what a day
after surviving the ultra slow Gather page loading
and retrieving my website
I settled in for the night with a frozen pizza and cold beer
only to discover another anomaly from today's shopping.
the supermarket, besides having all their frozen pizzas on
sale, was having a special on Mexican beer.
I like a real cerveza and just had to pick up a few bottles.
One of my favorite Mexican brews is Negra Modela, which
is actually easier to find here than south of the border, most
of it gets exported and domestic distribution is sketchy. So I
when I saw it was part of the special I grabbed a 12-pack.
Then I searched through the other labels looking for a light,
in color and taste, not a "lite" beer to go with the dark and
caramel flavor of the Modela. I passed on the Corona, as
usual, and several other brands settling for La Cerveza del
Pacifico. A brand similar to Corona but that was priced quite
a bit less. Two six-packs of the Pacifico were almost $5.00
less than a 12-pack of Corona or Tecate. Sounded like a
pretty darned good deal, so I got the two packs of Pacifico.
When i got home I realized the deal was, well not great, it
was just OK. The bottles of Pacifico have really long necks
making them as tall as the Negra Modelas, which are actually
kind of short but fat 12oz bottles. The Pacificos have the long
neck but the body of the bottle is really small and they turn
out to be only 8oz beers! So ultimately the Pacificos cost
almost the same per ounce as the Coronas were selling for.
But on the plus side, the Pacificos taste great, and with the
midget bottles I can have dos cervezas with my pizza without
getting too tipsy!!!
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