REVIEW 108: CORONA LIGHT

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:  Mexico

BREWERY:  Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V.

STYLE:  Light Lager

ABV:  4.1%

PURCHASE:  Draft (pint), $5.50

SERVING:  Chilled pint glass. Half-inch head from the tap that dwindled down to nothing inside of 20 seconds.

APPEARANCE:  Adjunct straw with a thin white head--what's left of it. Not much bubbling action for a light beer, especially for one from this continent. Lacing? Ha. Ha HA ha!

BOUQUET:  Delightful aroma of water and the interior of the keg from whence it was drafted.

PALATE:  Somewhat heavy body for a light beer. The carbonation starts off subtle enough, but it doesn't take long for it to go its own way, way out yonder, where no carbonation has gone before. Drinkable enough, but it seems to wear its mediocrity like a badge of honor at every turn. Fairly even palate of generic grain, yeast, and seltzer, with an ever so slight accent of hops at the finish--possibly this beer's saving grace--along with a fusel alcohol presence like you would find in a "40" of malt liquor from a bottle shop in Kensington. Aftertaste continues the fusel-hop-seltzer blend but is also a tad skunky.

MUSINGS AND METAPHORS:  To think there was a time when I actually thought this was better than regular Corona.

I consider this Mexico's answer to Miller Lite. In other words, it's better than Ultra.




GRADE:  D-