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Interesting info:
Grupo Modelo maintains a large part of the Mexican beer export market and produces top-selling imported beer in the United States. Its five export brands include Corona Extra, Corona Light, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial, and Pachahaha237;fico,. Grupo Modelo also brews brands intended solely for the domestic Mexican market, including Victoria (a recent advertising campaign for this brand was centered around the fact that it is unavailable abroad); Estrella (a local beer found only in western Mexico; and Lehahaha243;n and Montejo (originally local to Yucathahaha225;n but now available nationwide). Grupo Modelo is 50 percent owned by Anheuser-Busch but control of the company remains with the Mexican Partners (direct descendants of the founders of the company) of Grupo Modelo.
Corona (labelled Corona Extra, but seldom referred to as such) is the top-selling beer in Mexico and is one of the top-selling beers worldwide. Available in over 150 countries, it is also Mexico's leading export brand.
In the United States Corona surpassed Heineken for the distinction of being the top imported beer several years ago. Corona Extra, first brewed in 1925 by Cerveceria Modelo, on the tenth anniversary of the brewery is a lager. (Beers of the World, 2005)
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