Dos Equis XX

The beer of the week is one of my favorites. It might actually be my favorite beer out of any of them, but not because of the taste or the texture, but because of the memories that i get from this beer.

In Rocky Point, or Puerto Penasco, A little city on the Pacific Ocean just southwest of the U.S., there is a little bar called Baja. This bar also happens to be a 15 dollar all you can drink bar, and guess what beer they have, Dos Equis, an unlimited amount. Going there is like swimming in a large sea of Dos Equis, its a wonderful feeling and always an amazing time.

Not only that, but i can remember going there on my freshman and sophomore spring break trips, I layed on the beach, with a case of Dos Equis next to me, that in Mexico is real cheap and just drank them all day and all night, having maybe the best time of my entire life.

When i think of Dos Equis these are the types of things that come to my mind, so as you can imagine it has a little place in my heart. Not only does it bring in the memories but it is sold all over the U.S., as well as in most of the Mexican restaurants that are around just about any city there is.

Dos Equis has two different types beer, there is regular Dos Equis lager, which is a very light and golden beer, more like a European-style pilsner. There is also Dos Equis Amber lager, which is a much darker and has a much richer flavor, more like a Vienna style amber. The regular comes in a green bottle and the amber comes in a brown bottle.

According to www.dosxx.com the color of these bottles are better because those colors filter the most sunlight and keep the beer at its best and freshest. "I love the Amber, but the regular Dos Equis just makes me feel good when i drink it, like I'm in Mexico having an amazing time," said Ryan Keller, UA political science major.

One downside to Dos Equis is that they do not make a light beer, they only have regular. Dos Equis has around 145 calories per bottle and has an alcohol content of 4.8% according to www.realbeer.com.

On the bottles themselves there are two pictures, first you will find two X's, which is what Dos Equis actually translates to in English. Also there is a face, the face is of Moctezuma, aka Montezuma, the 16th century Aztec ruler who was conquered by Cortez. "Together they remind us of both our traditions and of change," said the Dos Equis website.

Dos Equis is brewed in one of the biggest breweries in Mexico, Moctezuma Brewery. It joins other very big beers such as Sol and Tecate. Dos Equis is sold in a bottle most and traditionally, but now as with most Mexican beers Dos Equis can also be purchased in a can. You can find Dos Equis at any liquor store as well as just about all grocery stores around America.

The Moctezuma Brewery was started in Mexico by a German immigrant, Wilhelm Hasse in 1884. 13 years later in 1897 he created a beer name Siglo XX (which means 20th century in English) to celebrate the upcoming century. With the start of the new century, the beer was renamed to Dos Equis (which means two X's in English) because in Spanish they use Roman numerals for the centuries.