Cerveceria Mexus

Cerveceria Mexus is a Neenah-based brewing company that launched last year. I started seeing their beer pop up in the Fox Valley earlier this year. The brewery currently has two beers in its line-up.

I haven't tried Chela, yet. If you look closely in the picture above, you can see that the brewery describes Chela as both an ale and a lager. Go figure.

Then there's Cheve. I came across a six-pack of this at the recently revived Club Liquor in Menasha. Cheve is a Vienna Lager and it is absolutely exceptional. It's among the best American-made Vienna lagers I've had.

Cerveceria Mexus is run by Alejandro Lagunes Gallina in Neenah. He's brewing these beers on contract at Titletown Brewing in Green Bay.

All of this brings to mind Chief Oshkosh Red Lager. Like Cheve, Chief Oshkosh Red Lager was a contract-brewed Vienna Lager. When it was introduced in 1991 it became (arguably) the first American craft beer packaged in cans. At the time, that was considered a strike against it. Now, of course, it's practically a requirement that craft beer be packaged in cans.

On the Cerveceria Mexus website, there's beer locator showing where you can find Chela and Cheve. If you dig Vienna Lager, you'll want to get after this one.