Sol (Mexico)

Brewed by FEMSA - Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Monterrey/Veracruz-Llave, Mexico

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

Clear yellow w a thin white head. Nose is lemony w some mouse urine a d a bit of fizzy malt. Flavor is primarily lemon, w a bit of stale malt. Not cloying which is nice. Nice enough body w tingly carb.

Had years ago on the beaches of Yucátan. No head, very yellow, very simplified taste. But it was better than the other beers on offer at the time, namely Corona. And they served it with lots of small salted shrimp. Something to drink on vacation but you’ll be disappointed if you try it back home.

On draft at some resort in Progresso. Listen, I only drank it because it was free, the air was hot, and you know what they say about the water in Mexico. It poured a pale gold with a small, frothy white head. The head was gone before I could blink. The nose was skunky and vegetative, attributes I normally only associate with bottled beer. The flavor had a slight graininess to it, but it was mostly tasteless. Do not let this swill get warm or you will have to find a toxic waste site to dump it. Just plain dreadful.

very pale yellow, white head, no lace. nothing but air in the nose. watery taste with a hint of corn syrup. watery body, i suppose the finish is ’clean’ because there was neither start nor finish to this beer. a really poor beer that improves vastly when drinking it over and over on a hot beach in mexico lindo. sampled in the premium club at the barcelo resort in huatulco while shooting pool (poorly: 0-5).

UPDATED: JAN 21, 2010 These mexican won´t stop to amaze me and this time they have made impossible possible by creating a beer with probably even less taste and body than Corona - of course there´s no nose either, but that never was there even with Corona. Really the only thing there´s not less is the price.

330 ML bottle in Pakistan. Well a cloudy no head beer. Aroma and taste like cardboard. Both last about a second. Real terrible shit in my mind. Never again.

Bottle. Bad but not disgusting, limes defiantly help. I’m getting sick of these Mexican Lagers. Light malts, fizzy head, has piss-like qualities, blah, blah, blah.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 Clear bottle, It poured a very pale yellow colour with a medium big white head that settled down fast in the glass leaving a thin head. The aroma smells of faint malts and grass. The flavour tastes of malts and water. It has a short aftertaste. I had this one again in Mexico and it had much more flavor to it so I’m going to change my rating. Granted it was made only 80 miles away instead of 3000 so it was a lot fresher.