Beer Review: Tecate

Price: $1.89  for a 24oz can,  plus bottle deposit

Brewery: Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Brewery

Style: Pale Lager

Color: Light gold to Yellow. 

Aroma: Little hop aroma.

Body: Very light, but it does exist.

Stomach Aspect:None. Almost done with the 24oz can and I'm not feeling any stomach aspect. 

Head:Poured right from the can it was a good 1/4" thick, with a nice bright white. Give it about a minute and the head is completely gone. 

Head Retention: Zero, none, zilch, nada. The head does not leave any rings or markers on the side of the glass. 

Taste: Interesting, but confusing. Take a drink and there is no flavor on the front of your tongue. Move the brew to the middle of your tongue and you get a slight hint of grains (very slight), move the brew to the back of your tongue and you get a little hop flavor. Swallow the brew and you get a more pronounced hop flavor, with a good hint of hop aroma.  The brew doesn't give you the cotton mouth aspect that most brews of this type do.  The finish is crisp and clean. Not bad.  

Conclusion:   When I first smelt the brew I thought it was a Coors Light. I took a drink and it reminded me of an original Bud.  Halfway through the pint, I'm still trying to wonder what the hell this is I'm drinking. Is it a Coors or a Bud?  How can a brewery take the aroma and flavor of two different beers and combine them into one?  The color of the brew is a nice gold, the clarity is great (wish some of my beers had this clarity). But that's where the positives (unless you consider the brew cost a positive) end with this beer.  The head doesn't exist at all. The body is very light it can be mistaken as water, and the flavor is non existant.  However, I would rate (if I were to rate beers) this brew higher than a Coors Light.  I mean, overall this isn't a beer that I would turn down if one was given to me, but I wouldn't recommend the brew to anyone, nor do I see myself buying another Tecate.   I find myself struggling to get the last 12oz of this beer down the gullet. I shall struggle on for the good of mankind. 

Just a side note: I have read that this is the #1 selling beer in Mexico.  I can see that maybe on a hot day it might be refreshing. I think I would rather go for a Hillbilly Blonde, or a Pale Ale.  But, I think this beer would be better suited for cooking with than with drinking.