Constellation Brands The beer is Modelo Especial, and the company is Constellation Brands (ticker: STZ).

Mexican lager Modelo Especial is a beer born with the Fighting Spirit. It's brewed with time, effort, and determination to create the model Mexican lager. Everyone knows that hard work deserves a fitting reward – a Pilsner-style Lager with a clean, crisp taste.

Modelo Chelada Especial contains Water, Barley Malt, Non-malted Cereals, Hops, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Artificial Sweeteners, and Certified Colors.

Modelo's fighting spirit is alive and well but what its drinkers are fighting for is changing. A new campaign breaking this month from Grey evolves Modelo's tagline from “brewed for those with a fighting spirit,” to “the mark of a fighter.” The WPP agency won the account last year.

Rather, the factors that, for the better part of a decade, put Modelo on its triumphant track include an increasing preference among American consumers for imported, more expensive beer; a decade-old antitrust deal; and effective marketing campaigns aimed at attracting young, non-Hispanic consumers to the Mexican beer.

First brewed in Tacuba, Mexico in 1925, Modelo Negra, formerly Negra Modelo, is a medium-bodied lager with slow-roasted caramel malts brewed for a rich, smooth taste. Brewed longer to enhance its flavors, Modelo Negra redefines "Dark Beer" because it is exceptionally drinkable and remarkably smooth.

1. Modelo Especial. Not just the best-selling Mexican beer in America, it's now dollar-wise the second best-selling beer overall in the entire country after Bud Light. The sessionable lager is as drinkable as Corona, but isn't as watery; it still offers a crisp flavor and some texture on the body.

Mexico Grupo Modelo, founded in 1925, is the leader in the manufacture, distribution and sale of beer in Mexico. Corona is the leading beer brand in Mexico, the 6th most valuable beer brand in the world and the most popular Mexican beer worldwide, with sales in more than 120 countries.

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Rather, the factors that, for the better part of a decade, put Modelo on its triumphant track include an increasing preference among American consumers for imported, more expensive beer; a decade-old antitrust deal; and effective marketing campaigns aimed at attracting young, non-Hispanic consumers to the Mexican beer.

Modelo Especial is committed to telling universal stories that recognize and reward the fights of consumers from all walks of life, and connect all of us to friends, family and community. The spots also continue to feature the same unmistakable voiceover and song Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone.

Modelo Especial is now the top-selling beer in the United States, having taken the crown from the beleaguered Bud Light.