Lime in Corona bottles

ptashka

Does leaving the lime inside the corona bottle affect the recycling of it???

WHIP IT!

Great post - I've wondered this many times... but I still just bang em in the bin at the recycle station... I guess the glass is melted down anyway, is it??

ptashka

i just bang em into recycling station as well...
but recently caught my house mate taking them out...and it sort of made me feel bad. like i'm not caring about the environment enough..?..

Attractive Nun

...It's a ****ing lime.

J.S. Pill

I'd be a bit more concerned about the empty bottles that end up being used as ashtrays

Hermione*

J.S. Pill wrote:

I'd be a bit more concerned about the empty bottles that end up being used as ashtrays

I hate this! It really annoys me (and unfortunately, as I live with smokers, I've encountered it on a number of occasions ).

I've pondered this problem quite a bit, as I'm a Corona drinker. I usually stick it in the recycling anyway. It has to be environmentally better than putting the glass in with the landfill rubbish.

magick

I'd be a bit more concerned about people drinking this sh*t

Agamemnon

magick wrote:

I'd be a bit more concerned about people drinking this sh*t

LOL! If it was a half-decent drink, you wouldn't need to put a slice of lime in it.

ptashka

agamemnon wrote:

LOL! If it was a half-decent drink, you wouldn't need to put a slice of lime in it.

you never hear anyone complaining about shandys!

and ye both are off the point, we are not discussing the drink itself

Creamy Goodness

lime would biodegrade in about 6 months anyways.

TequilaMockingBird

The lime is used in Mexico to stop flies etc. getting into the bottle. Makes me laugh, seeing people here using the lime!

Agamemnon

ptashka wrote:

you never hear anyone complaining about shandys!

and ye both are off the point, we are not discussing the drink itself

[complains about shandies]People who drink shandies are fooling no-one but themselves, the big babies.[/complains about shandies]

I wouldn't worry about the lime, it'll rot away to nothing quickly, with no harm to the environment. It's not like it's made of plastic.

J.S. Pill

Why are we even worrying about this?

Its China's problem:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/ireland/article492658.ece

Genghiz Cohen

what about the paper on the outside or the little bits of drink leeft in the bottom, im sure that in the furnace (i have no idea how glass is recycled, but ill take a stab working from secondary school metalwork(smelting)) they add a reactant that combines with anything not glass and floats/sinks then pure glass is tapped off.
Well thats a semi-educated guess.

ptashka

well, i know its biodegradable, but correct me if im wrong, but in order to recycle glass, they have to melt it. So how does a 10% presence of organic solids affect the process? do they extract it or just get on with it?

ptashka

oops, genghiz you got there before me

Sawa

I know in a lot of pubs, they don't have time to be picking out bit of lime from loads of Corona bottles, so don't worry about it too much. But if you're drinking them at home, you may aswell, why not?
A lot of bottles don't have paper on the outside, the logo etc is on the glass itself.

DublinDilbert

ptashka wrote:

well, i know its biodegradable, but correct me if im wrong, but in order to recycle glass, they have to melt it. So how does a 10% presence of organic solids affect the process? do they extract it or just get on with it?

Yep in ireland bottles are "Recycled" and not "Reused"... not much would survive the heat.... also i'm sure 90% of the lime is water...

in other countries like canada they have a "re-usable" beer bottle which is washed out after use with some sort of caustic... this is much better for the environment as melting glass down takes a huge amount of energy!

mada999

I put Lime in a Corona because it tastes nice...simple as..

I've tried it with other beers and its just not the same...

brianthebard

Hermione* wrote:

I hate this! It really annoys me (and unfortunately, as I live with smokers, I've encountered it on a number of occasions ).

I've pondered this problem quite a bit, as I'm a Corona drinker. I usually stick it in the recycling anyway. It has to be environmentally better than putting the glass in with the landfill rubbish.

It gets sent to a landfill anyways, whats the difference?

sueme wrote:

The lime is used in Mexico to stop flies etc. getting into the bottle. Makes me laugh, seeing people here using the lime!

complete myth tbh.

Colonel Sanders

mada999 wrote:

I put Lime in a Corona because it tastes nice...simple as..

I've tried it with other beers and its just not the same...

why don't you just drink a nice beer instead of trying to make fashionable piss taste less like piss.

Must say Corona is one of the foulest tasting slime I have ever had the misfortune of pouring down my throat. I nearly vomitted the first (and only) time I drank it. You gotta love those marketing people.

Terry

Each to their own.
I like budweiser (drinking some now. MMm), and am ridiculed for it all the time.

Beer snobbery is akin to music, film, literature etc snobbery.

Everyone has different taste buds.

tuxy

Just think of all the pollution caused by transporting and melting down recycable material. Land fills are more environmentally friendly.
Save the planet, put you glass in the regular bin!

DonJose

sueme wrote:

The lime is used in Mexico to stop flies etc. getting into the bottle. Makes me laugh, seeing people here using the lime!

LOL same here, been in Mexico dozens of times and never saw the Mexicans drinking Corona with lime, its a beer for f@@ks sake, its like putting lime in a bottle of Bud or Miller :rolleyes:

DonJose

Colonel Sanders wrote:

Must say Corona is one of the foulest tasting slime I have ever had the misfortune of pouring down my throat. I nearly vomitted the first (and only) time I drank it. You gotta love those marketing people.

Yeah agree fully, the best tasting Mexican beer is called Indio, pity they don't sell it here.

DonJose

#Elites wrote:

Funny, quite a few bars i went to in Mexico gave us lime. its just about taste.

They do that in the tourist zones, but if you drink with Mexicans you will never see a lime floating in the bottle. Heres a photo of a party I was at.

Capt'n Midnight

Lime juice is anti-bactericidal and is a grease remover.

Fresh fruit is usually sterile too.
Just the sort of thing you'd want to clean the neck of a bottle in unhygenic pubs.

I'd doubt that limes would affect glass as they'd be vaporised long before the glass would melt.

simu

It's time to make a "How it's Recycled" programme, similiar to the "How it's Made" one on Discovery. This is a topic that keeps popping up these days. :eek:

Rabies

sueme wrote:

The lime is used in Mexico to stop flies etc. getting into the bottle. Makes me laugh, seeing people here using the lime!

Do they put a whole orange on their pint glass?

here.from.day.1

sueme wrote:

The lime is used in Mexico to stop flies etc. getting into the bottle. Makes me laugh, seeing people here using the lime!

brianthebard wrote:

complete myth tbh.

Yea hes right it is a myth. The original 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 limes used to mask this smell.

Carlinfella

If the guilt over this corona/lime eco disaster is causing you sleepless nights there is a simple solution. The morning after a session go into your garden (if you have one) or similar space , grab a firm hold of the bottle near the base and swing it nozzle end away from you. The lime should hav absorbed enough beer to fly out of the bottle with a satisfying thwack. I find this process extremely gratifying, especially so if sobriety hasnt taken hold;)

cjt156

Better still, smash all your lime-bedevilled bottles and sift throught the shards and splinters to remove the offending citrus, pausing regularly to wipe the sweat from your brow and to scratch your gonads.

magick

Colonel Sanders wrote:

why don't you just drink a nice beer instead of trying to make fashionable piss taste less like piss.

Must say Corona is one of the foulest tasting slime I have ever had the misfortune of pouring down my throat. I nearly vomitted the first (and only) time I drank it. You gotta love those marketing people.

fu*kin word!

Off-topic: Try it with lemon instead if you're feeling a bit adventurous. It's loverly. I'd reply on-topic but I think that it's all done at this stage.

sioda

When I was in Mexico every beer came with lime and after asking why we were told quite politely that Lime is a strong acid and kills off any bacteria on the bottle and then it is safe to drink.

We were also told not to put it in the bottle but throw it away.

On topic the lime would destroyed in the recycling process

DRakE

sueme wrote:

The lime is used in Mexico to stop flies etc. getting into the bottle. Makes me laugh, seeing people here using the lime!

shapers!

ShowUsYourXbox

sioda wrote:

When I was in Mexico every beer came with lime and after asking why we were told quite politely that Lime is a strong acid and kills off any bacteria on the bottle and then it is safe to drink.

We were also told not to put it in the bottle but throw it away.

On topic the lime would destroyed in the recycling process

Wikipedia wrote:

The lime

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]. Corona's heavy media presence in the United States may be the reason for the disparity in the two beer cultures. Beer-lime combinations such as the Chelada and the Michelada are however, popular in Mexico[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. [2]


Common myths surrounding the origin of the lime include:
1. The lime was originally to plug the neck of the bottle up to keep flies and other insects out of the 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 lime was used to clean the neck of the bottle from the rusty remains of the bottle cap. In the early days the bottle caps where made very simply and often left rust stains on the bottle neck, leading to a rather bad taste.

My girlfriend drinks it, she just likes the taste of the lime.

L31mr0d

I personally like Corona with the lime in it. But will only drink it when eating mexican food, it is rather bland to drink on its own, but is useful for extinguishing the burn of mexican food without leaving much of an aftertaste

What's funny is over here Corona is viewed as a premium beer, whereas stateside it's bottom of the barrel stuff and can be picked up for little or nothing. Its the dutch gold of the US.

OT, I don't recycle so problem solved. After watching the Penn & Teller expose on recycling it turned me off it for life.

Doodee

Wikipedia is not a definite resource, please do remember that or else there is going to be a generation of people who will think otherwise.


Secondly, Yes, Some mexicans do drink lime in their beer, as well as lemon and Salt.

How you drink your beer is your own personal preference. But please stop wasting the limited bandwidth of boards.ie by being either a fashionable drinker or (what i consider worse) a fashionable Naysayer.