Bad Beer

Larry,

That is one of the most enduring topics on DR1 next to "Have you seen my Sankie?"
If you do a search you will find that it has been proven that the Persident you buy in NYC is the same pilsner you can buy in the DR. Why the taste difference? Simple. In NYC your not on a nice beach. No Coconut Palms swaying in the breeze. No Domincan Lovely saying: "Aye Si papi Chulo!" under those conditions anything will tatste better.

All in the head dude

Tony C.

I think it's what you have in your mind when you drink one, like the pretty girl that Tony mentioned ..... It might also have to do with them sending the beer in barrels to a brewery in some place called Reston, Virginia.......they have to bring the alcohol level down and before they can get a new shipment, the beer's sold out in the US

[B]Jon S[/B]. said:

It might also have to do with them sending the beer in barrels to a brewery in some place called Reston, Virginia.......they have to bring the alcohol level down and before they can get a new shipment, the beer's sold out in the US

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What?!

In South Florida

As opposed to the rest of that state, you can win a case of Presidente on a radio station call in show.

Near Ft. Lauderdale, in a place called Weston, we bought presidente in the local Publix...And it tasted the same, ice cold and that lovely burn down the throat, the little "Burp!" that goes with a good, long chug...oh man it was heaven on earth....No man, that's what John Belushi says about Johnson Brats....oh well they go together....

Anyway it has to do with the "ambience"

HB

Ok...ok, here is the deal so we can put this subject to rest! What we need to do is have a beer purchased in the DR and a beer purchased in the states and blind fold a couple of people and see if they can tell the difference. We could have a couple of people do this and see what the results are. It's kind of hard to tell by drinking one when you go the island and then drinking one when you come back to the states. So, when someone gets the results just let us know!!! We'll be waiting........


DR_DEFENDER

Its the same beer bottled in DR to be shipped to USA. I already did a blind taste test and the subject couldn't tell which was which. The only reason I can think of is that the beer sold in DR is more fresher than the ones sold in NYC bodegas.

In one word - "Freshness"

Beer has a shelf-life, and some beers age less well than others. Presidente, it seems, does not store well. Perhaps it is not laden with preservatives and stabilizers like Budweiser!

Also, think about the temperature variations as it is bottled in Santo Domingo, placed into a swealtering cargo ship hold, unloaded in some cold climate, placed in a warehouse, distributed in a truck, stored in the back of the bodega, placed in the refrigerator case, etc. Temperature consistency is important in maintaining original flavor.

All stories about the beer being "different", bottled in Virginia, brewed in Pittsburgh, etc, etc, are myths.

I also agree that the environment in which you drink it matters. Nothing tastes very good when consumed under the Cross Bronx Expressway.

Porfio, as a control and to keep the playing fields equal, where would one go to get under the Malecon in S.D. to do a comparison taste test. Regards, PJT

This has been covered many times.

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