Dos Equis XX Ambar (Amber)

Brewed by FEMSA - Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma (Heineken)
Style: American Dark Lager
Monterrey/Veracruz-Llave, Mexico

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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330ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a small white head that quickly disappears and leaves a speck or two of lacing. Aroma is cereal grains and mild grassy hops. Taste is malty sweet with a light grassy hop bitterness. Flavors are not very well balanced and body is light with little carbonation. Just a typical macro lager with a little color added.

May 2009: Brown 33cl bottle, 4.5% ABV, part of a 12 pack of 3 different lagers from this brewery and kept back after a Mexican evening we held some time ago. Poured into a Duvel glass. Looked good, deep amber, redwood colour almost, the off-white head soon became a collar, which was a pity because the first impression was very impressive. Malts dominate the aroma, in fact there isn’t much else to talk about, so I wont. Taste disappointing, thin, weak and tinny. The malt within the brew is like a sickly addative and doesn’t sit well within the beer. Started well, but as the review progressed it became obvious this wasn’t a good beer, no matter what style it is placed into.

Pours a dark coppery color with off-white head. Grainy aroma. Slightly sweet and just a little bitter. Very small bitter finish. Frothy mouthfeel. Not bad for a macro or for Cinco de Mayo.

on draft reddish color with no head to speak of and no lacing. just your typical mexican beer. basic malt flavor mild body and flavor.

From the bottle poured a amber brew with a thin white head. Well balanced flavors and aromas of malt and hops with a light body. Goes well with nachos.

On draft into a tumbler. Slight amount of head and a fair amount of carbonation. A hint of hops in the nose, if anything. Mouthfeel is somewhat thin and oily. You are presented with a slight amount of caramel on top of a mild amount of malt. Finish is bitter and has an off flavor that sticks around like an unwelcome guest.

355ml brown bottle. Dark gold, thin creamy white cap. Some decent lacing. Nose has grain and caramel. Taste is grains, caramel. A little caramel in the finish and dry grain. Lightish creamy body. Drinkable but nothing exciting going on.

Decent, but nothing grand. The beer is bready but balanced with floral hops. The beer is amber with a fizzy head. The taste is bread and floral hops. The body is smooth and clean.

All i smell us the lime. Low yellow. Little carbonation. Flat even though on tap. Nothing funky is the only compliment I can give.

The better of the two Dos Equis. Neutral flavor but full aftertaste. Medium bodied and mild. Easy drinking.