So following last night’s journey to Southwest and Mexican Lagers, I get a bunch of grief from the Peanut Gallery, namely Beer-Loving Daughter # 1 and Beer-Loving Daughter #3. Seems that the old Beermeister32 left out one key element in enjoying Mexican brews – “No lime?”
Seems my daughters are now beer experts. Amateurs, they thought they’d catch me. Today’s redux is a Modelo Especial with limes. So next time you ask, ask me the right way, kids… ¿sin lima? Ha!
Modelo has been brewing this since 1925, advertised as a Pilsner-Style lager with a clean finish. Any time I hear the word “Style” in a description, my ears stick straight up – It usually means “styled like” whatever they are describing. If it is a Pilsner, I say call it a Pilsner. If it is a Pilsner “type” brew, then I suppose the “Style word” describes it adequately. No worse than the typical American adjunct lagers loaded up with corn and rice products to raise the ABV, lower the flavor and drop production costs. I can’t tell, here, there is no list of ingredients.
It’s a straight up BMC-type lager in my book, always great getting the limey fruity thing going on with Mexican beers. Tonight I’m enjoying a few spicy Chicharrones, but just a few, trying to cut back on the salt, but these are sooo good!