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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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 OD40oz (600), Box Elder, South Dakota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 23, 2005  
This is way better than Yuppie Corona. We used to go to an annual party and all the jive asses would drink corona wit lime. They thought my indian roommate and I were low life’s for drinking Budweiser out cans. I wish we would have brought some of this for them they wouldn’t be able to handle the skunky corn taste. THE best Mexican beer I have ever tasted.


 HopsformyHips (113), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/55/20
Jan 10, 2005  
Mine was Sku-unky! Everything improved with a lime though. Minus the skunk...was rice and corn sweetness with a mild hoppy taste. If you ever end up south of the border, better hope you have a lime on hand though.


 jfm (1694), Holbæk, Denmark
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/102/53/20
Jan 9, 2005  
Golden color with little or no head. The taste is sweet light malty and light notes of corn. Light hoppy notes on the palate. Very boring and thin.


EricTheRed (81), Plainfield, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/515/20
Jan 8, 2005  
drank a couple cases of this over the last few weeks. much better than corona. We get this a lot during trips to Mexico, and it’s a fine everyday beer. clear, mild, not tinny, better without lime than with IMO,


 nick76 (2634), Tampa, Florida, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/54/20
Jan 5, 2005  
A little skunky and a lot of hops. That is how i describe this one. Except for the fact that it is a little more bitter than Corona, this beer is almost indistinguishable from other Mexican beers. Certainly more interesting than many macros on the market but that is not saying much.


 Hab40oz (242), Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Dec 16, 2004  
Pours a nice clear golden color, thin head, good carbonation, aroma is malty and sweet, kinda fruity, taste is kinda unique, light malt, not much for body, a strange bitterness hits you in the body, ain’t great but drinkable.


 turbo (1254), Arizona, USA
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/102/51/20
Dec 11, 2004  
I could smell the skunk as soon as I opened the bottle. Poured yellow with a lot of fizz and little head. Just a bad taste that got worse as it sat on the palate....not good at all and I ended up pouring it down the sink.


 wnhay (722), Princeton, New Jersey, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Dec 7, 2004  
This was alright. The darker was far superior. It did not have that great aftertaste that the dark one has. This wasn’t bad though.



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