Modelo Especial

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

12 oz. bottle. Light yellow body with white fizzy head which vanishes quickly. Smell of plain hops with corn malt undertone, no bad aromas but nothing notable here. Taste is of paper, it’s very watery. At least it’s got 6% booze.

Date: January 03, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Ticker
Appearance: clear gold, wispy white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: aroma of sweet corn that got sprayed by a skunk prior to harvesting
Flavor: bitter corn flavor, touch of cereal sweetness, light metalic, long bitter finish
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.7/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: * /4

Pours a golden yellow color with a white head. Flavor is corn, skunk, fruity, and some spicy hops. Flavor is honey, fruit, skunk, and a bitter spicy finish.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a thin short lived head over a ....yellow (SRM 5) clear body.....nose is light malt (bread, biscuit) with very light hop spice......taste is mild also with slight malts minimal hops....mouth feel is light, carbonation medium. This is a nice pale lager. Pale lager is a semi-beer style, somewhere between awful and almost drinkable. This is not a Pislner, which is a great, and recognized, style.

Ok, this beer came up in a discussion with a co-worker who goes to Mexico YEARLY... He says Modelo is the best, Corona is the Busch of Mexican beers? So I decided to try it.... 1st was in a 24 oz. can, It was decent , but.... I had to try it in a Bottle to rate it ! My 1st bottle , had that " I’ve tasted this before" taste ? I think what is was is Pilsner Urquell watered down? Or if Urquell were to make a light pilsner? I thought it was very good tasting , little fizz , light aroma , hoppy but mellow ! Very little aftertaste ... 6% ABV this would replace my Hornsby’s but not my Steel Reserve ! I would buy this a lot more often , but the price is the Biggest turn - off for me , about this Cerveza !

Bottle. Malt aroma. Golden yellow colour withj smalt white head. Mild malt flavour. Nothing special but must be allright in a hot summer.

12oz bottle poured into a pilsner glass produced a thin white head with light yellow body. Almost no aroma to speak of. Very light flavor with hints of apples. Unable to sense the higher alcohol content.

Poured from a can, aroma of cereal and thats about it. Had a light head for a few seconds but fizzled away. Taste is in the Corona family, maybe a little smoother and more drinkable. Pretty light on the palate for a beer with 6% ABV. Finished up rather well, but does leave a sticky coating in the mouth. Overall it is exactly what I want, when I want it. And you can’t beat it for $5.49 a sixer.