Craft Beer On The Rise In Mexico

Mexico is a beer-loving country, but it was relatively late to the craft beer scene, until now.

Cerveza Mexico 2022 recently wrapped up in Mexico City.

The three-day celebration of craft beer which drew over 16,000 attendees to the World Trade Center in late October culminated with the announcement of the winners of the Cerveza Cup 2022, a prize which recognizes the best in Mexican craft beer.

47 international judges evaluated some 709 beers from a total of 136 breweries across Mexico, with the beers classified in 43 categories. And three craft breweries were awarded.

Guadalajara, Jalisco-based Cervecería Capital Pecado, a small family business that was founded in 2017 was named the best small brewery of 2022. Tijuana’s Kaminari Brewing was named the best medium-sized brewery and Buqui Bichi Brewing in Hermosillo, Sonora, the best large craft brewery in Mexico.

Cerveza Mexico founder, Marcos Gottfried, said the 2022 event demonstrated important advances in the industry over the past two years, not just in terms of production and marketing, but also in the quality of the craft beers being delivered…

According to Gottfried, the quality of the craft beers being presented at the 2022 exhibition was very different than what was presented only two years ago.

“The same judges who attended Cerveza Mexico as part of the Cerveza Cup said there had been a significant improvement in the quality of Mexican craft beer during the 24 months, concluding that Mexico had now set the bar very high at a global level in terms of craft beer quality.”

Unlike other industries which were badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Mexico’s beer industry has thrived over the past two years.

Cerveza Mexico 2022 featured over 140 exhibitors, more than 700 brands and around 2,000 craft beer professionals.

“We have seen growth year after year in the craft beer industry,” Gottfried added, “and that comes down to the dramatic improvement in product quality.”

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