Tecate

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

This stuff is horrible, yet I find myself drinking it more often than I’d like to admit. See, my neighbors love this stuff and if I’m going to make an afternoon out of it, spending $30 on Stone’s all day isn’t exactly wise. So, when I run out, i pinch a few from them. By that time I’m usually blasted enough to not care. But, if you ever see me paying money for this stuff, please punch me in the head.

Had it from a can. This is a do-not-buy lager. Flavor sucks. Very bad in the end. Not good.

(12oz bottle) Clear straw body with small white head. Aroma is faint corn but essentially non-existent. Beer meets the style requirement of non-offensiveness, with, other than a minimal corn presence, a complete absence of discernible flavor. Watery light body.

Pours to a pale yellow-golden straw color with a small, quickly fleeting white head. The aroma is pretty much devoid of any scents, with the exception of maybe some light corn. The taste is mild corn, light corn syrup, and mostly nothing at all - which is not bad for a Mexican pale lager. Light bodied, medium carbonation.

It is much better than Corona, you don’t need a lime and it is a balnced beer. You won’t be bummed but it is not a show stopper either......light and crisp.

This is no better and no worse than all of the other Mexican pale lagers I’ve tried, although it has less hop character than Corona (if that’s possible!). Anyway, it’s fine, provided you drink it while in Mexico!

From can. Enjoyed from a can at the Long Beach Grand Prix. I wasn’t initially planning on rating this beer, but after being pleasantly surprised by its inoffensiveness I decided to do so. Typical lemony hay aroma of any other pale lager with a watery texture and palate. To my surprise, the sugary malt and light hops balance doesn’t produce any stale or spoiled flavors, making it more enjoyable as swill than many other of its counterparts.

Slight to no aroma, pours a dark gold, mild carbonation. Not too much taste, but what is there is not horrible. Like others have said before me, the true Mexican Bud. Not too bad with a lime and pinch of salt.