This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another.

Technically, the name of the beer is Corona Extra, but who ever calls it that? Back in my college days and immediately thereafter, when any beer from outside the borders of the United States automatically registered with me and mine as an exotic indulgence, Corona was one of the prime brews for those of us looking to treat ourselves to a slightly posher experience. Adding to the misplaced sense of fancy was the wedge of lime wedged into the mouth off the bottle upon serving, practically a requirement to prevent the inherent skunkiness of the beer from overwhelming the palate. It gave the beer the guise of an elaborate, upscale cocktail, the sliver of green fruit serving as a stand-in for a miniature umbrella bobbing on the icy surface. The most skilled of my kindred could plunge the lime into the beer with their thumb, keep said digit wedged into the upper neck of the bottle, flip the bottle completely upside down until the lime sauntered upward to the base of the bottle, and invert their beverage once again, nary a drop spilled and the necessary citrus infusion presumably spread more evenly throughout the fluid than any other means could muster. Whenever I tried this trick, I got a frothy, carbonated spray right in my mush. There are worse punishments a beer can dole out.

Previously…
—Point Special
—21st Amendment Bitter American
—Abita Restoration Pale Ale
—Rolling Rock
—Skull Splitter
—Foster’s
—Highland Thunderstruck Coffee Porter
—Red Stripe
—Rhinelander Bock
—Samuel Adams Boston Lager
—New Glarus Brewing Company Wisconsin Belgian Red
—ABA Hoppy Saison
—Hamm’s
—Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager
—Three Floyds Apocalypse Cow
—French Broad Brewing Gateway Kolsch
—Big Boss Brewing “High Monkey”
—Stevens Point Brewery Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale
—The Native Brewing Company The Eleven Brown Ale
—Labatt Blue
—Smuttynose Winter Ale
—Point Beyond the Pale IPA
—Guinness
—Capital Brewery Supper Club
—Highland Brewing 20th Anniversary Scotch Ale
—Mickey’s
—Central Waters Brewing Company Sixteen
—Blatz
—Pisgah Pale Ale
—New Glarus Brewing Company Pumpkin Pie Lust
—Asheville Brewing Company Rocket Girl
—Sierra Nevada Blindfold Black IPA
—21st Amendment Brewery Down to Earth
—Point Bock
—3 Sheeps Hello, My Name is Joe