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- Beer - How it's made?
• Beer | How it's Made?
When you see of an image of a beer bottle with a wedge of lime or lemon stuck into its mouth, you automatically know what beer brand it is. Yes, it is Corona beer.
Corona is the best-selling beer produced by Mexico, and the best-selling non-domestic beer in both the U.S., U.K and Australia.
It is one of the five most-consumed beers in the world, available in more than 150 countries.
It is a lager, and was created in 1925 to celebrate Cervecería Modelo's tenth anniversary.
Since 1925, Corona has encouraged beer drinkers to seek out simple pleasures in places with a slower pace and a relaxed vibe. Whether it’s on white powder beaches, or in white powder snow, it was believe life is best lived outside with a bucket of ice-cold Coronas.
Corona is light straw in color and has a very mild flavor, with little hop bitterness and 4.6% alcohol by volume.
Unlike most beers, Corona is bottled in a clear bottle, increasing the opportunity for spoilage from sunlight, which can affect the hop oils in the beer. A draught version also exists, as does canned Corona in some markets.
The Corona brand trademark in the United States was initially owned by Puerto Rico's Cerveceria Corona, which eventually sold the trademark rights to Cerveceria Modelo.
Corona recipe
According to Sinebrychoff, a Finnish company owned by the Carlsberg Group, Corona Extra contains barley malt, corn, hops, yeast, antioxidants (ascorbic acid), and propylene glycol alginate as a stabilizer.Propylene glycol alginate is a synthetic, colorless, odorless, tasteless liquid that belongs to the same chemical class as alcohol.
THE LIME RITUAL
No Corona is complete without the lime. Naturally adding character, flavor and refreshment, the lime ritual is an integral part of delivering an experience that is truly unique to Corona.
It is common in Europe, the United States and Canada for Corona to be served with a slice of lime in the neck. This practice is less common in Mexico itself, outside of areas frequented by tourists[citation needed.
The reason for the lime is that hop compounds degrade when they come into contact with light. This causes beer in clear bottles to turn ‘skunky.’ The lime is used to mask this aroma.
Common myths surrounding the origin of the lime include:
1. This was done first in Mexico where drinkers put a wedge of lime (or lemon) into the bottle’s mouth to keep the flies from getting into their beer.
2. The lime was used to clean the top of the bottle to ensure it was sanitary before drinkers would put their lips to the glass. The acidity of the lime juice was believed to kill anything that could be harmful to tourists (actually, not very likely). Over time tourists began to push the lime into the bottle, which brings us to today’s common occurrence of adding lime to Corona.
3. The provision of a lime dates to the days when metal caps sometimes left circlets of rust on the rims of beer bottles. The fruit slice was used to wipe away rust stains the brew’s drinker would otherwise have been putting his lips to.
