Diver-loved drinks?

[Sam Miller III]

Hey, nothing in the post says it's need to be alcoholic. I love a frosty root beer myself!

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I have found a new diving hero and her name is NYCNaiad
(too bad she lives 3000 miles distant )

SAM

 

[charlier]

My favorite diver-related drink is a "Baja Fog", a standard drink drink while camping on the beach in Baja California. Ingredients include a long-neck bottle of Pacifico beer, tequila, and a fresh lime. Make sure that you drink some beer, so the neck of the bottle is empty. Pour a shot of tequila into the beer bottle followed by a squeeze of lime. Drink up - a shot of tequla followed by a beer chaser. I rarely had more than two of these concoctions before I needed some food and a nap.

Full disclosure, this drink was popular while living in Southern California as a graduate student.

 

[Lorenzoid]

My favorite diver-related drink is a "Baja Fog", a standard drink drink while camping on the beach in Baja California. Ingredients include a long-neck bottle of Pacifico beer, tequila, and a fresh lime. Make sure that you drink some beer, so the neck of the bottle is empty. Pour a shot of tequila into the beer bottle followed by a squeeze of lime. Drink up - a shot of tequla followed by a beer chaser. I rarely had more than two of these concoctions before I needed some food and a nap.

Full disclosure, this drink was popular while living in Southern California as a graduate student.

We would camp on the beach near San Quintin, way out on the cape. I remember driving my truck at a good speed across a mile or more of beach. On the way down, we would stop at a liquor store and buy Negra Modelo and Modelo Especial, which at the time were not ubiquitous in the US. It was required to return the empty bottles to the same store in order to get the deposit back. Oh, and then there were the lobsters we would buy from the locals who came around with burlap sacks. And wait, there was an aquaculture farm on the way where you could buy burlap sacks of oysters. I'm talking mid-80s, not nearly as prehistoric as some of you Baja desert rats.

 

[charlier]

We would camp on the beach near San Quintin, way out on the cape. I remember driving my truck at a good speed across a mile or more of beach. On the way down, we would stop at a liquor store and buy Negra Modelo and Modelo Especial, which at the time were not ubiquitous in the US. It was required to return the empty bottles to the same store in order to get the deposit back. Oh, and then there were the lobsters we would buy from the locals who came around with burlap sacks. And wait, there was an aquaculture farm on the way where you could buy burlap sacks of oysters. I'm talking mid-80s, not nearly as prehistoric as some of you Baja desert rats.

Your post reminded me about our yearly early winter drive back to socal, usually a few days after New Years. On a few of our trips would usually stop at San Quentin, mostly to to get some sleep, beer and fresh seafood. This seems like civilization, since we usually drove hours on funky dirt and sandy roads to find the ocean, surf, and nice beaches. This was in the mid-1980s.

 

[dirtfarmer]

My fave is a Basilito, served on Little Corn Island of the coast of Nicaragua. And while your in Nica, bring home a bottle or 10 of 12 year old Flor de Cana rum.

 

[Sam Miller III]

Literally in the pre historic days of diving when the activity was confined to SoCal San Quentin was a destination for the adventuresome. The end of the road and modern civilization.

Two of my friends dragged their boat .to SQ and dove the island for lobsters...and lobsters they did get...At that time the US F&G limit was 10 so you were allowed to bring 10 into US. they had considerably more, So they went into the town ( a small village) and purchased home canning supplies and canned lobsters on the beach and keep 20 live ones.

Three friends also pulled their boat to SQ for spear fishing for BSB (GSB) - and spear fish they did, for several days . Their intent was to share several of the fish with locals and take one or two home They arrived back at shore and were met by locals and offered to share the fish with them. The locals smelled the fish did the silver coin test and said "Muy Malo" and the huge fish were left to rot on the beach.

These two events became a minor international event resulting n the establishment Mexican GF&G laws - rubber powers spear guns only and no taking of lobsters by gringos.

Re Modern SQ
Gypsy camp right on the beach. Even had showers and RV spaces

We preferred the "Wet Buzzard Bar"..such great food at reasonable prices and so laid back. So many local ex Pats all with stories the evenings passed in a blink of an eye.
We always parked our trailer there for a day or more - going south & coming home- secure, hot showers, good food and home grown entertainment

The Dazz of our dives

SDM.

Now back to modern divers and the drinks of the world

 

[Adam Grose]

I didn't intend it to be a "snip"
rather just a wee bit of fun for all as diving and this post should be

I note you have less than 100 dives in 5 years and live in a desert community so there is still hope for you

SAM Miller 111

Well.... Considering I spent one of those years out of the water while I was working on my degree....
The reason I "SNIP"ed it is that I didn't want everyone to have to read thru all the posts that they have already read 10 times before. Common courtesy.

Adam

 

[drbill]

Ballast Point is a co-sponsor of our free summer concerts put on by the Xceptional Music Company here on Catalina.

In days past when I carried all my gear on a hand cart up the hill to my house from the dive park, I'd often get stopped by friends at the Casino Dock Cafe and be plied with a local favorite, Catalina Buffalo Milk (even though we have no buffalo on the island, only American bison). I'd drink a few and often end up dancing in my wetsuit. This practice (the buffalo milks) is not advised following a long day of diving due to potential dehydration!