Leon Negra

Brewed by Grupo Modelo (Corona)
Style: Vienna
México DF, Mexico

Serve in Lager glass

vieennnaaaa???? mm i dont thing so... Another one bites the dust.. the original formula before the grupo modelo bought the company, was very nice! , but know in the hands of the "breumassssterz" of modelo by bye this beer which in the past was a goood oneeee. Pleassse back to the original formula!

Nose of carmelized malts with a bit of spicey hops. Clear amber golden with small white head. Toasty malt accentuated flavor. Light body with fizzy high carbonation.

Bottle on 07/16/2008. Clear copper amber body with a small frothy off-white head. Sweet malty and toasty aroma with a hint of caramel. Sweet toasty and bready flavor, some light caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

Sampled in Cabo San Lucas. A whiskey colored beer with no head and a decent malty aroma. Body is nice and smooth. Flavor is malt with wood. The malt made this beer stand a head above so many other Mexican beers and I give it extra points just for that.

Bottle while on honeymoon in Cancun. Amber body with fair white head. Malty and toasty aroma and flavor, almost nutty. Light fruity finish. Better than some, but far from good.

I had this beer on vacation in Mexico, poured out into a glass. It had a clear, brown-dark amber color with a faint, foamy white head that quickly disappears. The aroma was earthy and grainy, featuring hops, with a touch of caramel malt. Its flavor is mostly sour with some slight bitterness; basically no sweetness. It has a watery, thin body, with very light carbonation. I had hoped it would be better, but still one of the better mass-produced beers in Mexico I suppose.

I was for 2 weeks on a holiday in Mexico. I taste several local beers. First of all I’ll give a general personal opinion. All the beers were served to cold. There was no, or almost no foam. If you ordered a beer, you always have to ask for a glass, which is also very cold. Always there was a lemon in the bottle. If you like it and put the lemon in your beer, than every beer would taste almost the same, because of the strong taste of a fresh lemon. The temperature in Mexico makes it understandably to serve cold beer. But you loose the real taste of the beer. I thought I ordered another light colored lager. I haven’t red something about the beer before. Therefore it surprised me that the beer was light amber colored. also a clear beer. The aroma is a little malt and has some caramel. The taste is a little bitter and some sweet caramel. Absolutly not a bad beer.

When it runs you 15 pesos you can’t really go wrong- that being said it’s pretty watery, but goes well with the spicy things I eat with it when in Mexico.