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Tesoro

Tesoro
Especial Mexican Lager

Category: Mexican Style Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.4%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended

Tesoro
Especial Mexican Lager

Category: Mexican Style Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.4%
Straw color. Aromas and flavors of popcorn, lime, and toasted cornbread with an finely carbonated, dry light-to-medium body and an intriguing, carefree finish imparting notes of dried honey and corn oil. Loaded with toasted popcorn flavors, this will be a great pairing with spicy foods.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Crisp & Light
Aroma Aroma: popcorn, lime, and toasted cornbread
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of dried honey and corn oil
Bitterness Bitterness: Bitterness
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Buffalo Wings, Chicken Quesadillas, Oven Fried Chicken
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Loaded with toasted popcorn flavors, this will be a great pairing with spicy foods.

The Retailer

Aldi Inc.

The Retailer
1200 North Kirk Road
Batavia, IL 60510
USA
1 630-425-7394

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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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