Modelo Especial

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Pretty good for a mexican beer. I’d have it again instead of a Corona. Try it you might like it, but don’t forget the lime.

Better than than their stable mate Corona (LIME?!) but nowhere near Negra Modelo. This is what the big 3 in the US could be if they tried even a little bit. Average flavor and balance. Nothing memorable.

Not bad for a Mexican beer, but like all other Mexican beers I’ve tried, you practically have to stick a whole lime in it to make it interesting (breaking a man law of fruiting the beer, I know, but what can ya do?). Went great with the enchiladas, rice, and beans! Overall, good, but nothing to write home about.

Clear golden blond coloured beer with some very light carbonation and a small white head. Soft malty and grainy hinted aroma. Medium palate. Finish is light sweet and grainy hinted. Meduim.

This is a pretty solid value beer. I don’t know where people get off complaining. For the price, it is comparable (if not better) than other Mexi-lagers. Far less sweet than the malty Tecate. Recommended for the $4.99 sixer price or the $1.49/ 24 oz can. 100%.

12 oz bottle-Someone broke this out @ a cookout after the Corona ran out. I’d have to call it a step up from there although that isn’t saying much-at least you don’t need to ad a lime just to drink it. Grassy, grainy, corn aroma. Some malt flavor to it-smooth finish. Nothing special-just get it ice cold & just grab a bottle!

I’ve had this one on tap, out of the bottle and out of a can (12 oz and a 24 oz can). This is what most of the local Mexican’s drink, so if/when I go over to their house for a get together this is usually whats served. This was the case this past weekend, so I figured what the hell. It’s free so why not rate. The beer is a very nice color of gold with a medium white head. Initial aroma was skunk and corn. After a few minutes, it was still skunk and corn. Flavor had some grainyness to it, some skunk (it was a clear glass bottle after all) with just a touch of sweetness to it. Decent enough Mexican swill, but nowhere near the best they have to offer.

12 oz. bottle for $1.79 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia. Appearance: Pours a clear, delightfully golden body with a foamy, white head. Smell: Lightly skunked nose with notes of grain husks and cooked corn. Taste: Husky grains and maize with a light cereal sweetness. Tiny, tiny bit of sourness. Light hop bitterness is sufficient enough to give this beer a dry finish. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied, but thankfully lacks the wateriness of its brethren. Medium-plus carbonation. Drinkability: No outright hideous, but, if you find yourself in a Mexican restaurant and need a beer, I’d sooner reach for a Negra Modelo.