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Does Tecate in Mexico have less alchohol than in USA?

CortezBlue - 6-23-2008 at 09:51 PM

Ok, I am not a big drinker, but I like my Tecate. It seems when I am in SF I can drink many more Tecates than what I can drink in Phoenix? Less alchohol or just my imagination.
:saint:

bajaguy - 6-23-2008 at 09:56 PM

Do a blind taste test with any Mexican beer that you get in Mexico against the same brand purchased in the US....you can really tell the difference.....Mexican beer is way better, but please, Pacifico, not Tecate!!!

Mango - 6-23-2008 at 10:22 PM

I've always felt/thought that it was the other way around with most Mexican beers. There is indeed differences with some beers north and south of the border.

Once while on vacation in the Yucatan.. I discovered this great new(to me) Mexican beer Montejo. I had two and ordered a third which tasted like burro. After examining the bottles left on my table the first two had labels entirely in Spanish and the third (that tasted horrible) had it's label in English and marked for export. The export beer also had lower alcohol content.

I have read in the past Tecate uses different water for bottles and kegs than they do for the canned beer.

I enjoy Tecate north and south of the border.. I like it because it is palatable when warm which ensures increased range from the cooler for some adventures. I can drink plenty of Tecate south of the border and you might have something.. but it might be in our minds as well.

I still enjoy Pacifico in a bottle best... but well.. Teacate has place in my heart and cooler when bouncing down a dirt road that may otherwise break a bottle of the good stuff. :lol:

jorgie - 6-24-2008 at 06:10 AM

preservatives........all export beer

capt. mike - 6-24-2008 at 07:38 AM

USA spec tastes way weaker!!

David K - 6-24-2008 at 08:26 AM

Tecate sold in the USA comes from the Monterrey brewery... Tecate sold in Baja comes from Tecate, Baja CA.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!

So, do what Zac says and drink PACIFICO (y nada mas), north of the border!

Seriously, Tecate in Baja is good... I do not like the Tecate sold up here... unles a lot of lime, salt, Tapatillo, or something is added... So I enjoy Pacifico which I cannot detect a major taste change on this side of the border.

Same Same Same

MrBillM - 6-24-2008 at 08:28 AM

Tecate beer in Mexico AND the U.S. has EXACTLY the same alcohol content. The same is true for Corona Extra and Pacifico.

bajaguy - 6-24-2008 at 08:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
... So I enjoy Pacifico which I cannot detect a major taste change on this side of the border.




your taster is busted!!!!!........:lol:

Mango - 6-24-2008 at 09:38 AM

I read once that Tecate kegs and bottles came from the Monterey brewery and that the cans came from Baja. It could have changed, been wrong, or misread, etc...

David K is right about there being two separate Tecate breweries, so it may have something to do with all this. I had read that they use different water at the different locations.. Water being +90% of beer... it makes a big impact on taste. Either way.. I think more hands on research is necessary.

rpleger - 6-24-2008 at 09:46 AM

Where is SF?

Is it near M where I live or A where I go to get away from the summer heat?

Hook - 6-24-2008 at 09:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MrBillM
Tecate beer in Mexico AND the U.S. has EXACTLY the same alcohol content. The same is true for Corona Extra and Pacifico.


If this is true, then all Tecate would have to be 3.2 beer, as I see it sold in states in the US where only 3.2 beer is allowed in certain circumstances.

Tecate's effect on me in Mexico tells me it is stronger than 3.2 beer.

rpleger - 6-24-2008 at 09:51 AM

Is California a 3.2 state?

capt. mike - 6-24-2008 at 10:03 AM

will some one here please volunteer a blind taste test?
here's how you do it:

get a case of each, cans or bottles - one from USA store, one from mexico store. take either across the border to where you will test.

drink alternately a can of each till blind drunk. puke. repeat till double blind drunk and convert test to "double blind".

give a slurred speech on your opinion.
test over.
you win.

Freebird - 6-24-2008 at 12:00 PM

Pacifico is the best beer in Mexico;D

capt. mike - 6-24-2008 at 12:38 PM

no it's snot.

negra modelo rules dude!!

or TJ's dark blend i hear but haven't had any.

comitan - 6-24-2008 at 01:03 PM

TJ's Dark is the very best for my taste.

Mango - 6-24-2008 at 02:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by capt. mike
will some one here please volunteer a blind taste test?
here's how you do it:

get a case of each, cans or bottles - one from USA store, one from mexico store. take either across the border to where you will test.

drink alternately a can of each till blind drunk. puke. repeat till double blind drunk and convert test to "double blind".

give a slurred speech on your opinion.
test over.
you win.


The above test would have to be preformed in Mexico since our lawmakers in the good ole' USA only allow one liter of booze through the fence at a time. (1 beer = 325ml.. so you can only legally bring three beers back)

Pay for your beer in the states and enjoy it freely south of the border.

In a current and unrelated test..Pacifco still tastes great down here...

:bounce:

Hook - 6-24-2008 at 02:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rpleger
Is California a 3.2 state?


No. The only ones I am aware of are Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Oklahoma and Minnesota but that only applies to beer sold in grocery stores. Texas is 4.0 I believe. Still, I have seen (and purchased) Tecate in grocery stores in Colorado so I assume it must be 3.2.

Cypress - 6-24-2008 at 02:49 PM

Tecate isn't what you'd call "choice brew".:) I'm with capt. mike.:)Modelo is the best.:tumble:

Hook - 6-24-2008 at 04:33 PM

Different beers for different activities and occasions.

You certainly wont catch me drinking Negra Modelo while fishing all day for dorado in July.

And I'm not likely to be drinking Tecate with tri-tip or something else off the barbie.

It's like saying Bryant Family is the best California wine. Well, maybe, for the right occasion.

[Edited on 6-24-2008 by Hook]

California 3.2 ?

MrBillM - 6-24-2008 at 05:08 PM

WRONG !

Check the requirements on out-of-state Beer:

http://www.abc.ca.gov/FORMS/ABC578.pdf

CaBeer.jpg - 38kB

Russ - 6-25-2008 at 06:01 AM

I just tried Sol in a can last week and on the box it said 4.3%. I really like the Sol but seems to be a very light beer without much kick. Weird!

capt. mike - 6-25-2008 at 10:48 AM

Mango - the rule is per person. just load up many gentes when you come into USA and you can bring in a lot of brew.

ok all, who's ready to test!!

and where do i find that Bryant wine deal!!??

Mango - 6-25-2008 at 11:50 AM

Thats good to know... I was thinking about asking that very question since I have two friends coming to visit soon..

Now the hard part will be convincing my friends to let me drink all the beer. :lol:

bbbait - 6-25-2008 at 12:22 PM

I was reading this post and getting thirsty. I sell some of these and went to my walk-in to check the %s. Tecate, Tecate Light, Corona and Corona Light do not post it. Lowenbrau was 5.2 and Smirnoff Ice 5.0, were the only ones I have that list it. So I went ahead and got a Bud Light with a lime and am drinking that!

hey Wayno! you win.

capt. mike - 6-26-2008 at 06:13 AM

pragmatism rules! eff the brand...........just drink!:bounce:

DENNIS - 6-26-2008 at 07:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by capt. mike
pragmatism rules! eff the brand...........just drink!:bounce:


Well, I'm a picky drinker. Nothing less than "cold and wet" for me.

rob - 6-27-2008 at 10:49 AM

No question Capt Mike - Negro Modelo is one fine beer.

However, I have a beef - if I was the actual Marketing jefe of Modelo Group, as opposed to merely being their largest consumer, I would put Negro Modelo into a can rather than a bottle - a LARGE can like those beautiful Guiness cans you see in CCC. Or even like those Heineken drums.

Sales here at the ranch would soar . .

capt. mike - 6-27-2008 at 02:27 PM

just checked the ranch WX - wow nice! how does one get there?

Cypress - 6-27-2008 at 02:39 PM

Tecate is nasty, reminds me of swallowing one of those belches that went from gas to liquid or visa-versa.:biggrin:

805gregg - 6-28-2008 at 07:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Cypress
Tecate is nasty, reminds me of swallowing one of those belches that went from gas to liquid or visa-versa.:biggrin:


I agree. I remember when no one but the poor people would drink that crap, now it's the in thing, go figure.

bajabound2005 - 6-28-2008 at 09:40 PM

I'm still trying to figure out what "alchohol" is. Yes, spelling police back in action! Perhaps the intent was "alcohol"? How do you pronounce that anyway? AL-CHO-HOL....oh! That's what's in the Tecate!!!