Estrella Jalisco | Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V.
Brewed by:
Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
gmodelo.mx
Style: American Adjunct Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by Latarnik on 07-16-2016
Ratings: 29 | Reviews: 10
2.62/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
5/29/17 (Chicago). 12 oz can poured into flute glass. Clear golden pour with light white head, heavy carbonation.
Bread and corn aroma. Light sweet malt taste, very smooth and light texture. Drinkable but nothing special.
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look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
5/29/17 (Chicago). 12 oz can poured into flute glass. Clear golden pour with light white head, heavy carbonation.
Bread and corn aroma. Light sweet malt taste, very smooth and light texture. Drinkable but nothing special.
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3.43/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2.5/5 rDev -12%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
3.18/5 rDev +12%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2.5/5 rDev -12%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
The look was a clear golden color with a small white rocky head with lots of carbonation visible.
The smell was of a typical Mexican lager but only so much skunkiness overpowering everything.
Tasted like a skunked out Mexican lager.
It did have a light easy finish.
This is not the one for a Mexican lager. There are so many on the market that would blow the doors off of this horribly foul skunk odoriferous beer. Great clear bottles so that the beer can be easily damaged, way to go on that one! Now I have to drink a beer to wash that taste out of my mouth.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
The look was a clear golden color with a small white rocky head with lots of carbonation visible.
The smell was of a typical Mexican lager but only so much skunkiness overpowering everything.
Tasted like a skunked out Mexican lager.
It did have a light easy finish.
This is not the one for a Mexican lager. There are so many on the market that would blow the doors off of this horribly foul skunk odoriferous beer. Great clear bottles so that the beer can be easily damaged, way to go on that one! Now I have to drink a beer to wash that taste out of my mouth.
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2.74/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.75/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.17/5 rDev -23.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
24 fl oz can from a bodega in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
4.50% ABV. Imported by Import Brands Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
APPEARANCE: Pretty standard. Your typical off-white head with a clear yellow body.
Looks like your typical budget lager.
AROMA: Corn adjunct is balanced out nicely by some graininess. Pilsner malt. Some syrupy sweetness mucks up the balance. Generic minimal floral hop character.
Aromatic intensity is average.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Taste matches the aroma, with too much sweetness in there along with an off-puttingly syrupy mouthfeel. Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, overcarbonated, unrefreshing. In its defense, it isn't watery or thin - but then I'd probably take that over this syrupy feel. Not grainy enough. Pils malt gets drowned out by sweet corn adjunct.
Poorly built, with no depth of flavour. Flavour duration is average, as is flavour intensity. To its credit, there are no metallic off-flavours and it isn't a boozy beer.
OVERALL: A pretty poorly executed lager that gives in to the typical budget beer pitfalls, Estrella Jalisco is best left on the shelf. At this budget tier, I'd sooner reach for a malt liquor or budget American-brewed brand like Rolling Rock or Miller High Life. This was $3.00 poorly spent.
D (2.17) / NOT RECOMMENDED
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look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
24 fl oz can from a bodega in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
4.50% ABV. Imported by Import Brands Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
APPEARANCE: Pretty standard. Your typical off-white head with a clear yellow body.
Looks like your typical budget lager.
AROMA: Corn adjunct is balanced out nicely by some graininess. Pilsner malt. Some syrupy sweetness mucks up the balance. Generic minimal floral hop character.
Aromatic intensity is average.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Taste matches the aroma, with too much sweetness in there along with an off-puttingly syrupy mouthfeel. Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, overcarbonated, unrefreshing. In its defense, it isn't watery or thin - but then I'd probably take that over this syrupy feel. Not grainy enough. Pils malt gets drowned out by sweet corn adjunct.
Poorly built, with no depth of flavour. Flavour duration is average, as is flavour intensity. To its credit, there are no metallic off-flavours and it isn't a boozy beer.
OVERALL: A pretty poorly executed lager that gives in to the typical budget beer pitfalls, Estrella Jalisco is best left on the shelf. At this budget tier, I'd sooner reach for a malt liquor or budget American-brewed brand like Rolling Rock or Miller High Life. This was $3.00 poorly spent.
D (2.17) / NOT RECOMMENDED
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3.09/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear, straw color. 2/3 inch head of a white color. Slight retention and poor lacing. Smells of strong adjunct, hint of hops, and pale malt. Fits the style of American Adjunct Lager. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of strong adjunct, hint of hop, pale malt, hint of sweet malt, and a hint of European yeast. Overall, poor aroma and appearance, but decent body and blend.
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look: 2.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear, straw color. 2/3 inch head of a white color. Slight retention and poor lacing. Smells of strong adjunct, hint of hops, and pale malt. Fits the style of American Adjunct Lager. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of strong adjunct, hint of hop, pale malt, hint of sweet malt, and a hint of European yeast. Overall, poor aroma and appearance, but decent body and blend.
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3.58/5 rDev +26.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle pours a clear gold color with a bubbly white head. Fades fast without leaving much lace.
Clean nose with some wet grain and dried corn aromas.
Taste is pretty well done for the style. Clean and crisp, not too sweet and a touch of malt. Better than Corona and Dos Equis, I enjoyed it. One of the better macro lagers from Mexico
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle pours a clear gold color with a bubbly white head. Fades fast without leaving much lace.
Clean nose with some wet grain and dried corn aromas.
Taste is pretty well done for the style. Clean and crisp, not too sweet and a touch of malt. Better than Corona and Dos Equis, I enjoyed it. One of the better macro lagers from Mexico
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2.93/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
For what it is, this beer is way better than Corona or Tecate. It is golden in color, mostly clear. Thin, bubbly head that fades quickly. No lacing. The aroma is malt and grain. The flavor is malt, hops, and grain. It is improved by adding lime. I received this beer for free from my work. Not something I'd drink regularly. If you enjoy light, Mexican beers, you may like this one.
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look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
For what it is, this beer is way better than Corona or Tecate. It is golden in color, mostly clear. Thin, bubbly head that fades quickly. No lacing. The aroma is malt and grain. The flavor is malt, hops, and grain. It is improved by adding lime. I received this beer for free from my work. Not something I'd drink regularly. If you enjoy light, Mexican beers, you may like this one.
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3.75/5 rDev +32%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2.5/5 rDev -12%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.34/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.91/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
2.38/5 rDev -16.2%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
24 oz can bought from a Circle K in Salem OR $3..effin exspensive Pale yellow cooking oil colour..large frothy off white head. Aromas of cooked and creamed corn..some paper and a bit of cereal. Taste similar but there is a bit of hop ..grassy. Mouth feel is actually good for style and origin..its OK. A general Mexican gas station beer..but its far from the worse. Its better that Pelican Pelicano
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look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
24 oz can bought from a Circle K in Salem OR $3..effin exspensive Pale yellow cooking oil colour..large frothy off white head. Aromas of cooked and creamed corn..some paper and a bit of cereal. Taste similar but there is a bit of hop ..grassy. Mouth feel is actually good for style and origin..its OK. A general Mexican gas station beer..but its far from the worse. Its better that Pelican Pelicano
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Estrella Jalisco from Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V.
2.84
out of 5
based on 29 ratings.
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured from oil can into a straight-sided glass mug. Slightly dark yellow color, with a decent though short-lived white head. Unassuming aroma, slightly grassy and flat. A little sweetness on the palate, with a touch of pleasant bitterness and a nicely crisp finish. Overall, not bad.
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