5 Mexican Beers You Should Drink Instead of Corona (For Cinco de Mayo or Any Other Day)

With Cinco de Mayo right around the corner, local grocery stores are wheeling out pallets of Mexican beer into prominent displays. However, before you grab that box of Corona, there are other options. I have a saying of, “if you need to add fruit to make a beer drinkable, the beer isn’t drinkable.” Corona and Modelo (both owned, and have always been owned, by Grupo Modelo) are prime examples of this. These are the most popular Mexican beers and what you see at local “Mexican” grills around the country. There are plenty of other options though, each with more flavor. In fact, here are five other widely available beers you should drink, instead of Corona and Modelo.

1. Indio

Unlike most Americans, my first foray into Mexico didn’t occur by way of Cancun or a playa (beach) getaway. Juarez accepted my first steps into the country. During the initial lunch, I talked Dodger baseball and played some kind of strange “Mexican poker” with a dude sporting tattoos up to his chin and inked tears dripping down his cheeks. Nice guy. Offered to introduce me to some lady friends. I declined. But I did snag in Indio…