Sol Sister

Resurrecting My Sol

 So my husband and I just returned from a trip with five other couples to Puerto Vallarta. While there, I put the cocktail shaker away, put my flip flops on and kept it simple. Mexican Cerveza my friend.  When we ventured to Soriano to buy beer, Corona had the monopoly on cooler space, but there, off to the side, shinning like the sun was the beer from my Freshman year of college.  Sol. My roommates and I even had a large vinyl Sol banner thumb tacked to the bottom of our breakfast bar.  Very classy. No, it didn't exactly go with my Laura Ashley comforter, but I was convinced it made us look cool. Memories.

My freshman year of college was fall, 1987, the year Heineken started the rumor that Corona workers were urinating in the beer. This was later proven false, but I was suspicious. I wasn't taking any chances.  I drank Sol, if for no other reason than to avoid any looming humiliation from frat boys that the "brunette with the big perm" apparently loved "piss beer."

Corona has long been a staple in my grown-up refrigerator.  It is almost always alongside my Mexican meals and in my cooler at the beach. But I enjoyed revisiting my freshman days and drinking the "Sun" in the sun.  I have decided I am bringing it back this summer. Okay, so I bought a red bathing suit and the label matches beautifully. It's only a secondary reason.

On the last day in Mexico I was standing at the pool tipping up my beer, slugging it back if you will.  I hear, Steve, one of the crazier husbands in our group, channeling a Train song by singing out --in this hilariously aspirated, slow-motion voice: "Heyyyy Sol Sissss-ta" --hence the name of this blog entry and a tribute to my Sol Sista's from the trip:  Cath, Virgie, Denise, Amy & Karen. Good times ladies!

Sol was started in 1899, over 20 years after the revolution against the Spanish (& the French) and the year before the democratization of Mexico. It was known as a working man's beer.  So in the spirit of Viva La Mexico, throw one back people.  Add two limes and a pinch of Tajin, just saying.

CHEERS!