On 2011-11-18, James Silverton > wrote:

> I'm not sure what what is the real Mexican custom but I've only had lime
> with light colored lagers. You can buy lagers pre-flavored with lime. Is
> one of them called Tequiza? However, Negra Modelo is my favorite
> Mexican beer too and I don't use lime with it as I would with Modelo
> Especial.

I always figured it to be a cheap marketing gimmick. Besides, Mexican
canoe beers need all the flavor help they can get. I've also seen
lemons dropped in draft German wheat beers.

It's all pretty pointless, cuz well brewed quality beer, specially
ales, pale ales, and IPAs, all have plenty of natural citrus flavor,
from lemony to orange to grapefruit. It's the use of particular hops
and yeasts that determine this. Since canoe beers like Corona use
rice and corn and sugar instead of real beer ingredients, you get no
natural flavors.

Regardless, I doubt the lime was added to enhance flavor. I recall
when Corona became popular. It appeared at all the yuppie bars in
Silicon Valley, almost overnight, and that lame lime wedge was de
rigueur. I've never seen a lime wedge in a beer served at a real
mexican resaurant, specially in a good beer like Negra Modelo.
Blasphemy!

nb