Especial (4.5%)

Grupo Modelo in Ciudad de México / Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽

Lager - Pale Regular

Score

4.36

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: 18

Ticks: 228

Modelo Especial Mexican Beer is a full-flavored pilsner beer with a crisp taste. An orange blossom honey aroma and light hop character make this imported beer perfect for tailgating.

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cmacklin (5328) reviewed

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

1 week ago

5.1/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5

355ml clear stubby bottle at Blanco Cantina in Lethbridge. Pours a clear yellow gold with a small, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Aroma of bready pale malt, corn and skunky hops. Sweet flavour of grainy pale malt, corn, lime and herbal hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Malt forward and crushable. Ok, for what it is.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2026 at 00:35

SinH4 (15555) reviewed

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

3 weeks ago

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 7 Overall 6

Bottle. Clear golden color with white head. Aroma is malty, surprisingly fresh, dash of corn. Thick oily mouthfeel. Surprisingly good among the "tropical Lagers"

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2026 at 11:34

Marko (23909) reviewed

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

1 month ago

5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5

355ml bottle from Žabac Trešnjevka. Ah, this shit is ABI, great... but whatever, a discount store tick can be tolerated. And who on Earth imports this? XD Anyway, crystal clear full golden body, fleeting off-white head. Odd sweetish corny maltiness, tropical lager vibes from the rice, some vague herbal notes. Soft watery empty taste, low herbal notes, light corn and rice, low fruitiness. Inoffensive, but that's its main upside.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2026 at 14:27

Hrabren (10074) reviewed

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

1 month ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

0.355 l bottle shared with Marko, thanks. Clear golden, small off-white head. Aroma is grainy, bready, lightly cooked corn. Soft floral note. Flavour is grainy, bready and herbal. Light bitterness, light creaminess, crisp, moderate carbonation, light dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2026 at 14:25

AleDegustation (497) reviewed

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

1 month ago

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5

Straw-colored and perfectly clear. The head is low, loose, and fleeting. The aroma is faint—malty with a hint of corn, plus a touch of skunkiness and herbal hops. The taste is pleasantly malty and slightly tart, with no bitterness. Not much going on, but it’s okay.

Tried from Bottle from Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations) on 04 Jul 2026 at 14:44

car_loa-rod (424) ticked

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

2 months ago

5/10

Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2026 at 23:30

DavrosIX (1401) reviewed

Especial (4.5%) from Grupo Modelo

4 months ago

2.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2.5 Texture 3 Overall 2

Pint of draft at a pizza place just off the Vegas strip. Clearly over carbonated and apart from some malt there was nos discernible taste. In fact it was very watery. Overall really very bad.

Tried from Draft on 10 Apr 2026 at 21:25