As I may have mentioned, the selection of Mexican beers is really not all that great. While there are small up-and-coming microbreweries making truly diverse and mostly delicious beers, you really need to look for them. In most restaurants and corner stores the options are typically limited to either one of the two large brewing conglomerates (none of which is Mexican). And since Corona (a beer I have not even gotten around to introducing, simply because I think its horrible taste makes it unsuitable to drink) is considered the king of beers somehow, most places opt for offering it, along with Victoria as the only alternative.
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La Historia de Nuestra Victoria
The History of our Victory - this was the advertisement slogan of this beer around 2010, when Mexico celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Revolution, and 200th anniversary of its Independence. Of course, a beer with such an aptly chosen name would jump right on the bicentennial bandwagon, and shamelessly use old photographs of military trains to associate the ideas of victory with selling itself. Quite ironic, if you consider the actual history of Victoria.
The brand Victoria belongs to the Modelo Group, which is also in charge of fifteen other beers sold in Mexico and exported to other places. Modelo itself is owned by AB InBev, a multinational brewing giant, responsible for Budweiser, Stella Artois, and other very famous beers with sub-average taste. The company Modelo was founded in 1925, when the Mexican Revolution was about to come to a close. This is quite late, compared to León or Indio, both of which go back to the turn of the century.
Having said that, I should also mention the Compañía Cervecera Toluca y México S.A. which Modelo bought in 1935. They came up with this beer back in 1890, around the same time as most other Mexican beers. It is a Vienna style lager with alost the same amber-bronze color as the other two beers I have introduced. The taste is pretty decent, though I still like to add the juice of a lime to each pint, something I don't do with a delicious IPA for example.
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