How will your beloved Tecate fare? Or Pacifco? Will a lesser-known brand take the top spot? Let’s find out! ![]() For these latest rankings, I hand-selected 10 well-known Mexican beers from my local grocery store for this test, attempting to choose only pilsners and light-colored lagers so they were as similar in style as possible. In honor of the biggest beer buying day of the year, I thought it was time for a tried-and-true blind taste test. By the 1980s, drinks importers were creating entire advertising campaigns based around the holiday, and as of 2013, Americans were buying more beer on Cinco De Mayo than for the Super Bowl or St. Remembered in Puebla ever since, Mexican-American civil rights activists began promoting the day as a source of cultural pride in the 1960s. Frequently confused for Mexico’s Independence Day, which takes place September 16th, Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico’s underdog victory over the French empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5th, 1862. While we’ve been helping you handle the food and the tequila, I’m going to turn my attention here exclusively to the beer.īefore we dive in, a little background. I will note that the ABV (6%) is a tad low for what I prefer for a Winter Warmer, but that's OK.With Cinco de Mayo nearly here, it’s time to get ready for a rush of tequila, burritos as big as your forearm, as many birria tacos as you can eat, and plenty of Mexican beer. It drinks far easier than other Winter Warmers/Holiday beers that I have had. This is obviously a beer that has had some spices added instead of the other way 'round. The spices are noticeable, but not overpowering, and they do blend with malts nicely. Overall: Winter warmers and spiced ales/beers aren't really my thing, but this one isn't too bad. Things finish with the spices (primarily nutmeg with cinnamon and cloves added in). As the cinnamon (and ginger) declines, the nutmeg comes forward. ![]() The cinnamon is up front along with ginger, but these quickly give way to the malts and candy. Taste: Very similar to how the beer smells. The spices do dominate the aroma, but they don't really get out of hand. A good undercurrent of malt, including darker malts (ie, dark bread) and even some toasted ones. The head lasted for quite some time, leaving excellent lacing on the glass.Īroma: Noticeable but not overwhelming note of spices - cinnamon primarily with some ginger and a touch of cloves. Look: Deep and dark but clear ruby that drifts towards a shad of mahogany with 2+" creamy beige head. Noteworthy is that I am enthralled by the entire genre of winter spiced foods and drinks, so my rating may be high, but consider. As an overall package it achieves in flavor, alcohol, and richness, without boasting opulence. I also love the texture, and slightly boosted maltiness and ABV. ![]() Will surely buy again! I really enjoyed this primarily because it reminded me of eggnog, which I adore. Creaminess in taste as I stated previously but in texture as well. The maltiness and ABV are perfect in my opinion, higher than your average lager but not at all daunting. It's interesting that it really does taste like eggnog, it even has a creaminess to it. This is the taste you get from eggnog, and the key to that is nutmeg (this is brewed with cinnamon and nutmeg.) So, nutmeg happens to be my favorite spice by a long long shot, so this is right up my alley. Initial taste is alcohol fumes (a pleasant alcohol burn one would expect from a winter drink), followed by light spice warmth. ![]() A little bit of 50ish% dark chocolate and maybe a hint of lemon peel? Additionally I can't cast the smell of clove gumdrops from my mind's eye as I inhale. Initial aroma is ginger (which it doesn't contain), a smooth and sweet aroma promising a pleasant spice burn. Looks like someone stepped in the floor bed of a lake Pours a hazy, the color of a vintage penny, with a 1.5 finger custard colored relatively quickly dissipating head. Acclimated to 48☏ and poured into a goblet.
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