According to their commercials it's not a beer for white people. Not a single one of their fighting spirit commercials feature a white man.
I'm widely travelled. Lived for years in Britain, spent time in Canada and Mexico. American beer used to all be piss until the micro-brewing revolution. But British beer spoiled me. I prefer darker beers and Modelo is a very good one.
When I tat Mexican food, I go with Modelo. I like my Mexican food regardless of its place of origin, although I used to love travel in Mexico very much. The strangest beer I ever got to sample was made by the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico's Coper Canyon. Definitely not made for white people. I'll tell you why if you want to know (NSFL)
I wisely do not drink at home.
Is it some sort of spit beer? Chewing on the corn before fermenting.
(note to self: He did enquire)
NSFL: When the Spanish took over Mexico, these Indians fled to the Copper Canyon, Mexico's Grand Canyon. They never got their asses kicked, retaining their religion and traditions. One tradition is that they celebrate the birth of a newborn baby by taking a large clay pot and smearing the bottom of the pot with the newborn's first bowel movement. They then add ground corn and water. This ferments into the world's nastiest beer and is very potent. I've always called it baby-shit beer.
I took the "chicken-run" train (not for tourists) there as a young man while letting lawyers straighten out a few legal matters back home (wink wink) and got off at a stop in the canyon where huge crowds of loud drunks were gathered. Was offered some of the grog and damn was it terrible. Drank about a Dixie cop of the stuff. Spent that day and night there until the next day's train.
Ah, good memories. Only time I ever ate goat meat too.
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