Cerveza Mexicali Beer

Brewed by Cervecería Mexicana
Style: Pale Lager
Tecate, Mexico

33 cL bottle, courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Dry grassy and hoppy aroma. Flat malt flavoured. Light bitter and slight spiced. Grassy finish.

Sample at CPH beerfestival. Medium head with medium duration. Color is pale yellow. Aroma and taste are malt and hops. A bit watery.

EBF09 Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Pale yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. cactus/fruity notes. Light bitter not very pleasent flavor. Watery palate.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2009. Clear yellow coloured with a small white head. Aroma of malts with notes of grain and corn. Flavour of malts with notes of grain and corn. Light watery.

Bottle. High creamy and lasting white head. Clear golden body. Sweet and weak barley malt aroma. Cinnamon dominated sweet mild malt corn flavor with low carbonation and a short sweet aftertaste.

Bottled at Super Cucas while on the loop. I’m still shocked at the diversity and relative quality of the beer that was to be found on the loop. Freebirds sells pints of Pale 31 for 2.95 in a legit nonic? But I digress. This palest of pale lagers came in a twist-off bottle which was a curve-ball for a cerveza Mexicana. Faint aroma with a touch of mineral and skunk. Very light flavor with a snap of malt and kiss of hops that are both outshone by the mineral-water quality that dominates. I didn’t know how weak this was when I was drinking it but the mouthfeel definitely correlated with the sub-four percent abv. Really not bad but not good either. I had no problem drinking it in the sun out on the patio.

Bottle. Pours an orangeish yellow similar to Hurricane. Yes I’ve had Hurricane and deeply regret it...smell is just awful. I don’t know if there’s a word for that type of smell. Taste is an odd mix of mild hops and spice.

12oz bottle. Pours a light gold color with a quickly fading white head. The smell is a little grainy and skunky like cheap lager aromatics. The taste consists of sweet malts and grains. Light bodied and medium carbonation.