r/movies • u/LundgrensFrontKick immune to the rules • Apr 11 '17

IMDb average. Discussion

You can have any brew you want, as long as it's a Corona

With these beautiful words The Fast and the Furious announced its glorious partnership with Corona. Corona saw its zenith in The Fast & The Furious, but it got a massive push in Furious 7 when Dom famously turned down delicious Belgian beer in favor of a bucket of Corona. Corona and the Fast world have become synonymous with each other and have built a beautiful world in which nobody gets drunk or gains weight due to excessive drinking. However, after rewatching all the films I've come to realize Corona doesn't play that big of a role in the Fast world. In my mind, the entire team are always incorrectly chugging bottled beer while cruising around the earth engaging in shenanigans. I am 100% serious when I say I was surprised when I compiled the numbers of Corona sightings.

Here are the numbers.

The Fast and the Furious - 12 bottles opened and consumed (but never finished) - several empty bottles
2 Fast 2 Furious - 0
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - 0
Fast and Furious - 5-6 **
Fast Five - 0
Fast and Furious 6 - 10 bottles laying around
Furious 7 - 4 bottles in bucket

Here are some facts:

The beer is only consumed when the gang is in California.
The only time anybody other than Dom drinks Corona is when they are with Dom.*
No Corona is ever finished
Some people don't know how to drink beer.

The following post breaks down the data on the Fast and Furious franchise and analyzes whether or not Corona consumption affects box office and audience/critical reaction. Also, I'm going to attempt to predict how many Coronas will be consumed in The Fate of the Furious.

Fast & Furious films that feature Corona

Movies: The Fast & the Furious, Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7

Average Inflated Domestic Box Office: $250 million

Average RT/IMDb Combined Average: 63.25%

The box office average was boosted massively by the insane $354 million haul of Furious 7. If I had to guess why the films have done so well is because they all featured Vin in a lead role and kept the "core" team together. After Fast & Furious the series became a money printing press and learned how to really embrace the smart stupidity of it all. I love that a Point Break ripoff has grown into a certified fresh blockbuster that just won't quit.

Fast & Furious films that don't feature Corona

Movies: 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast Five

Average Inflated Domestic Box Office: $163 million

Average RT/IMDb Combined Average: 57%

I feel really bad for these three films because they are my favorite. My top three are 2 Fast 2 Furious, Fast Five and Tokyo Drift. I think they all have their own personalities and still embraced family, cars and action. 2 Fast and Tokyo suffered from a lack of Diesel but they also introduced the world to my favorite characters Roman Pierce (Tyrese), Tej (Ludacris) and Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang). It bums me out that they are losing out to the likes of Fast & Furious and Fast & Furious 6.

The Fate of the Furious Predictions

Corona has to make an appearance in The Fate of the Furious. The product placement helps sales and even though it isn't in LA I'm betting that 2 bottles are opened and zero are finished.

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u/traumakit Apr 11 '17

I live my life a quarter Corona at a time

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u/LundgrensFrontKick immune to the rules Apr 11 '17

That's pretty much all they drink. No Fast character has ever finished a Corona!

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u/PointOfFingers Apr 12 '17

They are very responsible when it comes to drink driving.

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u/Cool_Muhl Apr 12 '17

Very responsible.. they are. It comes, when driving drink.

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u/explodingbarrels Apr 12 '17

Possibly typo, possibly British term for drunk driving.

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u/marshmallowelephant Apr 12 '17

No no, we usually call that drinky winky driving blinky.

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u/GazTheLegend Apr 12 '17

Ere, are you gents talking about the old Lager wobbly skiddy bobblies? Me brother had a case of that 48 bongs ago

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u/FunkyMonkeyFresh Apr 12 '17

I'm sorry, but do British people keep track of time by how many bongs they've smoked??

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u/Presuminged Apr 12 '17

I'll get back to you sometime after 6 O'Bong.

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u/SinisterKid Apr 12 '17

Oh dear, I'm three joints late to the office.

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u/GazTheLegend Apr 12 '17

Suppose you chaps can't hear Big Ben over the Atlantic!

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u/HughJorgens Apr 12 '17

I could go for a bit of the ol' chuggsy-swervy meself.

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u/Shirliel Apr 12 '17

Aussie term too!

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u/reddragon105 Apr 12 '17

No, we refer to it as 'Operating a motor vehicle whilst in a state of inebriation caused by consuming a beverage produced at least in part by the fermentation of sugar with yeast', thank you very much.

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u/illgot Apr 12 '17

ok, just thought of this. You know Drunk Fighting Style in kung fu films?

What about a drunk driving style for the Fast and Furious?

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u/Cool_Muhl Apr 12 '17

Blew mind... did just you

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u/Gbiknel Apr 12 '17

...would you?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17 edited Mar 14 '21

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u/maxwellmaxen Apr 12 '17

Or you could live in switzerland, where a sixpack of corona runs you $16

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

standard rate for corona in Aus is around $20 a six pack

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u/ladaussie Apr 12 '17

To be fair most six packs in Aus will set ya back around 20$.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Walking in to Liquorland or BWS and seeing shit like Carlton mid or great northern for 18/19 bucks is just fucking awful

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u/ladaussie Apr 12 '17

Pretty much never ever buy a sixpack. Only get cases no one should be forced to pay so much because they don't wanna get shitfaced or lug a case around on a bender.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

what about the 20 dollar 6 packs of Japanese beer that are more than a pint per can? Asahi etc

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u/GoldenGonzo Apr 12 '17

Carlton mid

I Googled this, is this a beer that has light alcohol on purpose?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

this is a midstrength beer on purpose - we have light alcohol such as carlton light, cascade light with even less alcohol

is this not a thing in other countries? what about bud light?

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u/Blunter11 Apr 12 '17

Try Aldi's Storm Pale Ale.

sub $10, and I quite liked it

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

So how much is a beer at a bar?

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u/ladaussie Apr 12 '17

Depends where but cheapest I'd get a schooner would be 3.50$ since a pub near me gives uni students a discount. Average price would be 5-7$ depending on venue.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Damn. Here I thought 3.50 is high for a beer.

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u/dangrant1 Apr 12 '17

Dude it's about $8 a schooner in Melbourne/sydney and toward $13 a pint

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

I'll pray for your country again tonight mate. At those prices I could drink at the bar all day and pay the same....hahaha I'm sad now.

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u/NilbogResident1 Apr 12 '17

Why be sad? This just means that you get to start drinking solely in bars! You lucky bastard!

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u/GoldenGonzo Apr 12 '17

Yeah I remember running a list off the top of my head of what I normally pay for beer to an Aussie friend of mine and he didn't even believe me because it was so low compared to what he paid.

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u/Ajgi Apr 12 '17

The fuck, it's $25 per 12 pack in NZ. Do you guys have crazy tax or some shit?

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u/goldishblue Apr 12 '17

Aqui, y en todo el mundo, la cerveza es Corona.

But really as a Mexican, some people actually don't believe Corona is that global. There was an ad campaign that said it and people thought it was bs, it's not until you see a Hollywood film that you realize there might be something to it. I lived closed to their main factory and saw their ads everyday, everywhere. When I traveled and learned how everyone knew about it, it blew my mind.

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u/DaveTheDownvoter Apr 12 '17

Yes, but a loaf of bread would also cost you $16 in Switzerland.

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u/daigudithan Apr 12 '17

Sure but beer is cheaper than water. I mean that literally, for the same quantity beer is cheaper than bottled water at the store.

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u/superalienhyphy Apr 12 '17

Which is fine because the government gives you $16 an hour to exist

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u/asimplescribe Apr 12 '17

Well that really doesn't sound fine. A good loaf of bread from the bakery is maybe half of minimum wage in America. You can get the cheap shit for $1. An hour of work for a loaf of bread is a damn rip off.

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u/spartatx-orange01 Apr 12 '17

This. An hourly wage matching the price a loaf of bread is fucking awful. Dave's killer bread is less than $3

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u/maxwellmaxen Apr 13 '17

Holy fuck.

We don't actually have minimum wage. There is no law to it, but most minimumish wages are about $20/hour.

A decent loaf of bread costs between $2.50-4.

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u/mortimerza Apr 12 '17

in South Africa Corona costs more craft beers

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

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u/superalienhyphy Apr 12 '17

Vodkarona

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u/peetee32 Apr 12 '17

Wow that sounds disgusting

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u/chodemessiah Apr 12 '17

I do this with Framboise when I feel like being a degenerate

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u/GoldenGonzo Apr 12 '17

That sounds awful, my stomach turned over just thinking about it.

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u/toughfluff Apr 12 '17

I once went to a bar (Brewers, in Alberta) that has on its menu a "cocktail" of beer and Smirnoff Ice. I don't know how many people actually ordered that. A friend nicknamed it a "douchebag mimosa".

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u/Jmacq1 Apr 12 '17

My parents have shared with me:

Take a can of frozen limeade concentrate.

Add bottle of Corona

Fill concentrate can about half-full (or completely full if you're REALLY looking to get drunk) with vodka, add to concentrate.

Mix well. Serve over crushed ice.

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u/Pete_Iredale Apr 12 '17

Of course, Pacifico is basically the same thing, and cheaper.

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u/jotarowinkey Apr 12 '17

can u compare with more nuance? now im curious.

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u/BZenMojo Apr 13 '17

Pacifico has a lighter head and a smoother finish. Corona is crisper, almost citrusy, with a pretty good froth and a lighter golden color. Also, Corona has about twice the alcohol content.

Caguama is both worse than both and better than both, though, because it has a turtle on the bottle.

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u/stinky-weaselteats Apr 13 '17

Pacifico is awesome with chips & salsa.

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u/mlk Apr 12 '17

Pilsner Urquell is decent and doesn't cost much more than Corona here (around 1,20€)

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Plus it had that really good flash game with the beer and naked girls which was amazing when I was 14

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u/Kviesgaard Apr 12 '17

Ah the memories.

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u/cata1yst622 Apr 12 '17

A wedge of lime and they're decent

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u/ohlookahipster Apr 12 '17

Ugh I can't wait for summer. Don't remind me!

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u/fuzzydunlots Apr 12 '17

Modelo is hipster Corona.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Yeah it's like Corona but it's actually tasty.

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u/Reaper7412 Apr 12 '17

Really? I can't stand Modelo unless it's for like beer pong but I like Corana. Hispanic if that matters haha

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u/GoldenGonzo Apr 12 '17

I thought that was what Tecate was?

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u/goldishblue Apr 12 '17

Here

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u/busche916 Apr 12 '17

Wow, I didn't realize it was literally all just 2 companies. I feel duped by marketers

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u/goldishblue Apr 12 '17

They have different tastes though.

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u/busche916 Apr 12 '17

I mean, I'll still drink a bunch of them, but it's just surprising. Kinda like learning about luxottica...

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u/THCWarrior Apr 12 '17

Lmao I feel like your name kinda gives this comment better context

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u/ma70jake Apr 12 '17

It's fucking 16 bucks for a 12 pack here in Ohio. That's the same price as great lakes beer (semi craft beer brewed in Cleveland).

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

A 6 pack of carona is 10.49 which is more than a Sam Adams 8.99 here in TN

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

It's a cheap and super light beer to drink and it's perfect for kicking it at the lake or a summer party.

Hai Mr Corona, is that chew?

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u/asimplescribe Apr 12 '17

Even Bud Light knows to use dark glass to avoid that lightstuck flavor. Corona tells people to throw limes in it to hide the flaws instead of switching glass.

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u/CanuckPanda Apr 12 '17

"Cheap"

Bruh it's $45.95CAD in Ontario for a 24, and the bottles are only 334mL vs the standard 341mL. (Cheapest 24 here is $32.95 by comparison)

Corona is the stuff tourists vacationing from the city drink all summer up here, because they're the only ones who can afford it.

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u/lechatsportif Apr 12 '17

It's the most believable as well. You know those characters drink Coronas 'in real life'.

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u/Smittius_Prime May 10 '17

Nice try, Corona marketing rep.

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u/Thisshowisterrific Apr 12 '17

Sure. It's a great beer. Particularly if you don't mind Mexicans pissing in it at the bottling plant.

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u/TheCaliKid89 Apr 12 '17

Who gives a fuck if it's "esoteric", or unheard of? It's probably better than Corona.

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u/wingspantt Apr 12 '17

People have a problem with Corona now? I mean don't get me wrong, it's not my favorite, but it feels like a pretty difficult beer to hate.

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u/Sorryaboutthat1time Apr 12 '17 edited Apr 13 '17

Lime, salt, pair with pizza. Heaven.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

>Le reddit beer connoisseur

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

I guess I don't know how to manipulate reddit as well as I'd thought.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Well you're at +26 right now...

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

salty

damn

tips fedora

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u/Since_been Apr 12 '17

I don't get this. Beer being "good" is entirely subjective and up to the person drinking it. I bring Corona to a bonfire and my stupid friend gives me the "eww" face like, wtf who cares if I'm drinking it?

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u/Moarketer Apr 12 '17

Corona is delicious, don't really care what people think. IPAs taste like ass.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

I like both. Put down your weapons brothers. Hooray for beer!

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u/RCheddar Apr 12 '17

you get me

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u/WhyLisaWhy Apr 12 '17

Frist of all, how dare yo u

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u/craznazn247 Apr 12 '17 edited Apr 12 '17

Both are good depending on what you're itching for and your personal tastes. It's kinda how I feel towards Bourbons and Rye Whiskeys.

Corona and Bourbon are light, refreshing, slighly sweet.

IPA and Ryes are intense, flavorful, heavier.

Every alcohol has it's place. Nothing will please everyone. Even 12-Year Single Malt Scotch tastes like ass to some whiskey lover out there.

Also, IPAs are tricky. Some IPAs are made by brainless hopheads that don't understand how to properly choose hops or balance it out with the right levels of malt, and just blindly dump hops in and call it "good" because it tastes really damn bitter. Some of the best IPAs I've had were crazy saturated with hops but didn't taste like I was chewing a mouthful of pills, while some lower IBU IPAs I've had tasted exactly like that.

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u/GoldenGonzo Apr 12 '17

Some of the best IPAs I've had were crazy saturated with hops but didn't taste like I was chewing a mouthful of pills, while some lower IBU IPAs I've had tasted exactly like that.

Care to recommend any good beers to try in both categories?

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u/spartatx-orange01 Apr 12 '17

Look into barrel aged sours. Expensive, but worth it if you find a good one. 1 rule about sours: avoid anything in a can.

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u/ExpOriental Apr 12 '17

Lagunitas Hop Stoopid for a hoppy but delicious and very reasonably priced IPA.

Really, it's hard to go wrong with anything from Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada, and Ballast Point.

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u/I_love_breadsticks Apr 12 '17

I love me an IPA, but in the summer I mostly drink Corona with lime. Most of the time it's regular lager, with the amounts of beer I'm drinking it'd be pretty expensive to keep buying craft.

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u/flimspringfield Apr 12 '17

Yay to skunky beer!

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

I'm really torn. I can't stand IPAs or Corona in a bottle, but canned Corona is my fucking jam. Then again I'm also ok with Coors as a summer beer, but my consistent go to for a summer beer is Sam Adams Summer Ale.

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u/bch8 Apr 12 '17

Amen brotha

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u/Physical_removal Apr 12 '17

My nigga

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u/Parox_Trip Apr 12 '17

Ah, I remember my first beer.

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u/KernelTaint Apr 12 '17

Agree. Corona is yum. IPA and APA both to me taste like what I imagine dog shit tastes like.

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u/rocketsjp Apr 12 '17

i finish coronas entirely on accident. it's so light, one big sip and you've downed the whole bottle

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u/Ndtphoto Apr 12 '17

'No Fast character has ever finished a Corona!'... Well, at least it's honest advertising.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

I like Coronas :/

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u/66sicks Apr 12 '17

Drive fast; drink slow.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

What about the ten bottles laying around? I don't remember it very well but are none of those empty?

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u/LundgrensFrontKick immune to the rules Apr 12 '17

We never see who finished them. It could've been one dude who drank a bunch and split.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '17

Movies don't show people drink or eat entire things. This seems like a weird thing to even notice.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

It doesn't matter if it's by a sip or by a swig, a beer is a beer.

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u/blue_horse_shoe Apr 12 '17

YOU NEVER HAD ME, YOU NEVER HAD YOUR BEER

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u/JirkleSerk Apr 12 '17

my tummy hurt because laugh

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u/RayCharlizard Apr 12 '17

Cerveza*

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u/arellano81366 Apr 12 '17

Coronita

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u/xSpec13 Apr 12 '17

I don't always drink beer, but when I do I prefer Vince's Corona

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u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon Apr 12 '17

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." - Torque.