# Corona lager and lime. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248 "2005-12-12T12:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [December 13, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/41 "2005-12-13T15:55:48Z")
_Canned_ Corona? I’ve never seen such a thing…ever. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/42 "2005-12-13T16:25:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Canned_ Corona? I’ve never seen such a thing…ever. Now you [have](http://www.gmodelo.com.mx/eng/marcas/corona.html). ---
**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:** [December 13, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/43 "2005-12-13T16:32:20Z")
Ick. The stuff is borderline at best in a bottle. In a can it would be just vile. Of course, the best cheap Mexican swillbeer is Tres Equis, which as far as I know isn’t exported. The bottom of each bottle is indented with a gripper, so you can twist open your next beer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![electrozion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@electrozion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/electrozion)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/44 "2005-12-13T16:52:55Z")
> [@Dancy McDance Dance](#): > > Don’t heffe weizen (sp? wheat beers) often come with a slice of lemon? Hefeweizen usually don’t come with a slice of lemon, Kristallweizen - a filtered wheat beer- does. ---
**Author:** ![electrozion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@electrozion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/electrozion)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/45 "2005-12-13T16:56:20Z")
In Germany that is. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/46 "2005-12-13T17:29:11Z")
Lime makes any watery pilsner taste better. If I’m drinking a cheap American beer–Miller high life, frex–I put a lime in it if I can. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/47 "2005-12-13T17:51:15Z")
Does anyone else do the trick where you cover the mouth of the Corona with your thumb, turn the bottle upside down with the goal of making the laime float to the bottom (now the top). Then, you flip it back, and release the built up carbonation skillfully? Also – I’ve had heffies with lemon. The first heffie I ever had on tap was probably Pyramid in Oregon in the mid-90’s and they always put lemon in it. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/48 "2005-12-13T18:04:38Z")
The Widmer Brothers Brewery in Portland makes a fine hefeweizen, and the standard treatment around here is to serve it with a lemon slice. Most beerslingers will ask you first, though. As for Mexican, make mine a Carta Blanca, no lime, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/49 "2005-12-13T18:28:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Canned_ Corona? I’ve never seen such a thing…ever. I think it shows up somewhere in _The Big Lebowski_, and I think they also have it at the Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa. One of my friends who went to UC Riverside said he was Corona on tap, which kinda blows my mind a bit. So, does anyone know why Corona insists on clear bottles? Because them skunky Coronas are _bad_. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/50 "2005-12-13T19:19:06Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > So, does anyone know why Corona insists on clear bottles? Because them skunky Coronas are _bad_. Now, it’s established as part of the branding, so they can’t change it easily. Back when, it helps to remember that Corona was, and still is, cheap-ass swill. Good beers get the protection of brown glass. Plonk doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/51 "2005-12-14T04:39:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Now, it’s established as part of the branding, so they can’t change it easily. Back when, it helps to remember that Corona was, and still is, cheap-ass swill. Good beers get the protection of brown glass. Plonk doesn’t. Corona is also sold in brown bottles in Mexico. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248/52 "2005-12-14T05:01:08Z")
I guess they figure us gringos deserve skunked beer. I’ll stick to Sierra Nevada, thank you very much. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-lager-and-lime/335248.md?page=2)