Dos Equis XX Special Lager

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

12 oz. bottle. Pours a pale golden yellow. Crisp and light. Slightly skunky, due to the fact that this beer comes in a green bottle. Overall, not too bad.

Straight out of the bottle. Crisp, cold and hit the spot on a hot day. Much prefer this over American macros. Corn, grain and grass.

Green-glassed bottle. Corny, ricey hops, plan and bland though somewhat vegetal nose. Very very light yellow pour with a noisy white head. Taste is sweet and corny, some dusty grain, closer to boring than appalling. Light effervescent body. Not quite clean, yet not quite filthy.

Thin head back to lace on gold pour with medium carbonation.Aroma very weak hops.Flavour malt,lemon,no bitter watery finish RUBBISH.

This is another terrific Mexican beer. I like this one in a bottle better than on tap. It makes a slight difference in its taste.

Bottle: Serve VERY cold. Aroma is skunky, a bit grassy, and grainy. Flavor matches up pretty well on this light-bodied beer, that if you can get before it skunks is a very crisp beer. Some citrus notes, grass, and pale malts.

I was for 2 weeks on a holiday in Mexico. I taste several local beers. First of all I’ll give a general personal opinion. All the beers were served to cold. There was no, or almost no foam. If you ordered a beer, you always have to ask for a glass, which is also very cold. Always there was a lemon in the bottle. If you like it and put the lemon in your beer, than every beer would taste almost the same, because of the strong taste of a fresh lemon. The temperature in Mexico makes it understandably to serve cold beer. But you loose the real taste of the beer. The beer has a clear light yellow colore, no head at all. It’s a beer which almost no aroma and taste. It’s water with a color and less tast.

CANNOT believe I haven’t rated this brew. I make sure to drink a dozen or so every time I find my way to a Mexican beach. Is it good? Who cares? You’re on a Mexican beach...