Mexican lager Modelo Especial is a beer born with the Fighting Spirit. It's brewed with time, effort, and determination to create the model Mexican lager. Everyone knows that hard work deserves a fitting reward – a Pilsner-style Lager with a clean, crisp taste.

Modelo might be the perfect casual and easy-drinking beer, ideal for things like barbecues, game days, and tacos with friends, but it's actually a venerated elder among beers. Modelo Especial was first brewed in a northwestern part of Mexico City called Tacuba all the way back in October 1925.

4.4% Modelo Especial Lager Mexican Beer 4.4% ABV Bottle - 24 Fl. Oz.

Constellation Brands The beer is Modelo Especial, and the company is Constellation Brands (ticker: STZ).

Modelo Especial Lager Mexican Beer 4.4% ABV Bottle - 24 Fl. Oz.

Brewed as a model of what good beer should be, this rich, full-flavored Pilsner-style Lager delivers a crisp, refreshing taste. Well-balanced taste and light hop character with a crisp, clean finish.

Modelo Especial beers are qualified as lager-style brews, which are typically less alcoholic than those made in the ale style. Following that pattern, a 12-ounce bottle of Modelo Especial contains just 4.4% ABV.

Modelo Especial is a light, crisp, pilsner-style beer. But its younger sibling, Negra Modelo, is modeled after the super-popular Munich-born dunkel style, made with roasted caramel malts and brewed longer for a slightly richer, dark-brass-colored beer.

Rather, the factors that, for the better part of a decade, put Modelo on its triumphant track include an increasing preference among American consumers for imported, more expensive beer; a decade-old antitrust deal; and effective marketing campaigns aimed at attracting young, non-Hispanic consumers to the Mexican beer.

Modelo Especial is characterized by an orange blossom honey aroma with a hint of herb. Modelo Especial contains Water, Barley Malt, Non-malted Cereals and Hops. Brewed as a model of what good beer should be, this rich, full-flavored Pilsner-style Lager delivers a crisp, refreshing taste.

Modelo might be the perfect casual and easy-drinking beer, ideal for things like barbecues, game days, and tacos with friends, but it's actually a venerated elder among beers. Modelo Especial was first brewed in a northwestern part of Mexico City called Tacuba all the way back in October 1925.

Modelo might be the perfect casual and easy-drinking beer, ideal for things like barbecues, game days, and tacos with friends, but it's actually a venerated elder among beers. Modelo Especial was first brewed in a northwestern part of Mexico City called Tacuba all the way back in October 1925.