What are you drinking now?

[Brewsmith]

These German lagers are so much better now that they are crossing the pond in cans.

 

[day_trippr]

Tapped a fresh keg of my Raspberry Hibiscus Wheat...

Cheers!

 

[corkybstewart]

I’m telling ya, it doesn’t get any easier! So for years I’ve read everywhere Modelo Negra is a fine, and one of the few remaining Vienna Lagers still surviving, this one from the heart of Mexico! I guess you could call Sam Adams Boston Lager a Vienna style, but that one too is up for debate by many, and fistfights from a few…. Then I decide to log on to the Modelo website, and see they’re calling this a Munich-style Dunkel! So what the heck is this?

Well, having spent a lot of time rounding up all the usual suspects, the European examples I’ve drank seem to fall somewhere between a Helles and a Märzenbier. The Dunkels exist in that space between a Helles and a Schwarzbier. So which is it? My vote is for the Dunkel!

Modelo Negra has a high ABV if we go by the Mexican beer standards of the last couple weeks. This delicious beer has a 5.4% ABV, has a nice malty and roasty flavor that has just the slightest touch of residual sweetness, but not a bunch, just right for your sausage dinner. By sausage, I mean Bratwurst, not Chorizo….!!!

Hey where else are you going to find a nice Munich Dunkel at every gas station in the Southland! Super drinkable, I say hats, er, Sombreros off to Modelo for keeping the flame burning with this tasty Munich Dunkel. The price can’t be beat, keep the cans and the pouring of your Maßkrugs away from your beer snob guests, they aren’t going to believe this isn’t coming from a European brewer…. Prost Sénior !!!

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It's pretty much the only readily available Mexican beer I enjoy.

 

[Snuffy]

Holy crap! I haven't seen a Miller pony in... probably 4 decades. I didn't know they were even a thing anymore. Those probably fueled more delinquent activity in the 70s and 80s than anything else I can think of. I remember speeding along in shotgun with some other knucklehead on a Friday night, stereo blaring "NOW YORE MESSIN' WITHA", looking for girls and trouble, slamming those things and then whanging road signs with the bottles. Hollow points is a good name for them cause the next day after some bonfire party they were scattered like shell casings.

That picture popped an old Springsteen lyric into my head immediately.

"Barefoot girl sittin' on the hood of a Dodge,
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain"

I stopped at the local beer store yesterday and searched and did indeed find Miller ponies. How they snuck up on me like that, I'm not sure. I guess I just assumed they went the way of 8-track tapes and bell bottoms. They are no longer in 8-packs, but they exist. Cool.
So I bought a 6 of Trimtab IPA and left.

 

[Snuffy]

Huntsville, AL brewed Belgian style dubbel. Very tasty, malty, a little caramel, prune, clove and banana.
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"...just like my mama seh-hed." Sorry. I have that roll thru my head every time I have one of these. Or a Monkeynaut. Or a Stout at the Devil. Huntsville has some great breweries. These guys. Yellowhammer. Rocket Republic. Need to find me some Astronut Brown.

 

[Snuffy]

I’m telling ya, it doesn’t get any easier! So for years I’ve read everywhere Modelo Negra is a fine, and one of the few remaining Vienna Lagers still surviving, this one from the heart of Mexico! I guess you could call Sam Adams Boston Lager a Vienna style, but that one too is up for debate by many, and fistfights from a few…. Then I decide to log on to the Modelo website, and see they’re calling this a Munich-style Dunkel! So what the heck is this?

Well, having spent a lot of time rounding up all the usual suspects, the European examples I’ve drank seem to fall somewhere between a Helles and a Märzenbier. The Dunkels exist in that space between a Helles and a Schwarzbier. So which is it? My vote is for the Dunkel!

Modelo Negra has a high ABV if we go by the Mexican beer standards of the last couple weeks. This delicious beer has a 5.4% ABV, has a nice malty and roasty flavor that has just the slightest touch of residual sweetness, but not a bunch, just right for your sausage dinner. By sausage, I mean Bratwurst, not Chorizo….!!!

Hey where else are you going to find a nice Munich Dunkel at every gas station in the Southland! Super drinkable, I say hats, er, Sombreros off to Modelo for keeping the flame burning with this tasty Munich Dunkel. The price can’t be beat, keep the cans and the pouring of your Maßkrugs away from your beer snob guests, they aren’t going to believe this isn’t coming from a European brewer…. Prost Sénior !!!

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Negra Modelo is tied with Bohemia Pils for my favorite Mexi Beer. Bohemia is harder to find here, so NM is usually my go-to for washing down fish tacos. I need to find Bohemia Oscura which is their Vienna Lager. If I'm going to drink flat beer that requires lime, I'd probably choose a Sol over Corona.

 

[corkybstewart]

Negra Modelo is tied with Bohemia Pils for my favorite Mexi Beer. Bohemia is harder to find here, so NM is usually my go-to for washing down fish tacos. I need to find Bohemia Oscura which is their Vienna Lager. If I'm going to drink flat beer that requires lime, I'd probably choose a Sol over Corona.

I usually choose the iced tea.

 

[Snuffy]

I usually choose the iced tea.

I do love the iced tea. It's mostly unsweetened these days. Or half & half.

 

[MaxStout]

After lunch, went to a nearby brewery for their dry Irish stout.

 

[Willy]

After lunch, went to a nearby brewery for their dry Irish stout.
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Went to a nearby keezer in the garage for an Irish Stout. Ha.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Took a drive for some HB Rye IPA

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Pool feels good in this early heat. Helles is officially tapped. Need to sub-contract a home brewer...

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB ipa

 

[Rish]

SA Golden Pilsner

 

[Pennine]

HB bitter, it's mellowing nicely.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

SNPA Torpedo IPA

We made it to triple digits! At least it's not the 112 they were predicting a few days ago.

 

[beermanpete]

Country Boy Brewing, Cougar Bait Blonde Ale

 

[hilljack13]

SNPA Torpedo IPA

We made it to triple digits! At least it's not the 112 they were predicting a few days ago.

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And so glad I got out of San Antonio as soon as I could!

 

[camonick]

Being super impatient…
HB Dunkel
Very promising.
Hoping the rain clouds in the distance come this way. We are in a severe drought and have only logged 1.5” of precipitation so far this year. Desperately need the moisture!!!

 

[Rish]

Before chicken stir fry for dinner, a little HM rice wine aperitif. A little sweet and tart, tasty, smooth and strong: a dangerous combination!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Being super impatient…
HB Dunkel
Very promising.
Hoping the rain clouds in the distance come this way. We are in a severe drought and have only logged 1.5” of precipitation so far this year. Desperately need the moisture!!!
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Want to the Dunkel but the drought. Same here, mega drought.

Into the HB Rye IPA again. Need to get some canned beers tomorrow. Bottles suck on this scooter thingy.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

 

[RCope]

HB WCIPA with the classic combo: Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic...still great

 

[loganklaas]

HB IPA

 

[Beermeister32]

The Mexican beer project is winding down, and finally I have a few beers which would be called craft beers in the US. It is remarkable however just how monolithic the Mexican beer market currently is. The brewers definitely have their drinkers figured out, most beers are just slight variations of the same thing.

Today, we have a rarity, a Mexican Amber Ale no less. Brewed by Cerveceria Artesanal de Sonora, in Hermosa, Sonora, Mexico, “Chicatar” is a 5.2% ABV Amber Ale with 32 IBU on the bitterness scale.

This beer reminds me a lot of some of my personal early Amber Ales. There is a slight sharpness to this beer which I attributed to some water issues and rectified later once I figured out that I couldn’t just brew with tap water and expect great results. My perception of that sharpness is gone by about gulp number four, so there is hope!

Otherwise, this has some similarities to other Amber Ales you might find in the States, Dales Pale Ale comes to mind, but Dales is perfection. This one isn’t Dales. Glad to see some variety coming out of Mexico, I suspect there’s a lot more brewing down there that doesn’t cross the border!

 

[tdf]

Pulled out a can of homebrew saison. 5 months old and really holding up well.
This one BE-134.

 

[Bramling Cross]

A bit of Panther Piss Bum Strength.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Marzen in a Weissbier glass

 

[Bramling Cross]

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Marzen in a Weissbier glass

Assuming it was a proper Marzen, that would end me.

Looks like a promising German place though. The ones with pastel colors tend to serve the best food.

 

[ClaudiusB]

Assuming it was a proper Marzen, that would end me.

It's an improvement to see a different beer glass than that ****** standard. According to the American Brewers Association, we know only one glass style.