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Modelo Especial

Modelo Especial - Pale Lager

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 Percentile 
4
overall
Brewed by Grupo Modelo (Corona)
Style: Pale Lager

México DF, Mexico

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6521.97/5.01.98/5.06%36.6Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Modelo Especial, a pilsener type beer, was introduced to the market in 1966. Today it is sold in glass bottles as well as cans, which are having an increasing demand due to consumer preferences, making Modelo Especial the leader in the can segment in Mexico.
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 oreogobbler (216), Austin, Texas, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Pours a transparent dark yellow and highly carbonated. Thin white head. The aroma is that of canned sweet creamed corn. Some candied bananas. Very thin palate. Smooth but the flavor has an off after taste that doesn’t sit well with me.


 slimchill (771), Austin, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Bottle. Nose is sweet with hints of grain and bananas. Completely clear yellow with slow rising carbonation up to a thin foamy head that laces surprisingly nicely. The flavor is clean for the most part, some banana and corn. Tingly and thin. Very drinkable with an almost enjoyable flavor.


 rallison (113), USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/102/58/20
Jul 12, 2008  
Ridiculously good beer. Cantillon only wishes they could make a beer like this. Grainy, cooked vegetable smell. Possibly some diacetyl as well. Clear golden body with a 1/2 finger white head that mostly dies. Grainy malt body with a light, stale hop character. Abrasive aftertaste. Light body, watery. Just a bad beer all around. Poor ingredients all around and obviously not a very good brewing process either. Sure, there are worse beers. But this one is still far from good.


 Gypsy19 (602), California, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/53/101/58/20
Jun 30, 2008  
A very weak and flavorless beer from Modelo. This is basically the mexican Miller High Life. Decent color and pour, but there is almost no character or complexity to speak of. This is one to pass on. The Negra Modelo is marginally better.


 robforbes (1083), Bremerton, Washington, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/58/20
Jun 30, 2008  
had in the bottle at amego spot in san diego, california.
had no smell to speak of.
taste was lagerish, malt, some hops, touch of citrus


vikingbeercbus (34), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 27, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours clear yellow with a frothy head bright white head. Nothing remarkable or notable about it, perhaps could be served with a citus fruit perhaps to make it better...


 hoplover (166), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Jun 27, 2008  
Even if I was in Mexico and there was nohting else to drink, I don’t think I won’t have this one again. I was very boring to drink. As for ingredience, nothing stuck out to me.


 Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/56/20
Jun 16, 2008  
Can. Pours clear gold with fair white head. Weak Nose of grain and corn. Flavor is bland and watery. Light fruity aftertaste. I’ll drink it when in Rome...er... Mexico rather.



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