Our favorite place for craft beers in Cozumel

[horn34]

I don't understand how anyone can drink that beer.

It's normally done by picking up the glass and pouring it in your mouth. Do you want me to find an instructional youtube video for you?

 

[ggunn]

Nada! I just enjoy trying different beers, and next time I'm on island I'm going to make a point to seek out some beer from smaller breweries. BTW, they spell it “Obscura," though it seems both spellings mean the same thing: dark.

Bohemia Oscura | Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, S.A. de C.V.
http://bohemiabeerusa.com

 

[divingjd]

Well, this isn’t one of those “everybody gets a trophy” things, but it looks like they’ve used both “Obscura” and “Oscura” - maybe at different times. I think I’ve seen both over the years and a Google search shows images of bottles with both labels. If I’m not mistaken, the darker beer is now labeled “Vienna” and what used to be called “Clara” is now “Pilsner.”

 

[Lorenzoid]

Well, this isn’t one of those “everybody gets a trophy” things, but it looks like they’ve used both “Obscura” and “Oscura” - maybe at different times. I think I’ve seen both over the years and a Google search shows images of bottles with both labels. If I’m not mistaken, the darker beer is now labeled “Vienna” and what used to be called “Clara” is now “Pilsner.”

Exactly. I used to call it “Oscura” as well, but I noticed others on SB calling it “Obscura,” and Googled for images of bottles, which, sure enough, had “Obscura “ on the label. I was convinced I had been wrong all along.

 

[ggunn]

Exactly. I used to call it “Oscura” as well, but I noticed others on SB calling it “Obscura,” and Googled for images of bottles, which, sure enough, had “Obscura “ on the label. I was convinced I had been wrong all along.

It seems they can't make up their mind. On this page it clearly shows the label without the B: http://bohemiabeerusa.com, which is what the labels looked like when I was on Cozumel last May.

 

[BrewingDiver]

I also always omitted the B since oscuro (a) is the Spanish word for dark, and the bottles I saw were consistent with that spelling. But yeah, it seems something may have changed.

Good beer though, especially for the price. I also like the Clara even though at home at least I don't generally drink that style, which is pretty much an American lager. This one has some taste.

 

[Lorenzoid]

I also always omitted the B since oscuro (a) is the Spanish word for dark, and the bottles I saw were consistent with that spelling. . . .

“Oscuro/a” was the Spanish word for “dark” I recall being taught, but when I saw “Obscura” on the pictures of labels I looked that up in the Spanish dictionary, and it seems both spellings mean “dark.”

 

[Lorenzoid]

And on a vaguely related note, who else noticed that “Negra Modelo” changed to “Modelo Negra, perhaps to align it with Modelo Especial?

 

[lionfish-eater]

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