Results for the "Mexican" beer test are in!

Yes they are a few weeks after the test. I'm not sure if it was the Mexican beer or the Topo Chico water. So without further delay the list...

1. Tecate - Described by almost every member as evenly carbonated, smooth start to finish with a decent flavor. "Rico Suave with Miller High Life class". This brew is so good it has its own shoe.

2. Dos XX - Beer has great carbonation...think Miller High Life carbonation with tan, oh and stronger smelling. (note no one mentioned skunk and this was in a green bottle.)

3. Modelo - A light start and with a "slightly bitter" finish. Makes you wish all relationships ended with only a "slightly bitter" finish.

4. Pacifico - A stronger tasting Mexican, but no Zorro. Is there a typical Mexican? This is probably it.

5. Sol - No, wait...this is it. The middle of the road Mexican. It reminded Stout of sweet smelling dishwater.

6. Carta Blanca - Super light flavor with a cotton mouth finish. I think this one actually evaporates on your tongue before you even taste it.

7. Corona - A solid beer that smells like a strong Mexican.

8. Caguama - Comments included; smooth, it's not Mexican, flavorful...in a bad way, and strange or strong, I can't decide.

In all we were somewhat surprised by the results. It seemed that all of these beers are very similar in appearance and with the addition of a lime to mask the flavor they probably all taste very similar. However, by themselves they all seemed to have distinct flavors and vary much more than mass market American Lagers.

Mexican Tasting Tomorrow! (for real this time ) Vámonos de reventón!

That's right it's a mostly Mexican tasting. We've thrown in one wild card from El Salvador just to see if we can taste the difference. There will be no limes added in this test! It will consist of the usual blind taste test rating each beer against each other.

So the official line up is...
1. Caguama (El Salvador)
2. Carta Blanca
3. Corona
4. Dos XX
5. Modelo Especial
6. Pacifico Clara
7. Sol
8. Tecate

THAILAND BEER TASTING

we haven't been able to get all four of us together for the mexican tasting, so just three of us tried some asian beer tonight!

chang
tiger
singha

overall...they were pretty good, except for the tiger(although it had a cool bottle and great packaging)! i thought the tiger tasted like a mexican beer, only worse. the chang was a solid, lager beer, very tasteful. the singha was everyone's favorite! it was a definite session beer, yet strong and flavorful.

so, if we were ranking the beers it would be.....singha, chang, tiger (with tiger not even being close and shouldn't even be number 3!)


all three beers were purchased at the midway mart, off the square. it is a FABULOUS place for random beer purchases!!!

happy drinking!!!

THOR

MEXICAN BEER TASTING FRIDAY -- postponed until next friday, may 21

as it says, this friday we will be doing the mexican beer tasting, with NO lime. the lime ruins the taste of the beer in our opinion. we believe that if you have to add ANYTHING to a beer, it changes the taste and cancels out the true beer taste!

here are the six that we will be tasting:

tecate
corona
pacifico
modelo
sol
dos equis

we are going to return to the original tasting of pouring one beer at a time and grading/writing/savoring each beer.

if there is a different beer we should try, let us know!

DOMESTIC, MAINSTREAM LIGHT BEER RESULTS

WOW....that's about all we have to say about our results. we aren't pleased and we certainly didn't expect it to come out this way. the number in parenthesis are how the beer was ordered from 1-4, with 1 being the best.

1. COORS LIGHT (1,2,3,3) - 9 pts
2. MILLER LIGHT (1,2,2,5) - 10 pts
3. LONE STAR LIGHT (1,3,4,4) - 12 pts
4. BUD LIGHT (1,3,6,6) - 16 pts
5. MICHELOB LIGHT (2,5,5,6) - 18 pts
6. ROLLING ROCK LIGHT (4,4,5,6) - 19 pts

it's funny because we ALL have a disdain for coors light....yet somehow it came out on top. this tasting had us pouring all 6 beers at once and comparing/ordering/taking notes as we tried each one. it allowed us to go back and taste one again and again if needed.

some of the comments about the beers were:

coors light - extremely light, no real taste, smooth, and someone put "flavorful, tasty" <--- that dude's tastebuds are jacked!

miller light - good clean beer taste, "decent", regular beer

lone star light - faint, pleasant smell, tastes great, good light taste

bud lights - distinct after taste, not so good bitter taste, almost skunky, sour taste, smooth

michelob light - skunky, just regular beer, smooth good taste, tasty, complex beer

rolling rock light - "smells like it was left out in the sun", strong after taste, sour taste, bitter, darkest

this tasting was very hard. they all tasted similarly, except rolling rock. we all had that one at the bottom.

does this change how we view coors light....NOPE!!!

Mmmm creamy!

Old Gregg would say, "mmm creamy" as soon as he saw either Genessee or Wexford pour out of the can. In fact he might even switch from Bailey's to one of these ales. I have to admit I'm a big fan of Genessee Cream Ale, so it is nice to try an Irish cream ale like Wexford and expand my cream ale experience.

Right off you will notice the darker color of Wexford and the slight smell of malt. It's like passing your nose by a vanilla malt after you have devoured the contents of the glass. The taste is much more complex than Genessee and a little sweeter. Wexford finishes with a bit of a bite unlike Genesse and it may be my imagination but the carbonation seems much finer. The head of the Wexford lingers forever and the Genessee melts away into a very fine layer shortly after the pour.

The whole taste difference can be summed up as a meeting between a new world nephew and his rich old world uncle. Everything about the Wexford has degree of sophistication that scores a couple of points higher on the scale than Genessee. Taste wise, the Genessee is something the average beer drinker is going to like even if they drink Coors all the time. It's not too harsh and it won't break the bank, because it is just a tad more than a sixer of a mainstream lager (Miller light or Budweiser) and just as drinkable. Besides the girls will think your much cooler if you hand them one of these.

Could you drink Genessee and eat a hotdog? Yes. Wexford? You could, but I would have to slap you. The Wexford to me is an excellent dessert beer, or just great by itself. It makes since that this one comes in a four pack and the Genessee in a sixer. Both are great and available at Metzler's in Denton.

H.O.G.

QUALITY DOMESTIC LIGHT BEER TASTING

we will be doing "quality"/mainstream light beer tasting on friday, april 23. it was hard to come up with our final beer, but we did it after a nice stroll through goody goody liquor. here's the list:

miller light
bud light
coors light
michelob light
lone star light
rolling rock light

our basis for this test was to have mainstream, american "quality" beer that is over 75 cents a beer.

this tasting will be a bit different from the past ones. we will number 6 cups and pour all beers simultaneously. we feel that we might be forgetting certain tastes and nuances in the first couple of beers as compared to the last couple. we will drink them at will, take notes, and order them as we drink them. this may help us better...it may just let us drink more beer faster!!! who knows, but hopefully it will help out on our rankings. COACH may be joining us...he may not...the dude is getting old and has to clean his house!

i do promise that the results will be up MUCH quicker than the last one. HOG dropped the ball on that one. it WON'T happen again!

HERE'S TO DRINKING!!!!