Wednesday, May 26, 2010

40 Beers to Celebrate 40 Years! Day 18

Beer: Dos Equis Amber
Type: Amber Beer, closer to a lager or lighter ale
Region: Mexico
Rating: Novice

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Tonight was a quick Mexican feast of chicken tacos, black beans, and authentic salsa and Mexican hot sauce. So with all of this spicy goodness going around, it called for a Mexican beer. Enter Dos Equis XX Amber.

Amber in colour, but not entirely in taste. In fact, most if not all beers from Mexico have a distinctive blandness to them. Some say light, I say bland. Negra Modelo is darker and more sharp, Corona is refreshing for the summer but you might as well drink water at that point. Others like Estrella and Pacifico are not available at the LCBO. So this is probably one of the better macro brews.

However, if I'm in the mood for a few mass-produced beers on the backyard patio, then this will do nicely. And with spicy food, it's waaayyy better than milk to bring down the heat.

There is very little aroma that separates itself from another beer. It's colour is light amber-red, carbonation doesn't last very long, the head is frothy and tan, and slight caramel and malt taste. It goes down very smooth, leaves little aftertaste, and very easy to drink. Ole!

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