Lime-favored light beer
Jul 21, 2008 | 2:09 pm
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I've tried 3 of the beers under discussion - I don't know what I was thinking.
Miller Chill - overwhelmingly salty!!!
Mich Orange/Grapefruit - ok, but not one of their better efforts.
Landshark - pukey aftertaste. I prefer my beer not taste like vomit until much later in the evening.
I like my beer to taste like something, and a cold brew on a hot day (it's 97 outside right now) can have a little fruit flavor IMO. I'll stick to Abita Purple Haze rather than buy any of these 3 again.
Miller Chill - overwhelmingly salty!!!
Mich Orange/Grapefruit - ok, but not one of their better efforts.
Landshark - pukey aftertaste. I prefer my beer not taste like vomit until much later in the evening.
I like my beer to taste like something, and a cold brew on a hot day (it's 97 outside right now) can have a little fruit flavor IMO. I'll stick to Abita Purple Haze rather than buy any of these 3 again.
Jul 22, 2008 | 1:21 pm
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My girlfriend makes this drink, she likes to use Corona. She doesn't use the tomato juice but does make it with lots of tabasco.
Michilata
Some people think a Michilata
is just a glass with
a salted rim and lime juice poured over ice.
Here is the real thing!
1 whole lime
1/2 lemon
4 dashes Tabasco
1 dash salt
1 dash Lawry's seasoned salt
2 pinches pepper
1 dash Worcestershire
Tomato juice
Tecate ( or other Mexican beer )
In a chilled pilsner glass with a salted rim,
squeeze in juice from lime and lemon.
Add Tabasco, salts, pepper, and Worcestershire ,
and then fill glass 1/4 full with tomato juice.
Fill the rest of the glass with Tecate
or other Mexican beer.
Garnish with lime wheel or wedge.
Michilata
Some people think a Michilata
is just a glass with
a salted rim and lime juice poured over ice.
Here is the real thing!
1 whole lime
1/2 lemon
4 dashes Tabasco
1 dash salt
1 dash Lawry's seasoned salt
2 pinches pepper
1 dash Worcestershire
Tomato juice
Tecate ( or other Mexican beer )
In a chilled pilsner glass with a salted rim,
squeeze in juice from lime and lemon.
Add Tabasco, salts, pepper, and Worcestershire ,
and then fill glass 1/4 full with tomato juice.
Fill the rest of the glass with Tecate
or other Mexican beer.
Garnish with lime wheel or wedge.
Jul 22, 2008 | 1:38 pm
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Miller Chill - not bad on a hot day (which is what these flavored beers are for IMHO), but I agree with one poster, too salty.
Bud Light Lime - Actually pretty tasty for this type of beer
Add fruit to a Weiss Beer???? Dear god, NO!!!!! A good Weiss should be enjoyed as it was meant to be. Of course, my opin only, but.........
Bud Light Lime - Actually pretty tasty for this type of beer
Add fruit to a Weiss Beer???? Dear god, NO!!!!! A good Weiss should be enjoyed as it was meant to be. Of course, my opin only, but.........
Jul 23, 2008 | 8:28 am
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Jul 23, 2008 | 12:03 pm
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Jul 23, 2008 | 1:53 pm
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Tried a Miller Chill (yay, freebies in the bar) last year... WAY too much salt flavor. Overpowered the lime and beer, so I instinctively wanted to gargle.
Tried a "Bud Lime" (God bless the honeys handing them out free in the bar), and went back to buy my own. I really like the flavor (but I'm a beer conno-sewer, not a connoisseur). By the end of the evening, 75% of my friends were drinking them too. The Tequiza and Chill drinks were trying to be "authentic"... this is just beer with a tinge of lime: much more approachable.
Tried a "Bud Lime" (God bless the honeys handing them out free in the bar), and went back to buy my own. I really like the flavor (but I'm a beer conno-sewer, not a connoisseur). By the end of the evening, 75% of my friends were drinking them too. The Tequiza and Chill drinks were trying to be "authentic"... this is just beer with a tinge of lime: much more approachable.
Jul 23, 2008 | 3:32 pm
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I had the miller chills last year when the local college bar either had them on promo or was clearancing them out for 2 bucks each 
. I was pleasantly surprised at how much better it tasted than I thought it would. I agree on the saltiness comments though. I can't bring myself to be seen buying Budweiser so I can't comment on the Bud Light Lime 
. I was pleasantly surprised at how much better it tasted than I thought it would. I agree on the saltiness comments though. I can't bring myself to be seen buying Budweiser so I can't comment on the Bud Light Lime
Jul 23, 2008 | 6:12 pm
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Or a Paulaner Hefe-Weizen.
Jul 24, 2008 | 4:42 am
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Jul 24, 2008 | 7:18 am
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Jul 24, 2008 | 9:06 am
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It's true that ..."Germans don't put fruit in their hefes so you'd be doing it wrong..."
But it's common to add a shot of raspberry or woodruff flavored syrup to a Berliner weisse.
The Americanized version from Delaware's Dogfish Head brewery uses peaches to cut the sour tartness. It's a marvelous thing to drink in hot weather.
But it's common to add a shot of raspberry or woodruff flavored syrup to a Berliner weisse.
The Americanized version from Delaware's Dogfish Head brewery uses peaches to cut the sour tartness. It's a marvelous thing to drink in hot weather.