Lileks rules:

The Wall Street Journal had a piece on the new top fave American stagger-sauce: Corona. It’s toppled Heinekin the last few years, and the Heinie folks are desperate to catch up. Here’s some free advice:

1. Corona is the winner because there are more Mexicans in America now, and their taste in beer is as appalling as most native-born Americans. Corona is awful beer. Corona is diluted Chihuahua piss. It’s darker on the way out than on the way in, which ought to tell you something. It’s astonishing that they make Corona light - that would be, by definition, the anti-beer. Want to sober up fast? Slam six Corona lights.

Not to say there aren’t good Mexican beers. Negro Modela isn’t entirely undrinkable. Leon, a Yucatan beer, is one of my favorite beers in the world - partly because I always had one on a beach, while broiling, and it usually brought along its cheerful friend Senor Tequila. But there’s something about Leon that sets it apart, and whether it’s better hops, filtered water, or the dead worker simmering in the mash vats, I can’t say. But it’s good.

I like Negro Modelo, James.