Comments on: Holy Balls

By: Bella

Bella — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:09:26 +0000

I don’t like beer very much, but I find it ok when it’s a clara! That’s mostly what I drink now when I go out and everyone else drinks cañas, I never know what else to order!

By: WildJunket

WildJunket — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:23:55 +0000

Hasta los cojones! Si, eso es. I used to live in Madrid too, and boy did I love the palobrotas they used. One of them includes ‘me cago en todo lo que se menea!’ (I shit on anything that moves!)

By: ValenciaSon

ValenciaSon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:00:43 +0000

Never heard of a shandy but the idea of mixing lemonade with a decent beer gags this American.

By: gary

gary — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:54:25 +0000

I wouldnt dream of ordering a shandy, not for any other reason than the taste… mixing sweet lemonade with British bitter doesn’t do it for me.
Suppose ‘clara’ as drunk in Spain would be more of whats known as a lager shandy in the UK, but again too sweet for my personal taste.
Tinto de verano on the other hand…..:-)

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:22:25 +0000

@ Isabel

British people do drink shandy but less so these days by my observations. It is considered better by many to order a standard alcoholic drink or a soft drink. Many men consider it a bit “lightweight” and unmasculine to dilute beer and would rather order a fruit juice or a coke. To dilute good beer is considered sacrilege but personally, with a generic beer, I see no problem with it on a hot day!

By: Isabel

Isabel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:21:27 +0000

Why don’t the British like shandy? I like clara con limón but if we’re talking about diluted drinks, I’d prefer a kalimotxo.

That phrase is definitely going into my notebook. I get the feeling I’ll be saying that a lot more these coming days…

By: bill (Legazpi)

bill (Legazpi) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:02:55 +0000

I think “blessed balls” sounds like a better translation

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:46:55 +0000

Same in Valencia today and everyone up to the same balls, los mismisimos cojones!!

By: previously.bitten

previously.bitten — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:22:13 +0000

reading the subject line in my rrs reader i was wondering if your post would live up to such and interesting title – and really, it did it in the only way it could have.