, from $9.99-$12.99 for 12. I just checked Binny’s prices online (they’re a Chicago liquor store), and they have both at $12.99. I’m a bit surprised, as usually Bud Light Lime is closer to $9.99 or so as **dalej42** says. I also checked Bevmo’s prices (a West Coast liquor store, checked the LA location online), and they were $9.99/12 Bud Light Lime and $13.99/12 Coronas. (I also don’t think $12 for a 12 pack is really expensive. For what it is, it is slightly pricey, but any decent beer these days is going to be more than a buck a bottle, at least where I live. A 6-pack of craft beer is generally around $8.99-$9.99). ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/25 "2013-07-07T08:15:17Z")
Gary Larson drew a cartoon where one cow in a pasture lifts its head and yells "This is grass! We’ve all been eating grass!! The beer drinkers in the Western Hemisphere need to have a moment like this. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/26 "2013-07-07T15:48:09Z")
> [@nachtmusick](#): > > Gary Larson drew a cartoon where one cow in a pasture lifts its head and yells "This is grass! We’ve all been eating grass!! > > The beer drinkers in the Western Hemisphere need to have a moment like this. 😕 What are they drinking elsewhere that we can’t get here? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/27 "2013-07-07T15:58:55Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > 😕 > > What are they drinking elsewhere that we can’t get here? Yeah, I couldn’t figure out that comment, either. If your interpretation is correct, then **nachtmusick** ’s comment hasn’t been true for about 20 or so years now. I’d argue that there’s no better place to be if you’re a beer lover than in the US right now. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/28 "2013-07-07T16:31:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, I couldn’t figure out that comment, either. If your interpretation is correct, then **nachtmusick** ’s comment hasn’t been true for about 20 or so years now. I’d argue that there’s no better place to be if you’re a beer lover than in the US right now. The weird thing is, here in Milwaukee it’s easier for me to get some expensive obscure brew made on the other side of the planet than it is to get some cheapola beer like Stag or Olympia that’s brewed in southern Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/29 "2013-07-07T16:38:36Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > In Chicago? Bud Light Lime is usually $9.99 for a 12 pack. Corona, outside of Cinco De Mayo specials, is usually $12.99 a 12 pack and up. > [@pulykamell](#): > > Corona is almost always around $12.99-$13.99 for twelve. Bud Light Lime seems to be really variable, from $9.99-$12.99 for 12. I just checked Binny’s prices online (they’re a Chicago liquor store), and they have both at $12.99. I’m a bit surprised, as usually Bud Light Lime is closer to $9.99 or so as **dalej42** says. I also checked Bevmo’s prices (a West Coast liquor store, checked the LA location online), and they were $9.99/12 Bud Light Lime and $13.99/12 Coronas. > > (I also don’t think $12 for a 12 pack is really expensive. For what it is, it is slightly pricey, but any decent beer these days is going to be more than a buck a bottle, at least where I live. A 6-pack of craft beer is generally around $8.99-$9.99). I think I’m comparing apples to oranges. Now that I’ve thought about it, I’ve never bought anything but a six pack of Corona (not for me) and I almost always buy twelves of Bud Light Lime (again, not for myself)…so I think I was comparing a six pack to a twelve pack in my mind when I wrote that! I still stand by my comment that Bud Light Lime is overpriced for what it is. There’s no reason why it should cost maybe only a fraction more than regular Bud Light. All it is is Bud Light with artificial lime juice. There’s nothing special about it, at all. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/30 "2013-07-07T17:17:50Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I still stand by my comment that Bud Light Lime is overpriced for what it is. There’s no reason why it should cost maybe only a fraction more than regular Bud Light. All it is is Bud Light with artificial lime juice. There’s nothing special about it, at all. I agree (except that I think it’s real lime juice they use.) Why not just buy Bud Light and a lime? You’d do much better. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/31 "2013-07-07T18:12:55Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I agree (except that I think it’s real lime juice they use.) I’m not so sure about that. [They](http://www.budlightlime.com/about.aspx) say “_100% natural lime **flavor** _”. Nowhere do I see claims of actual juice being used. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/32 "2013-07-07T18:30:13Z")
i asked my friend Antonio what were some good mexican beers his response was “we just drink something from america, there isn’t any good mexican beers” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/33 "2013-07-07T20:01:47Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I’m not so sure about that. [They](http://www.budlightlime.com/about.aspx) say “_100% natural lime **flavor** _”. Nowhere do I see claims of actual juice being used. Ah ha! You’re right. I just Googled and saw somewhere it said “concentrated lime juice,” but if they themselves say “natural lime flavor,” then it can be anything that is technically “natural.” ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/34 "2013-07-07T20:17:26Z")
Not sure it’s still available, but their used to be a beer called “Sol” that was a direct attempt to mimic Corona. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/35 "2013-07-07T20:17:39Z")
> [@alted315](#): > > i asked my friend Antonio what were some good mexican beers his response was “we just drink something from america, there isn’t any good mexican beers” Your friend is an idiot. Bohemia, Modelo Negro, Victoria, Dos Equis…all excellent Mexican lagers. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/36 "2013-07-07T20:44:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Your friend is an idiot. I agree. I like all Mexican beers to varying degrees. Back in 2009 we walked across the Rio Grande into Nuevo Progreso (rights past the Mexican army, I kid you not!) and had some Mexican Beer I’ve never seen in the U.S., and that was all good too! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/37 "2013-07-07T20:59:59Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Not sure it’s still available, but their used to be a beer called “Sol” that was a direct attempt to mimic Corona. Yep, Sol is still around. Had no idea it was supposed to be a Corona clone, but good to see that my suggestion of Sol being the closest to Corona apparently has some basis in fact. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/38 "2013-07-07T21:22:37Z")
The clear Sol bottle helps, of course. Skunked beer is skunked beer. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/39 "2013-07-07T22:01:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yep, Sol is still around. Had no idea it was supposed to be a Corona clone, but good to see that my suggestion of Sol being the closest to Corona apparently has some basis in fact. That’s much more diplomatic than saying “See post #15”… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774/40 "2013-07-08T00:51:05Z")
While we’re on the topic, what other beer would be a reasonable substitute for Negra Modelo? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-that-taste-like-corona/662774.md?page=3)