Tecate

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

Try ANY other mexican pale lager, it is the natural light or keystone light of mexican beer.

From a can. Barely drinkable. As with all Mexican beers, my recommendation is to fill a glass with about 2 inches of lime, add an ice cube and salt the rim. What you have is a michelada, and when me and Quillaraymi were in Mexico, that was the only way to drink the beer. The above score is straight up, and cold from the can; add 1.0 total point for the michelada.

This is a solid pale lager, if only because it is consistent. Recommended with a lime and mexican. Fairly crisp with good carbonation.

Bottle. Actually my favorite of Mexican beers. I guess because it is usually served with lime to give it some taste. Really nothing special. Goes good with spicy Mexican food.

Fresh cold 12oz bottle at La Caretta: Pours a clear dark golden color with a minimal foamy ivory head that dissolves. Aroma is of flowers, hay, light sweet malt and light citrus. Taste is of sweet malt and light citrus with notes of perfume. The ending is tangy with bitter and sour notes. Usually served with a lime wedge.

I’ve taken an interest in re-trying some Mexican beers lately that I used to drink pretty routinely, but evaluating them with a more critical eye. This one was inexpensive...a bit more than Bud/Miller/Coors. Surprisingly, Discount Liquor (Milwaukee) only carried it in bottles. Appearance is pure American Lager. Decent head formation, which stuck around longer than I expected (and longer than the Modelo Especial I had awhile back). Odor is a bit of malt but mostly adjunct sweetness. The presence of hops is barely discernable. Taste is pretty malty, and not awful. I think it is better than Corona and Modelo Especial, but I think that if you are limiting your choices to Mexican beers (not sure why you would punish yourself like that) I think I would go with a different FEMSA product - either a Sol or a Carta Blanca.

Can/bottle on Mexican beach. One of my favorite Mexican Beers. Order it "sin fuita" , the lime does not do anything for the flavor of any beer.

This beer tastes as if someone filled a can 3/4 full with Corona, then filled the remainder with water. I’m not complaining, just rating it as I experienced it. It’s what you’d expect from a Mexican pale lager. Not to be well-rated as a beer, but it went great with my Chimichangas and refried beans. So, as a result, this sucks as a beer, but it is good as a smooth alcoholic beverage which enhances the Mexican restaurant experience. I’m just angry that I spent $4.50 on a can. I didn’t realize that until after I ordered it.