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Homewood Brewing Company

Homewood Brewing Company
Conversations Mexican Lager

Category: Mexican Style Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.3%
85 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended

Homewood Brewing Company
Conversations Mexican Lager

Category: Mexican Style Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.3%
Yellow color. Aromas and flavors of toast, lime powder candy, and hint of pine cleanser and chalk with a supple, crisp, finely carbonated, dryish light-to-medium body and a smooth, buoyant finish manifesting accents of bread stick, lime italian ice, and starfruit. A refreshing limey Mexican lager that will be good with shrimp fajitas.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Crisp & Light
Aroma Aroma: toast, lime powder candy, and hint of pine cleanser and chalk
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of bread stick, lime italian ice, and starfruit
Bitterness Bitterness: Bitterness
Enjoy Enjoy: with food and on its own
Recipes Pairing: Shrimp Fajitas, Chicken Bánh Mì, Oven Fried Chicken
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A refreshing limey Mexican lager that will be good with shrimp fajitas.

The Producer

Homewood Brewing Company

The Producer

Mexican Style Lager

Mexican style lagers are very light straw in color and range in alcohol from 4-5%. These lagers are clean, crisp, and light in body and flavor with low-to-no detectable hop or malt aromas. In addition to malt, most of these beers contain flaked maize for up to 40% of the grain bill. These beers originated in the Mexico as versions of the pilsner style, utilizing flaked maize as an economical malt substitute. Today, Mexican Style Lagers such as Modelo, Pacifico and Corona are ubiquitous. Craft breweries in the USA and beyond have started emulating these lagers by using flaked maize, but its also common to find Pale Lagers with lime flavor added to be labeled as a "Mexican Style Lager".

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