Cucapá Chupacabras Pale Ale

Brewed by Cervecería Cucapá
Style: American Pale Ale
Mexicali, Mexico

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a 2 finger fluffy off white head thst leaves spotty lacing. Nose is floral hops and malt. Taste is light citrus hops and malt with bitter resin finish. Medium mouth feel. By far the best Latin American pale I’ve had. Good beer.

12oz can. Nice thin off-white head, leaving good lace. Half hazy rusty amber color, a little crisp carbonation, dry texture. Light bitter taste, with kind of an inappropriate alcohol bite. The texture and appearance is fine, but this is neither drinkable nor refreshing. Mostly malty metallic taste, doesn’t really taste fresh. The hops are kind of soapy. Not good.

Picked up during a trip to Baton Rouge. The beer pours a golden-orange color with a white head. The aroma is fairly sweet and has a lot of sugar, toffee and biscuit malt notes. The flavor is fairly similar, with some biscuit and toffee malt. The beer is very dry and there is not much, if any, hop flavor. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Bottle. Thin looking light copper with an inch of porous head. Minimalist aroma picks up bit with light hop. First sip seems like it is missing something. Second sip is stronger. Reminds me of a home brew recipe I made a few times. Light and woody. Lightness probably plays well in the Mexican heat.

Backlog Mexico january 2011 Bought/tasted at combined bar/shop The Beer Box in Playa del Carmen, tasted on bottle. Golden color, good foam Medium body & complexity Integrated well defined hops in taste Very enjoyable

Can. Decent slightly hazy orange pour with a frothy white head. Nose is mild caramel and citrus with some cardboard. Palate is a bit thin. Taste is citrus/grapefruit and light caramel malt.

Aroma of toasted malt and hard water. Classic pale ale look: dark hazy amber with a half finger tan head. Stark bitter taste of under ripened citrus fruits. Good thick, gritty body. Like an old bitter with india pale level hopping.

650ml bottle pours a golden amber color with a finger of white head and some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is mild caramel and grassy hops. Taste is bold grassy hop bitterness with some light malty sweetness underneath. Medium body and light carbonation. A decent pale ale, but a little harsh on the taste buds for this style of beer.

Gotta say I like the new 650ml labels over the pic shown. Poured a clean amber brew with a small, bubbly tan head that you can watch lower. The half a bag of gummy rabbits I just ate haven’t had much affect on the overall flavour. Not overly sweet caramel, orange, honey, floral and something squash-like on the nose. Chug time! Heavy early bitterness works well, some points seem nullified by the bitterness leaving dust and caramel. The bitterness has weakened my palate a bit today as it’s quite heavy and blah blah. MIssing alot of the citrus I was hoping for - kind of an extra bitter ESB in a way... not quite but sort of. Lots of malts and a faint unsweetened grapefruit. Long bitter dull malty finish. Borderline on too carbonated but no complaints yet. An average beer at best that I won’t revisit. Then again, there are not a hell of a lot of good APA’s hanging around right now - why the fuck can’t we get SNPA????

650ml brown bottle. Pours out brassy orange, slighly off white head with a creamy makeup. Light lace. Nose has caramel malt with a little earthiness and orangey hops. In the mouth the beer has a lot of earthiness and toasted notes. Finishing hops are grassy with a little grapefruit. Mild bitterness in the finish with some grass lingering. Averaged in body and carbonation. Decent malty APA.

Bouteille 355 ml. 5.8%. Couleur ambrée, mosse blanche-beige. Arôme de caramel et malt. En bouche, sucrée, houblon, malt et caramel. Finale maltée. Bonne.