Modelo Especial

Pros: Thirst quenching, like water.
Cons: Thirst quenching, like water.

Grupo Modelo is a Mexican brewer known for its status as one of the chief exporters of beer to the United States and abroad. Corona is easily this brewer’s most recognized product but there are others that rank high on the list of American import sales. ...

Pros: Smooth, medium body, inexpensive, and mildly potent.
Cons: Not a readily available Lager in some stores.

After having sit through another viewing of Paradise Alley, starring Sylvester Stallone, and listening to deaser26 go on and on about how Sly shaped his body after his, I felt that I just could not take it any longer. I...

Pros: Very drinkable, refreshing. it is what its meant to be.
Cons: None come to mind.

Tonight, it’s a very, very hot July night here in Rhode Island. Though we’ve been blessed so far with a relatively mild summer and temperatures averaging in the seventies, our luck had to run out sooner or later. It did today, and temperatures soared...

Pros: It's hard to think of one ... it's wet?
Cons: It's almost devoid of flavour

A couple of weeks ago, I took advantage of a special offer from Ry anair and flew from Pr estwick to Girona in S pain for a couple of days. Mrs P ...

Pros: Cleanly brewed ordinary pale lager
Cons: Lifeless, bland ordinary pale lager

"Imported" labels aside, mainstream Mexican beers are really not that much better than mainstream domestic lagers. They are similar in style, similar in flavor, and similarly unremarkable. I find it odd though that so many people get sucked in by the...

Pros: Smooth and mild while not being too watered-down.
Cons: Probably won't appeal to fans of stronger-flavored beers.

Modelo Especial is a Mexican import cerveza I recently discovered while searching for a new beer to review for Bruguru's "New Beer" write-off.  This is my first beer review of any kind, so bear ...

Pros: The perfect medium between stouts and lighter American lagers and pilsners
Cons: None

So, what do you do when a stout is too heavy and an American lager or pilsner tastes too light? Sure, stout beers and porters are fantastic, and I just love a good Budweiser, Busch or Miller when cooking some burgers on the grill or watching football...

Pros: A little more complex then Corona and Tecate
Cons: Light bodied, like many American Macros

This is one of my favorite Mexican Beers along with Pacifico and Dos Equis. Although I prefer the Modelo Negro, there wasn't a category for that specific Modelo brand of beer. Especial is more complex then Corona, but not as complex and rich as...

Pros: Smooth, smooth, smooth!!!
Cons: Medium-bodied

I am a beer-lover, and have been for 25 years. My tastes run towards sharper, more bitter, and heavier beers. I don't like lighter beers, and usually don't like medium-bodied beers. Modelo Especial is my one exception. I first tried it in San Luis...

Pros: Fresh, light, crisp, cool, tastes great - Corona without the Skunk
Cons: Might be too light for "heavy" beer drinkers

A light and tasty beer, sure to bring a smile to your face during those sweltering summer months. This beer not only tastes good, but is light and refreshing, a nice contrast to the thick, heavy beers that are so popular during the winter months. It has...

Pros: Nice bold flavor
Cons: Palette gets bored after a while

A good friend of mine from San Dusky Ohio came down and had to hit the liquor stores during his long drive. He had all kinds of imports, and domestic beers. When I saw Modelo Especial, that was the first one I was tempted to taste (I think I had...