Sol Cerveza

www.sol.com/

Brewed by Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Brewery (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Monterrey/Orizaba, Mexico

Cerveza Sol is a lager from the Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery in Mexico city, which is a mouthful to say! A popular brew, particularly liked on a hot summer’s day, sold in over 50 countries worldwide.

Founded in 1899 inside a small brewery near Mexico City called “El Salto del Agua”, a German brewmaster observed a sunbeam falling on the cooking pot; this natural phenomenon caught his attention, and in honor of that experience, he christened his new beer as “The Sun” (“Sol”). The beer soon became popular amongst the hard working ordinary people of the city who liked a beer or two after a hard days work.

In 1912, Cervecería Moctezuma acquired El Salto del Agua, and with it came the expansion of Cerveza Sol all around Mexico, but it wasn’t until the 1980’s that the brand started to get international significance with mass advertising in the UK, Germany and the USA. In 2010 the brand was acquired by Heineken International.

Sol has a habit of sponsoring football, at one stage it sponsored 15 teams in Mexico, under the slogan “football unites us”. They also sponsored the national team of Mexico. Well that’s one way to get people to drink your beer, as we all know how much football heads like to drink cheap alcohol!

Other products they make are Cerveza Sol Clamato, a red coloured shandy and Cerveza Sol Sal y Limón, a 4.5% vol lemon beer.

Review: 33cl clear bottle of Sol: 4.5% vol.

Coming in a light long necked bottle with the iconic sun logo of Sol, eye catching. This is a summer drink no doubt about it! Looks similar to Corona in its presentation and style, I thought it was when I initially looked at it! Can get it in cans too, but not sure for tap.

It is a beach time beer anyhow, Acapulco style, dont know how it will work though in the Northern European wet and cold harsh climate, but let’s see………

Through the bottle it looks a light yellow, but on pour we do get a nice sparkling golden colour with a very frothy creamy white head, a nice good bit of carbonation fizzing away. Some lacing present as well.

Looks ok, like a regular light lager would. Head maintains well. Surprisingly good on the eye.

A light lagery aroma which isn’t too bad on the nose getting the corn, and the grains. Ok.

On the taste it is very, very light, initially getting a creamy flavour, bit dry in the mouth as well.

Slight aftertaste of corn syrup which is not enjoyable.

This is a very light lager, but it has a dryness and a bit of a metallic feel to it that lets it down.
Overall it is not nice, and not as smooth as it should be.

Bit of an underlay taste and a harsh citric bitterness that’s annoying. A pass for me. A nothing beer.