Mexicans assemble!

I'll get their locations, don't know if I will be staying with my aunt or my cousin yet. Looking at the map, I think my aunt lives in the Verde Valle area, but I could be wrong. I'll only be in GDL for a couple nights, then off to my parents town out by Jalos. Maybe a trip to Colima/Manzanillo too.

 

I bring beer from the US to Mexico quite often. The official limit without paying taxes is 3 liters of alcohol per person. As you show, there is a provision to state that you can also bring in 6 liters of wine. Some agents think that the 6 liter rule also applies to beer. But the truth is that the law just says it applies for wine, and beer is not wine. The reality is that if you bring a lot of beer, they will see it as an opportunity to charge taxes. Taxes on beer when you are over your 3 liter limit are 90% of purchase price. And then there's a cap on how much you can personally bring in. I think to recall it is something in the vicinity of an additional 6 liters of alcohol. So that's like 9 liters per adult coming into Mexico.

When I have declared beer and paid taxes for it. The border agents were very ignorant about how to proceed. It was I who told them how to calculate it. I more or less brought in my limit, used the most expensive beers as my personal exempted beer, and then paid for the cheaper ones at the 90% rate. And in the end they sorta got bored of my calculations and just charged me a ballpark figure. In the middle of my showing them the receipts and stuff, the guy just went like "sooooo, it's like 40 bucks, right?" I just nodded paid, and got on with it.

 

Thanks for the info. I flew to Cancun last week for a wedding and ended up bringing about (20) 16oz cans and 4-5 bottles with no issues. Bags were searched at customs but they had no issues once I told them they were beers.

 

I push the limits every time and have a suitcase full of beer, about 50 cans or so. Yes the limit is 9 liters with 6 liters at 90% tax but because I'm always over they usually just charge me the 90% on everything I'm carrying and call it a day. It's almost always a different story so I just wait for the agents to tell me what to do.

 

Hello my fellow mexican BA's!

 

Hello

I hope this is not a dead thread by now.
I would like to ask you my fellow mexicans something about BA RIS. I just drank my very first BA RIS, it was a BCBS and I've had nothing like that before. I want to continue down the path of the BA RIS discovery, so I would like to ask if you guys know of some other BA RIS that are available here in Mexico.
Thanks!

 

My parent are Mexican, does that count? lol

I did live in Jalisco for about 5 years!

 

You won't find too many Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts made in Mexico. There has been an ITA (Imperial Tequila Ale) made by Minerva for quite some time. Far from a stout, and not a lot of barrel presence, but a decent beer. There was one M.O.L.E. Stout that supposedly was barrel-aged. It was very limited. But the Non-BA version was much better. I found it only had oak (and not bourbon) flavours, and with a few months my second bottle developed a nasty infection.

BCBS was distributed this year for the first time (at least officially). Other than that, there may be some sparse individual efforts by breweries, but they should mostly be local and very limited in quantity. Your best bet (for now) is to get american stuff. In the near future I would expect more and more breweries to start experimenting with barrel aged beers. My assumption is it will take a while until a brewery nails the style, though.

 

I saw that Minerva ITA once, I'll have to look for it again.
I also knew of a BA RIS collaboration between La Chingonería and another Beer Factory.

Ok, thanks a lot. And have you happened to find any store in Mexico where you could get some of the american stuff?

 

I think that Cerveza Fauna has some BA RIS (they are from Mexicali)

 

Thanks! This is gold!

 

Hey all,

I'm down in Mexico City with my Wife for the next week. Any recomendations on a good bar/restaurant that serves craft? It seems most places have 2 options: light beer and dark beer.

My brother in law lives in Mexico City and was telling me he saw Bell's beers available at Walmart, but I haven't had a chance to look yet.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, any tequila recommendations would be appreciated from some of you that are more local.

Cheers!

 

Some pub/bars for craft beer: Escollo (http://www.escollo.mx/), La Graciela (https://www.facebook.com/LaGracielaTC/), Hop (https://www.facebook.com/hopthebeerexperience), Krox (http://www.cerveceriakrox.com/), El Depósito (http://www.eldeposito.com.mx/) and Damajuana (https://www.facebook.com/damajuanamx/).

Also at Superama you can get some craft beer for a reasonable price.

Hope it helps! Cheers!

 

Another one from Monterrey checking in. But I live in Germany now, so if anyone stops by Bavaria, let me know!

 

Thanks for the tips. We did check out La Graciela and they had some good beers, and some not-so-good beers lol. Either way it was a nice change from the typical draft offerings (Dark Beer and Light Beer). We also found the little beer store right around the corner from La Graciela and I was able to find some Westy 12 and quite a few local 'craft' offerings. Cheers!

 

Hey Everyone,

Heading to San Miguel de Allende in a few weeks and wondering if anyone has some good food/beer recommendations. Thanks in advance!

 

Posted this to another thread ... but since this one seems to be more popular, hitting this one as well

So just got back from a cruise that stopped in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. Below are my "observations" as of November 2016 ...

Puerto Vallarta
Los Muertos Brewing is still the only game in town. Nice space ... excellent pizzas ... beers are pretty decent for the area. Didn't spend much time here - did zip lining instead at Los Veranos (highly recommend).

Mazatlan
Cerveceria Tres Islas (Avenida Miguel Alemán 923, Centro, 82000, Mazatlán, SIN, Mexico) ... a very small nano-brewery that just opened up a couple of months ago. 5 minute walk from the cruise ship terminal. 4 beers on tap ... Saison, IPA, Scottish Ale, Porter ... Porter was the best of the bunch. Highly recommend checking these guys out! The brewmaster / owner is a very cool guy and I spent a good 90 minutes talking to him about craft beer in Mexico. Since Mazatlan is the birthplace of Pacifico, he is attempting to introduce the locals to craft beer - which is not an easy process since everyone is used to watered down macro beers. Like he still has to dial down the IBUs in his IPA to suit the locals taste preference. Very cool what he is doing - trying to create a craft beer movement in Mazatlan. Definitely check this place out!

Cabo San Lucas
Ramuri Brewing (located inside La Pintada restaurant) ... awesome space coupled with awesome food! Tons of beers available ... 7 on tap and 5 in bottles ... Don't miss their Imperial Stout, it was excellent (especially for this region)! Definitely a must stop when in Cabo!

 

I was down in Puerto Vallarta over the weekend and though Los Muertos was drinkable but compared to all the excellent margaritas available in town not a place I wanted to spend a lot of time. The strong ale was a standout sort of a malty IPA but yet not too bitter. Their stout was solid as well for a dry Irish style. Also they were far better than the stuff in bottles available at other bars since you don't know how fresh any of that stuff is.

 

hey guys, mexican working in phoenix AZ right here! originally from Sonora, Mexico. i have more of the baja beers (insurgente, cucapa, agua mala stuuf like that) not really any beers from down south.