Trying, but not very hard, to find Bohemia in sunny Mexico
Thanks to Volker and Bryan for their suggestion that I should search for Bohemia beer while visiting Mexico. But here in Rocky Point, Mexico, a once-quiet fishing village on the Sea of Cortez that is now filled with Ocean City condos, I have not found a Bohemia. Corona Extra, Tecate and Sol are the Mexican beers that are offered here. They are not anything special. Corona Extra is my favorite. but when you are sitting in the warm sun, hearing CNN reports about the horrible weather in Baltimore, the beer tastes good.
The local legends says the Corona sold in Mexico is higher quality than that sold in the States. Anybody hear that one before? Any truth to it?
The other day my beer-drinking was postponed as I watched a beach drama.
A fool had driven his car along the beach, and got stuck in the surf. The tide was rising.
Twenty men tried to push him to safety. No luck.
Two jeeps tried to pull him out. Again, no luck.
Finally a fellow with a tractor, Sandy McKenna, a transplant from Mesa, Ariz., showed up and hoisted the stuck car to high ground.
Next he pulled the police car, which had also become stuck in the surf, to safety.
The beach returned to normal. I returned to my Corona Extra.
Comments
Rob,
The only beer I have embraced while in Puerto Vallarta is Pacifico brewed in Mazatlan. I can't repeat what most of our friends in PV think of Corona.
My brother-in-law who frequents the Cancun area likes Leon, but I think beer availability is very localized in Mexico.
If you find Indio give it a try, a dark beer.
Posted by: LEC | February 13, 2008 5:10 PM
In Rocky Point, try out Indio. It is on tap at various establishments there, including Bryan's, Capone's and Chiltepino's. Ask around for directions. In my opinion, it is the best beer in Mexico (and frankly may be my favorite beer anywhere). It's a dark beer, but is fairly light in its taste.
-Paul
http://www.puertopenascopost.com
Posted by: Paul Kingsley | February 14, 2008 12:30 AM
Thanks for sharing your story! Next time you should bring a few of us along!
Posted by: Bolt | February 14, 2008 10:38 PM
I don't usually drink Corona but I have heard that the brewery was bought out and moved to the states and that now "real Mexicans" no longer drink Corona. I have also noticed on more than one occasion Spanish speakers at the local Pub drinking that Jimmy Buffet Landshark stuff so there may be some truth in the story. Maybe what has happened is a licencing agreement of some sort where. Stateside Corona is brewed stateside and the real deal is brewed south of the border.
Don't comeback too sunburned.
Posted by: rick | February 17, 2008 9:56 PM
The Corona in Mexico is just as nasty, and sour, as the stuff up here.
The only decent Mexican beer that I've had, in Mexico, is Dos Equis Dark, on tap. It's very good.
Posted by: Rick | February 19, 2008 7:20 AM