It’s a pretty bad picture because my flash washed out the napkin completely.  Anyhow, when you order a beer in the Philippines you pretty much get San Miguel.  It’s the national beer and comes in a pilsner, a light, and a strong.  It’s pretty good beer and usually costs you around a dollar in a bar or 60 cents or so in the supermarket.

The interesting thing is it always comes with a napkin wrapped around the top.  The bartender opens the beer and then wraps the napkin around.  He does this because all beer bottles in the Philippines are recycled, as in Canada.  However, here the bottles are mostly stored outside and in the rainy season they get pretty wet.  What happens is the water gets trapped underneath the cap and it starts to form rust.  The napkin is to clean off any rust that you may find on the top of the bottle before you drink from it.

It’s interesting in a somewhat unsanitary sort of fashion!