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Originally Posted by southern151
No idea on the origin but, it is a neat looking piece! Talking about German beers brought something to mind that some here may not know. Dos Equis and Corona are both originally German beers. During one of the world wars, many Germans fled to Mexico to escape the cruelties of war and started their own beer companies in Mexico and marketed it as mexican beer since being German wasn't the most popular thing to be in those days. I believe there's actually a third Mexican beer company whose origins started in Germany but, I can't recall the name right now.
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I used to do some home brewing several years ago, and that's when I started drinking German beers. I didn't know about Corona, but I did know about Dos Equis being of German origin. The brewer was a German immigrant. He first brewed it in 1897, and named it Dos Equis, or two x's because XX is 20 in Roman numerals. It was brewed to mark the coming of the 20th century. Also, I think the other beer you're thinking about is Negro Modelo. Very good, rich, dark beer. I think my favorites from Germany are the Oktoberfest beers and Dopplebocks.