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Twin Leaf Brewery

Twin Leaf Brewery
Para Amigos Mexican Lager

Category: Mexican Style Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.5%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional

Twin Leaf Brewery
Para Amigos Mexican Lager

Category: Mexican Style Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.5%
Yellow color. Aromas and flavors of lemon, nougat, pear, and jasmine with a satiny, lively, spritzy, dry light-to-medium body and a smooth, engaging, easy finish that exhibits notes of lemon pez, sage and mint, and nougat. Delicious, fresh, and crisp, this Mexican Lager refreshes and revivifies.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Juicy & Smooth
Aroma Aroma: lemon, nougat, pear, and jasmine
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of lemon pez, sage and mint, and nougat
Bitterness Bitterness: Bitterness
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Grilled Beer-Cooked Sausages, Steak Fajitas, Oven Fried Chicken
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Delicious, fresh, and crisp, this Mexican Lager refreshes and revivifies.

The Producer

Twin Leaf Brewery

The Producer
144 Coxe Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
USA

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".