Carta Blanca

Brewed by FEMSA - Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Monterrey/Veracruz-Llave, Mexico

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Light gold color with tiny white head. Another please insert lime types. Indistinguisable from the Corona types

Pours to a medium white head. Has a non-descript aroma. Okay on the palate and doesn’t leave an afetrtaste. Taste even better when a lime wedge is added. Along the same line as Corona or Tecate.

Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, S.A. DE--Cerveza Carta Blanca Imported Beer--2001 12 oz. Bottle. 5.00% ABV? (4.0 / 5.0) Pilsner? Clear thin straw golden color. Floral fruit Saaz hop front. Smooth crisp sweet buttery banana fruit body with rich Pils flavor. Creamy smooth balanced mild hop end. Foamy mild lace head. Tasty rich Pils. Sampled 5/12/2003. Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A DE C.V., Monterrey, New Laredo, Mexico--Carta Blanca Cerveza Imported Beer--2007 12 oz. Bottle. 4.00% ABV. 10 IBU’s? (2.75 / 5.0) Mexican Pale Lager. 6-Pack $7.49. Lacy mild white head. Clear thin bright straw yellow white color. Mild adjunct hop hint front. Smooth crisp mild sweet delicate butter caramel butterscotch mild adjunct note body. Easy refreshing citrus hint clean smooth end. Tasty light Mexican Pale Lager. Brown Bottle. No stank. Aged Well. Sampled 5/6/2010.

Aroma is of a hay. Taste is smooth and there is an essence of light hops. Watery and has a weak leavey taste.

Bottle at Arriba Arriba Mexican restaurant. Light beer, crisp and refreshing. Not much flavor going on, decent with food and lime. Reminded me of Pacifo a bit.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a short lived white head, over a clear, pale yellow (SRM 2-3) body.....nose is cereal and a bit of bread, with a hint of ginger ale.....taste is present but so light it is hard to describe, sort of a carbonated cereal....mouth feel is very light and watery, carbonation dominates with its fizzy sensation and dominates any attempt at flavor. An almost unique pale lager, that comes closer to being a seltzer than I would have thought possible.

Several trips to Mexico over the years and I never had this beer. Total HO-hum pale lager, no aroma, foamy big bubbled head, stripped down pale lager. Obviously could use a crutch, like a bunch of lemons and limes.

UPDATED: DEC 29, 2009 Now this is Mexican beer! Served at various taquerias in San Francisco, this is the most refreshing beer to order with Mexican food. Don’t think Corona....think Pacifico or Tecate, but good! Great lager flavor and quite refreshing.