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Monday, July 30, 2007

Fruit?

A few weeks ago I spent some time with old friends who were serving a well known Mexican beer. Now I'm no beer snob and have no issues drinking most any beer, but this whole fruit business I find disturbing. There are two places one should never see fruit: on pizza or in beer. The pizza thing requires little discussion. Meat, cheese, vegetables...fruit is simply inappropriate under any circumstances. The fruit in beer question is a little more interesting. Wheat beer and Mexican lagers are the most common offenders, that being lime in Mexican beers and lemon or orange in wheat. To my knowledge you won't find a lemon served in any wheat beer in Germany, and asking for one is clearly indicates "ugly American". So why do we need them here? Mexican beers are often the choice for hot summer days (and not a bad one), but have you ever had the last few sips of a luke warm Corona that tastes mostly sour with a bit a pulp clogging your teeth? Modelo is a perfectly acceptable beer on its own merit, so why ruin it with citrus? Next time you're served a beer with fruit cocktail, try removing it and see if you don't actually find it more enjoyable.

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2 Comments:

At 6:56 PM , AllenBeer said...

I agree. I just don't think the combination of beer and fruit is a good one - even in the recipe. Leinenkugel, whose beer's I generally like, makes a berry beer that I find pretty offensive. I had a beer/lemonade draft in Munich that was horrible and - dare I say it - I think Blue Moon is a vastly overrated brew. To me there just isn't room for tartness and citrus in a drink that already has malt, sweetness, and hops competing for my palate.

 
At 11:25 AM , Paul said...

pineapple on pizza is delicious, but it has to be with the right combination of ingrediants.

Same goes with beer, there are times when citrus can add a layer of complexity to a beer and complement the hops...though i think people often take it way to far

 

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