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my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast I am winging my way to Mexico tomorrow which I can guarantee you means that I have Mexican beer on my mind! But, why would a self-identified beer geek go to Mexico?   Is there such a thing as Mexican craft beer? Poor Mexico!   It does have craft beer, but the fact that very few people have heard of it is testament to how much further behind Mexico is in the craft beer revolution than a country like Canada.   Mexico would be pretty far down the list of world craft beer destinations.   But it's not their fault!  First of all, most of the great beer brewing countries in the world have colder climates, which are more conducive to brewing beer in the first place, and to being able to easily store and ship it after the fact. Also creating a roadblock in Mexico is the fact that the government has not traditionally legislated against monopolies.   So two companies...

only two months old, club de la cerveza is serving up craft beer in playa del carmen, mexico if you are in the area, you NEED to stop by stop drinking corona and start drinking mexican craft beer! located on fifth avenue, down the quiet end at calle 38, miguel antoniucci is serving it right he's got quite the list of imported belgian and german beers and is constantly finding new mexican craft beers to round out the menu my favourite? the tijuana guera, a pilsner speak spanish?  check out tijuana's website here's an english review of the beer by another blogger and his photo: best of all, this was one of the beers i challenged myself to find and try! check! photos of club de la cerveza to follow along with a list of the rest of the mexican beers i tried