Down in Mexico

If you can guess from the title, this post has to do with Mexico. Thats because the Founding Father just returned from a 5-day 4-night trip to Cancun. And unbeknownst to him but apparently knownst to others, the beer that most people think of when they think of Mexico was not easily come across. That beer was Cancun. As a member of IBN, the Founding Father was on the lookout for new beers but was only able to come across one. the menu said that it was Ambar but it turned out to simply be Dos Equis Amber. It was a good beer but the dissappointment of not finding anything new in Cancun weighed heavily on the Founding Father's heart. Fittingly, Dos Equis (XX) was had during the IBN that will be posted now:

1. Czechvar -Czech Republic 6.83

• - This beer had alot of flavor and was very filling.
• - It was surprisingly enjoyable.
• - It was a true lager.

2. Dos Equis -Mexico 6.32

• - A typical Mexican beer with citrus infused flavor.

3. Singha -Thailand 6.28

• - This beer had a very deceiving smell.
• - A very watered down beer with little flavor.
• - It got better as we continued to drink it.

4. Carta Blanca -Mexico 6.26

• - A dusty flavored beer that left a tingle in the mouth afterwards.
• - It did not fit the typical Mexican beer mold.
• - Had a bite like a cider.

5. Bitburger -Germany 5.14

• - This beer had an oat-like flavor.
• - Really nothing exciting about it.

6. Skol -Turkey 4.77

• - We had a mixed review on this beer.
• - It had a lot of flavor that we could not put our finger on.

We titled this night, Surprise Night because we did not expect much from the beers that we picked out. It was an overall decent night but it is highlighted with possibly the best quote from IBN to date: Kevin said, "If there was a single moment in cinema history that people our age realized they were heterosexual, it was Cameron Diaz in The Mask." This comment was greeeted with outright enthusiasm and agreement.

The previous IBN gave us the most surprising and it also gave us the best beer any of us had ever had. This is what we found:

1. Tona -Nicaragua 9.45

• - "Like drinking Snapple" -Max
• - This was near perfection.
• - It smelt great and tasted great.
• - "This is like drinking Willy Wonka's 5-course meal gum" -Founding Father

2. Barons Lager -Australia 6.40

• - This was the definition of a lager.
• - It had a heavy lager aftertaste.

3. Old Peculiar -England 6.37

• - Had a distinct fruity aftertaste, like a fruity Guinness.
• - A heavy beer that is a one time drink.
• - Smelt like Guinness.

4. Grimbergen -Belgium 5.07

• - Had a cider-like taste that made it easy to drink.
• - Had a wine-like texture.

5. Yanjing- China 4.60

• - It smelt like a put-out cigarette.
• - Not very enjoyable.

6. Moosehead Lager -Canada 4.36

• - Awful and possibly skunked.*

*When we come across a beer that we believe to be skunked we try to rate the beer according to what we think it would taste like. Obviously a skunked beer would be much lower than a 4.36.

Tona was an incredible beer. It was so enjoyable that the next night, the Founding Father picked up a six-pack for himself to bring to a friends house. Luckily the IBN members were there as well and we enjoyed Tona once again.

Cheers!