Mexican beer may not seem good because its mass production. Everything, when mass-produced, has lower quality. The problem is that beer culture here in Mexico is not as strong for people to pay for a better brewed beer. However, there are some brands that are not so commercial but have better taste than those that do are.

An example of it is a beer from Mexicalli called Cucapa. Is sad that you can only find it in international-beers bars, due to it been exported and then reimported. Another one, only sold in Monterrey and Mexico DF, is Kloster. That is one of the most refreshing lagger kinds of beer I've tasted, excelent for hot days.

So, in Mexico, it may be hard, but is not a good idea to stick only to those beers sold by big companies. It may be a task of research, but it's worth doing so.

Mexico makes good tequila, sotol, and baracanora, but even better brandy. Beer, not so excellent.

I was in Sonora over the holidays, and stopped at a roadside stand for a six pack of Tecate. They gave me a plastic bag with Manny, Moe, and Mike on it, filled with ice. "To keep it cold until I got home."

Not the kind of service you get in the states, anymore.