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

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 962   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.98   EST. CALORIES: 132   ABV: 4.4%
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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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1.4
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
freekyp (1411) - Thomasville, North Carolina, USA - DEC 30, 2002
UPDATED: JAN 7, 2012 Bottle version: Boring, bland mass market pilsener. Aroma is somewhat acrid with vegetal notes. Moderate hop bitterness in the finish does little to lift this unimpressive entry.

0.9
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
DaSilky1 (2604) - San Diego, California, USA - DEC 25, 2002
UPDATED: FEB 22, 2003 from a can, drunk on a plane. Note to self, never drink this again. This was the first time ive ever NOT wanted another beer. it was darkish yellow piss, acidic and adjuncty with a stale aftertaste Re-Rate: How ironic, i thought i told myself not to drink this again..well sometimes in life, you really have no choice..it wasn't as bad as the first time..also used it to make michelada's, which is the one thing mexican beer is good for

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Bierlieber (49) - Evanston, Illinois, USA - DEC 20, 2002
solid color, skunky aroma and flat, grassy palate. went flat quick. i guess if you eat really hot mexican food and chug it quick while cold it would work. makes their negra modela seem like a top 10 brews.

1.6
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 6/20
Trappist (284) - Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - DEC 15, 2002
Much better than Corona! It was a very smooth beer, that tasted good but tasted even better with a wedge of lime in it.

1.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
JoeM500 (1900) - Crown Point, Indiana, USA - NOV 17, 2002
Metallic tones, due to the can, but just another weak yellow fizzy Mexican beer. This seemed to be especially popular with the construction workers in Puerta Villarta.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
wheatbeerboy (103) - Addison, Illinois, USA - NOV 5, 2002
What Alcfron said. Good with Mexican food.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Drew (2413) - Kent, Ohio, USA - OCT 31, 2002
yellow, thin, bland. BUT, it was absolutely quenching when washing down some spicy mexican food.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
jsquire (2953) - St. Marys, Ohio, USA - OCT 29, 2002
Clear yellow with little nose and nice head. Easy drinking and a nice compliment to the food, but nothing really interesting about it. I found it unoffensive.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
PorterPounder (4610) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - OCT 18, 2002
Slightly better than Corona - but kind of had a wet towel taste to it - no aroma however. Still think there is one brewery in Mexico they just switch bottles and cans on even odd days etc and add a little bit of caramel coloring for the dark beers. Hard to tell them apart after awhile - beats most American macros though.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 6/20
austinpowers (2827) - New York, New York, USA - OCT 16, 2002
Can: Worse than Corona, but better than Tecate because it lacked Tecate’s metallic taste. Pretty damn bad.


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