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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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PopeGelasius3 (54), Athens, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/511/20
Apr 8, 2006  
basically a Mexican beer on steroids. Still pours a light straw color with a weak head, but has more flavor than the regular mexican swills. You MUST drink this with a lime.


 rebelbrewer (125), Lithonia, Georgia, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/103/55/20
Mar 29, 2006  
12 ounce bottle served up with a pint glass at Sangria’s Mexican Restaurant in Tucker, GA. This was a medium gold in color and had very little carbonation and left no lacing. It had a fruity taste and no aroma that I could detect.


 yayforbeer (641), Orange Park, Florida, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/57/20
Mar 24, 2006  
Bottle. I feared the worst with this one, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Definitely in the low end of swill, but still drinkable. The two Mexican beers that are somewhat decent are the Negra Modelo and the Dos Equis Amber. All the rest are shithouse, including this one. Perhaps its better in the can, as other raters indicate. Went down easy enough, and would be a welcome thirst quencher on a hot day.


 SuIIy (1405), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 23, 2006  
12oz bottle. Pours a bright gold color with a brilliant white fluffy head. Nose is light corn, syrup and honey, grass, overall freshness. Palate is very carbonated and tingly. Note of corn and grass, some light sweetness and a finish of crispness and light bitterness.


 cbkschubert (1945), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/102/58/20
Mar 19, 2006  
(can in Cabo & Manzanillo) Just as lame as any other light Mexican pils. Taste almost like Corona but a tad smoother. Has very little malt flavor or aroma. You can tell corn was used in the mash. No hop flavor as usual. Adding a lime wedge wouldn’t hurt. If Mexican beer had no alcohol, nobody would drink it. Stick to Dos Equis Amber when in Mexico (if you can find it).


imbiberAZ (21), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/516/20
Mar 12, 2006    Updated: Mar 3, 2007
Mexican beer, as all reviewers know, is a mostly a pale pilsener-lager hybrid. Most are awful and tasteless. This is next to Pacifico as far as drinkability and enjoyability. Premium and pleasant. Out of the bottle is radically different from the can. Stick to the can.


beerdrinker101 (56), USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/54/102/58/20
Mar 6, 2006  
This beer has a very foul smell out of the bottle. Very watered down light beer, has a bit of a funky aftertaste. The negro is much better.


 BrewDad (2363), Olympia, Washington, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/58/20
Feb 24, 2006  
[Bottle] A beer that they made due to thats all they know to make. The color was to class and stayle and this tasted all right just not my fav. Wish it could have been better. No hop flavor at all. Clear bottle hello do you know what skunks smell like?



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