Great local beer

[roberb7]

IMHO, the best local beer available is Barroca, which comes from Irapuato, and specifically their Vienna Ale.

Dos Aves, in SMA, has an excellent barley wine, but their products only seem to be available at a couple of places in SMA.

The two "genuinely local" brands are Gambusino and Embajador. They both have stouts that are good, and Gambusino has a good porter. (I think Barroca has a porter, too.)

As you've noticed, Modelo has a near monopoly on distribution. Other than restaurants, the only sales outlet I know of for any of the above products is The Beer Company on Cantarranas, near the Plaza de San Francisco.