![]() Sipping it brought forth notes of sweet corn, floral hops, cracker malts, toffee, fresh hay, light grain, and a gentle, bitter hops presence to bring everything together nicely. On the nose, I found biscuit-like malts, sweet corn, slight ripe fruit, and caramel. By far the most refreshing, easy to drink, well-balanced beer in this blind taste test so far. It’s sweet, refreshing, and has notes of fresh corn, grains, pilsner malts, caramel, clover honey, and just a hint of bitter, floral hops at the very end. The nose is slightly herbal with honey, sweet cereal, wet grass, and caramel malts. It’s not overly exciting, but surprisingly well-rounded. The palate doesn’t disappoint with more freshly cut grass, freshly baked bread, sweet grains, caramel malts, light corn, and floral, slightly bitter hops at the finish. The aromas are subtle, but they definitely draw you in. Wet grass, bread, caramel malts, and light sweet corn are abundant on this beer’s nose. This is the epitome of fizzy, watery beer. The palate is really sweet and almost sugary with little to no other flavors noticeable. There are some floral hops and maybe some corn sweetness, but really nothing else. If you put this in front of me and told me it wasn’t a beer, I might believe you. It took a lot of sniffing to find anything. There isn’t much going on with this beer’s nose. Part 1: The Taste Taste #1 Christopher Osburn 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. 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.
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