jsut wondering what kind of beers and drinks are common in Spain.

when i was in paris/s.africa
New Castle was common, heineken, some corona,. the only u.s. beer i saw was MGD.

i heard from a friend that Red Wine and Coke(cola) is really popular in Spain now days. is this true?

can you have drinks on the street?
is there an age limit? do i need my passport?

thanks
dan m

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You can get imported beers but I think Spain makes some pretty good domestic beers. My favorite in Madrid is draft Mahou. Just order una caña. In Sevilla it's Cruz Blanca (now part of Guinness' worldwide family of beers). In Barcelona I like Estrella Dam & in Galicia, Estrella de Galicia.
I wouldn't drink on the street unless in some place like Pamplona during San Fermines and the legal drinking age is 18.

Red wine has always been a popular dinner drink; but thinking of red wine with coke makes me gag. ¡Yuk!

[This message has been edited by Eddie (edited 02-03-2001).]

My favorite beer was always San Miguel Selecta--in bottles. Drinking on the street? How about sidewalk kioscos?
Cantabene

what i meant by drinking on the streets , was like in new orleans , during marde gras -stuff like that.

thanks, for bottled beer tip, tap or keg beer is on the bottom of my list

dan m

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Michigarian, there's no problem about drinking in the streets, well, peacefully, of course, and in entertainement zones, not in front of El Corte Inglés with the litter bottle and at noon. I am from Spain, and as far as I know there's no law against that, but no one knows, now there's too much PP people and they may have changed things, but it's no big deal I think, if you see people drinking in the streets, you can do it too.
Where are you in Michigan? I am in Ann Arbor, but I don't like it, I want to come back!! have fun for me in the streets!

ah, and about the age and the passport and everything, no big deal either, unless you look like 12 or something you will not have any problem and no one will ask you about nothing. if you look like 16 and up it is ok. I think the theorical age limit is 16, but there's no big deal.

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The red wine & coca cola mixed drink is called a "calimocho" and is popular in Spain among the younger crowd. See www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/2185/
Years ago it was known as "un cubalibre del obrero"

Normally one does not see people drinking in the streets in Spain (like on Bourbon St. in New Orleans) although on Friday or Saturday nights some popular bars are so crowded that patrons might be socializing in the street just outside the entrance.

[This message has been edited by MadridMan (edited 02-05-2001).]

beer by the bottle...
VOLL DAMM
very drinkable, and 7.2% alcohol per beer. at that percentage, its like having 2!
as for wine and coke, its called calimoche.
disgusting. have a cervetha, or a cuba libre (rum and coke)

I became fond of Cruzcampo beer while in Spain. Its owned by Heineken. Spain makes good beer, which is the hallmark of any refined civilization.

[ 01-07-2002: Message edited by: MadridMan ]

for the ann arobor person, im in wyandotte, ann arbors nice. nicer than Ypsi atleast.

thanks for the drink tips. ill try em all till i find what i like. that 7.2 sounded good to me.

thanks
dan m

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where is wyandotte? I am in Ypsi right now in Eastern, but I live in Ann Arbor. But I am from Spain.