Next time I order a beer when I'm in a restaurant I'll probably be a bit careful. Saying "I'll have a Corona" -- might not sound right...
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| Me savoring a Corona beer in 2009 |
Crime Against Corona
Let's face it--I'm not much of a beer drinker. Never have been in the past and even more so now. For me, having a beer is akin to celebrating something special. It's like when I buy a six pack of some kind of Irish beer to have with my traditional corned beef and cabbage meal on St. Patrick's Day. This year I still had one of those beers left over from last St. Patrick's Day. It tasted fine.
My point is that I don't drink much beer anymore and mostly never did. Not like some of my friends or family do or did. I like beer okay with certain kinds of foods, but it's rare that I'll just drink a beer to be drinking one. It's probably been a couple years since I did that.
When I do order a beer, if the place doesn't have some especially good brew on tap, I'll typically order a Corona. I've been doing that since the eighties. Same thing if I buy beer at the store. Four out of five times I'll buy Corona. Now I buy the six pack since if I buy the dozen bottle case it would last several months if I'm the only one drinking it. And at my rate that six pack will probably last a long time.
Perhaps in the future when I'm tempted to tell a waitperson, "Bring me a Corona" I'll think twice. Yeah, it's the brand that I like, but should I say it out loud. It's an easy call if they have local or in-house brewed beer because I'll go for that. Or I could go for some kind of dark beer or ale or whatever it is. Obviously I'm no beer connoisseur. But I kind of like Corona if it's beer I'm drinking--especially in a Mexican restaurant. Drinking a cold bottle of Corona with a chimichanga just seems like the way it should be for me. Which reminds me--I haven't had a chimichanga in years--many years.
What it all comes down to is labels. Why did they have to call it Corona Virus? Why not Budweiser virus or some other brand? Will Corona beer have the stigma of this malady attached to it for all time to come? Maybe they'll have to change the name. Seems like a crime to me. Corona is kind of a cool name for a Mexican beer.
Who comes up with these disease names anyway? In this case it probably wasn't a fan of Corona beer.. Pandemics aren't fair anyway. But lots of things aren't and that's just the way the world operates.
Do you have a favorite brand of beer? Are you a special occasion drinker? What would have been a better name for the Corona virus?
