Dos Equis Amber Beer Review

Date May 7, 2008

Dos Equis Amber Mexican Beer ReviewSo its almost Ocho de Mayo (I forgot how 7 is said in Spanish) and I’m still trying to finish all of the Mexican beers that The Brew Club exchanged last week for the Cinco de Mayo beer reviews!

I think its better actually to slow down the beer reviewing schedule. Its hard to write something useful and coherent after drinking some of this stuff!

Today’s Mexican beer review is Dos Equis Amber.

I’ve actually never tried anything from Dos XX, the Lager is still on deck for sometime in the future! This beer comes in a brown glass bottle, and as the label suggests, the beer is a nice amber color. Pouring the Dos XX Amber into my official testing-glass, I found that the Dos Equis Amber generated quite a bit of “bubbling-action” (my technical term) – more than the other Mexican beers I’ve recently sampled. Maybe this would be the Champagne of Mexican beers?Dos XX Beer Review

Not to be un-disappointed, the Dos XX Amber didn’t really have much of a distinctive smell in the glass, kinda plain actually and certainly nothing to write home about.  The taste was equally unremarkable. It tasted OK, but again very much average.

It was a little sharp on the tongue at first, and then the flavor quickly mellowed and then – nothing. The Dos XX Amber didn’t leave a weird feel or anything in my mouth, I’m not banging it like that at all – it just didn’t impress me.

Dos Equis amber really didn’t push any buttons for me. In the future, I might order it at a restaurant if there was nothing else, and someone was buying for me!

Rating: ★½☆☆☆

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4 Responses to “Dos Equis Amber Beer Review”

  1. matt said:

    to really enjoy either dos XX lager or the amber version you need to get a lime wedge and squeeze it in the beer beforehand. Try that…its really how its meant to be prepared.

    I love Dos XX Lager and Amber, but only with the lime wedge squeezed in. Without it they are not anything to really talk about. Make sure its a fresh lime wedge and not any store bought juice.

  2. Brenda said:

    I love the Dos XX Amber with lime squeezed in it! I drink Bud Select also, but I like this one too!

  3. TioChris said:

    I actually find Dos XX amber with a good shot of lime to be really good. It goes well with Latin food. One of my favorite drinks.

  4. Scott-TheBrewClub said:

    I had this recently with some Mexican food and I’d agree it goes better with food than it was by itself!
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