Lime in beer? That's the slippery slope to wine coolers.
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Their lagers have more flavor than the typical American beer though.
and that's why we refer to our backwards UK brethren as "limeys"!I always thought the citrus in the beer went back to the days of long sea voyages, and the prevention of scurrvy
I thought they drank grog (rum + water), not beer. But citrus, yes, to prevent scurvy.I always thought the citrus in the beer went back to the days of long sea voyages, and the prevention of scurrvy
Did you do that on purpose? It's Monty Python. Or maybe Monthy Phyton is someone else?As stated by the Monthy Phyton gang: American beer is like making love in a canoe, f**ing close to water. ;-)
I've been told that the reason IPAs are so hop-forward is that beer made in England and shipped via sailing ships to India often spoiled on its trip around the tip of Africa, but loading it up with hops tended to preserve it.Amen! I don't mind an IPA on occasion, but I don't get this trend over the last few years of breweries trying to out-hop each other. Give me a nice, malty porter any day. Even in the summer.
As for putting lime in a Corona, the issue is the Corona, not the lime.