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7 Best Readily Available Mexican Beers, Ranked

Life is way too short to be drinking Bud Light

Omar L. Gallaga
LEVEL
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2 min readOct 19, 2020

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Pouring Modelo beer on tap in a pint glass
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7. Sol

For the adventurous drinker, Sol Chelada beer is much better than its generic and forgettable original, which is more like the beer you buy on discount to bring to a party you don’t really want to attend at the home of a person you despise. Hey, at least Covid-19 means you don’t have to do that anymore!

6. Corona Extra

The entry-level south of the border beer. Fine if there’s nothing better available, but if it’s not ice-cold or served with a lime, it’s not much better than any weak American beer — like Mexican Schlitz.

5. Dos Equis

Another victim of citrus-reliance. Great to drink on tap, dressed with lime, at a bar. Awful to drink out of a can, at home, with no limes or friends. Feels even lonelier since they shitcanned The Most Interesting Man in the World.

4. Carta Blanca

The most IPA of the bunch, if you like that sort of thing. If that’s your thing, though, why are you fucking…

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Omar L. Gallaga
LEVEL
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