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You're right: Corona is swill. As a Texan and an American of German ancestry, I take beer seriously (but not too seriously; it's still only beer) and have prepared the following "equivalence guide" for our non-expert readers.

Corona = Budweiser
Corona Lite = Bud Lite
Tecate = Schlitz / PBR
Modelo = Miller
Chihuahua = Schaefer / Carling

(I don't drink Pacifica or Carta Blanca.)

Negro Modelo is a decent Mexican dark lager; if you gotta drink Mexican beer, it's a good choice. Tecate with lime is okay, too, but is thin and foamy, and thus really only suitable for drinking after mowing the yard, etc. Most Mexican beers are brewed for American tastes, anyway (i.e. they're thin and foamy); if you just want a cold one, Schlitz is good, cheap, and (despite the fact that it's "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous") is brewed in Texas -- in San Antonio, by the Joseph Pabst Brewing Company. Save money; support beer made in the USA; drink Schlitz!

(Now, if you want GOOD beer, have a Shiner instead. It's still brewed by the Spoetzl Company in Shiner, Texas.)

My preferred beers are: Schlitz (cheap), Shiner (company), and Warsteiner lager (special treat). I also like Huber (Bock), Old Style (I know, I know), Guinness, Chimay ales, and most ciders, plus many local/microbrews -- but we're discussing mass-market beer here.

Only Padre Island frat boys and lawyers drink Corona. Avoid it like the plague.