Noche Buena

Brewed by FEMSA
Style: American Dark Lager
Monterrey/Veracruz-Llave, Mexico

2008 vintage, amber color, with a beige head, but falls quickly, light toasty, biscuity, caramel malt nose with a hint of fruitiness and toffeeness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a toasty, biscuity malt character, with a faint cookie dough, toffee, caramel accent, with a hint of toasted crunchy cereals, light dried raisiny note leading towards malty, fruity finish.

2006 bottle from cornfield. brownish color, ruby highlights,no head, some tiny bubbles slide down side of glass. mild airy malt nose, slightly grassy and musty. flavor is not very different than the nose. touch of dried fruit, candyish. medium bodied, kinda oily mouth feel, dry finish. kinda unobstrusive, needs more character to become offensive. ho hum.

Tastes like a classic american dark lager, toasty, biscuity with just the right balance of noble hops to offset the sweetness. The only negative is the slightly sulfury nose. Overall great session beer during the holidays and goes good with all types of festive feasts, from the ususual turkey and trimmings to classic mexican dishes like posole and tamales.

Bottle from the Oxxo in Mexico City. pour is a deep crimson brown. small off-white head. Yep, an american dark, skunky. Not much sweetness in the taste, pretty not good...

Ambar cristal color, no head, a little ceeal and hop aroma, the flavor is fresh and light, little taste, the best of femsa.

Well not bad beer, i really enjoy this one in a sunny day, unfortunatly it’s only a seaonal.

3-15-08 bottle thanks to fly (the flyest of all flys)
Clear red in color with nice fluffy head. Sweet doughy smell. No real flavor aside from some watery dough flavors. Not overly thin, average to high carbonation. Not horrible at all!

toasty, malty but watery, great after taste, brownish color, medium body, sweet smell with a bit of bitterness at the end... great beer for christmas.