Any worse beer destination than Mexico?

[KGB09]

I go to Mexico every year. At a resort, you won't have too many choices other than the typical Corona, Tecate, Sol, Presidente, Modelo, Dos Equis or Pacifico. I gave up trying, even at the stores in town I couldn't find anything that appeals to the craft beer drinker in me. So...I just go with it. I'll take a Pacifico at the pool or a ***** Modelo on the beach anytime I can be in Mexico relaxing. I'll even take it with a lime in it after playing 18 holes. Damn...I wish I was in Mexico now...

People will probably disagree with me, but I had a tough time finding interesting beers in Italy last year. My local beer bar just did a "italy night" so I know they are there, but hell if I found anything other than Peroni or Moretti. I drank a lot of wine over those 2 weeks.

I lived in Italy for two years. I was able to find just about any German or Belgian beer. Plus we had a brew pub/restaurant B-feds, had an awesome red ale. Not much Italian selection except morreti.

+1 for Negra Modelo, my go to beer at Mexican restaurants.

 

[KGB09]

Just for back from Guatemala in March. Only beer widely available was Gallo. Crap!

 

[HBngNOK]

Jesus! What a bunch of beer-snobs. I haven't seen this many panties wadded since the last time someone said they liked BMC. If it's so bad, don't drink it, and stop whining.

 

[eastoak]

Jesus! What a bunch of beer-snobs. I haven't seen this many panties wadded since the last time someone said they liked BMC. If it's so bad, don't drink it, and stop whining.

i hear you but it's not beer snobbery, it really is that bad. i think i'd rather drink a bud or coors rather than a presidente or banks (dominican republic and barbados) those beers are truly horrible. but yeah, we're whining a little bit

 

[justkev52]

Being dragged to an all inclusive wedding in Cancun, and all I will have to wash down the ****ty food is terrible beer.

Egypt. Also the worst wine anywhere. Ugh

 

[justkev52]

Just for back from Guatemala in March. Only beer widely available was Gallo. Crap!

Humm..I loved the Gallo in Guatamala.
I guess we all have different taste buds.

 

[justkev52]

I lived in Italy for two years. I was able to find just about any German or Belgian beer. Plus we had a brew pub/restaurant B-feds, had an awesome red ale. Not much Italian selection except morreti.

+1 for Negra Modelo, my go to beer at Mexican restaurants.

No Peroni in Italy?

 

[Bookworm]

Egypt. Also the worst wine anywhere. Ugh

I bet Greek table wine is comparable. I am fairly sure the ingredient list includes kerosine and paint stripper.

 

[tdhickey]

The beer in Playa Del Carmen all taste like water that gets you mildly drunk, makes you have to piss a lot, and needs to be drunk fast so it doesn't get warm. Even with a Lime it isn't very good. I was ok with Tecate and Sol, but not impressed by any means.

Personally its all Mai Tai's, Tequila Sunrise, full glass of Baileys on Ice or some congnac/Scotch from the one place that has ok stuff on the resort. Beer is afternoon beer water.

 

[Frige]

Hey it could be worse. If you go to Peru you could drink chicha its made with human spit. Mmmmm

 

[KGB09]

Jesus! What a bunch of beer-snobs. I haven't seen this many panties wadded since the last time someone said they liked BMC. If it's so bad, don't drink it, and stop whining.

No...just care about the taste of my beer. And your right, when I travel I don't drink their beer, most of it tastes like watered down Bud light.

 

[Crito]

Our craft beer exports are skyrocketing. Maybe you will find some local brews while on your travels.

 

[eastoak]

Our craft beer exports are skyrocketing. Maybe you will find some local brews while on your travels.

i was vacationing in vieques puerto rico and there was a bar offering craft beer in bottles, about $5 a bottle but it was the only place i found on that tiny island serving good beer at any price.

 

[Dirtyoldguy366]

I agree with those who mentioned Bohemia.

My advice would be to skip the wedding and get as far from Cancun as you can. As soon as my plane lands there I can think of nothing else but how I'm getting somewhere else.

Cancun caters to enough tourists that I bet you can find craft beers if you look for them. Google turned up http://thebeerbox.com/

If you're looking for craft beer in Latin America, I've heard that Patagonia has a growing scene bolstered by Expat hippies and strong European ties. - Would love to go there someday!

 

[jrgroucho]

I'll second Bohemia, Indio, and Negra Modelo. All welcome alternatives to Corona and Dos Equis (which I will drink when the time is right). I love a hoppy beer, but not when the ambient temperature is nearly 5 million degrees.

As far as the worst destination, I'd say Ecuador is pretty bad. Pilsener is nearly the only choice you have and quality is all over the place I imagine, because of spotty refrigeration integrity.

My advice while in Ecuador is to stick to Pilsener, because unless you can find Club, everything else is terrible. Ecuador is the only place I ever poured a beer out because I couldn't finish it. Of course, it may have been my fault for buying a Czech porter...

 

[kenlenard]

You can't judge Mexico's beer by Corona. I'll admit I haven't read through this whole thing but I happen to enjoy Mexico and some of their beers. Try Victoria, Negra Modelo, Leon, Indio, Noche Buena and even Dos Equis Amber is quite good, in my opinion. I assume you guys know that the Mexican brewing infrastructure was put together by Germans and Austrians and the beers took shape over the course of time and ended up hopped lower so that it matched better with the local cuisine. As far as food goes, if you think that the food in Mexico is ****ty, I suggest you keep looking. My wife and I have been to Europe, The Caribbean and all over the US and in our 4 or 5 trips to Mexico, we agreed that the people in Mexico know how to cook. You might just be eating in the wrong places or basing your opinion on Mexican food prepared in the US... which can be spotty. There's a "Mexican Beer Page" on my site with some other information about Mexican beer. Salud.

 

[BigFloyd]

Bohemia Obscura (Vienna lager) has become my go-to beer when diving in Cozumel.

 

[TopherM]

I just returned from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Saturday. For the most part, I drank Dos Equis amber or various tequilla-based blended concoctions in the hot, hot sun.

Of all the various light lagers and vienna lagers I found around town, I have to declare Victoria the winner. Good light beer. The biggest loser - Tecate Light. Water with sub 4% alcohol, at least in PV.

I also want to give a BIGGGGG shoutout to Los Muertos Brewing in downtown Puerto Vallarta. They gave me the craft beer fix I needed, and actually served me one of the better ambers I have ever tasted. Four beers brewed on premesis and a free fooseball table (and chess/backgammon on the tables) made for a great two hours. The awesome Agave Maria Amber I had (well, the four that I had) also came at the very reasonable price of 30 pesos, about $2.40 each. I liked it all so much, I bought the T-Shirt!

Check it out if you are every in the area!

 

[tgmartin000]

If no one has mentioned it, Saudi Arabia is pretty bad.

 

[RoughandReadyRanch]

I feel ya Xprtskier.

Last summer the family took a trip to the Dominican on the in-laws dime. I'll never complain about that, but when it comes to beer, Presidente (an acceptable light lager in my mind, though far from my favorite style) was the best the resort had to offer and you had to special order it. By the time I got home I was in serious lupulin withdrawal and devoured every double IPA I had in the fridge.

HAHA, I was there. Every place had Presidente cases that kept it iced cold. I drank so many of those and when I got back I remember reading about there proprietary antifreeze mixture used to make is able to withstand sub z temps eliminating space for competitors at the bars. Brugal for the win in the DR. As for crappy beer trip. I say China. Our options were a small coke or beer with every meal. The beer was always bigger than the coke but damn they were pretty bad. We ended up at one restaurant that was selling big glasses by the yuan and our whole group started buying them since it was like $0.25-0.50 per 500mL and that stuff was not only tasty but had some kick to it. They were tapping it off a keg and it was probably around 60F and tasted great. In the yangtze river area I stopped at a market and saw a picture of the Duke himself pulling a "buddy christ" wink with a thumbs up on what appeared to be a tallboy 4-pack of Pabst. He was in the middle of the blue ribbon and it was called Blue Cow Pie Beer. Over 10% and it was so bad. Made Steel reserve sound good kind of bad. I still have the plastic bag/4-pack carry with John Wayne on it but aside from the memento, avoid the Cow Pie and don't go to China for beer.

 

[BrewingGunner]

Malaysia. Tiger Beer is awful.

 

[RoughandReadyRanch]

Malaysia. Tiger Beer is awful.

Did you remember to "Relax........AND KILL THE MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!":fro:

 

[lebucheron]

Sol con Limon = win. You're not in Bavaria, relax with a nice staw coloured lager by the beech.

 

[Bookworm]

Malaysia. Tiger Beer is awful.

I have to second that! By the way Tiger is not any better in Singapore or Thailand.

 

[neo71665]

I'm thinking anywhere in the middle east that's a primarily Muslim country would be worse.

 

[Bookworm]

I'm thinking anywhere in the middle east that's a primarily Muslim country would be worse.

In most of the middle east it is hard to find any kind of beer. Jebel Ali, Dubai, and Birane do have some exceptions. Mostly in large western owned hotels and a British pub in the Jebel Ali free trade zone.

 

[Whsoj]

Tahrir Square sounds pretty bad this time of year, I'll take skunky cerveza over a Molotov cocktail any day.

 

[neo71665]

In most of the middle east it is hard to find any kind of beer. Jebel Ali, Dubai, and Birane do have some exceptions. Mostly in large western owned hotels and a British pub in the Jebel Ali free trade zone.

Not to mention most hate america with a passion, why I think its a bad spot to drop in for a beer. Egypt ain't looking good right now either.......

 

[Xpertskir]

Well as it turns out it WAS the worst beer destination.

My choices at the resort were Dos Equis, Coors Light, Tecate(light), and Sol.

The worst part however is that I got a stomach bug that has prevented me from drinking beer since I have returned. I'm now going on almost 2 weeks of not drinking real beer. So its such a bad beer destination that its robbing me of good beer even after Ive left.

 

[RoughandReadyRanch]

Well as it turns out it WAS the worst beer destination.

My choices at the resort were Dos Equis, Coors Light, Tecate(light), and Sol.

The worst part however is that I got a stomach bug that has prevented me from drinking beer since I have returned. I'm now going on almost 2 weeks of not drinking real beer. So its such a bad beer destination that its robbing me of good beer even after Ive left.

But think of all the weight you are losing! I'm a half glass full kind of guy.