Cinco de Mayo Beer Quotes: Toasts and Captions for the Fifth of May

Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico’s 1862 victory at the Battle of Puebla, and in the US it’s become one of the biggest beer-drinking days on the calendar, patios full, limes cut, and coolers packed by noon. These toasts and captions are for that day.

Cinco de Mayo toasts

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Cinco de Mayo captions

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FAQ

What does Cinco de Mayo actually commemorate?

It marks Mexico’s unlikely 1862 victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla, a regional holiday in Mexico that became a much bigger beer-and-patio occasion in the United States.

What’s a good short Cinco de Mayo caption?

"Lime wedge in, worries out" fits a patio photo with a beer and a lime wedge in frame.

Quote attributions are checked where possible; several oft-repeated “beer quotes” online are misattributed or unverifiable, and we flag those rather than pass them off as fact.

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