Cucapá Runaway IPA

Brewed by Cervecería Cucapá
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Mexicali, Mexico

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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22 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some decent lacing on the glass. Aromas of big orange peel, lemon zest, grapefruit, herbal, grass, pine, lime, caramel, and slight earthy spiciness. Pretty nice aromas here with good strength and balance. Taste of big orange, grapefruit, lemon zest, pine, herbal, caramel, honey, grass, bread, and spiciness. Good amount of bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of orange, grapefruit, pine, herbal, lemon zest, honey, bread, and caramel on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance of bitterness as sweetness; with a great hop flavor profile. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy mouthfeel that is quite nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with pretty much no warming noticed at all on the finish. Overall this is a great IPA that is very balanced. It has a nice hop flavor profile, and is extremely easy to drink. Really enjoyed this one.

Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours orange copper with a transient beige head. Aroma seems floral and citrus. Med body. Flavor is citrus over somewhat roasty malt. Edging kind of close to a hoppy APA. Decent flavor, and it finishes nicely bitter. Underrated methinks.

Primera IPA Mexicana que pruebo; el aroma y la apariencia son lo mejor de esta cerveza, en cuanto a la apariencia, es de color ambar y presenta buena cabeza con excelente retencion; en cuanto al aroma, es intenso, con notas citricas y de malta, aunque no tiene la intensidad promedio de las IPA´S Norteamericanas; me parece extraños que algunos de los que la han calificado le hayan puesto 6 o 7 en aroma o 7 en apariencia, lo cual para mi no tiene sentido; yo se que en parte es cuestion de gustos, pero hay que recordar que se califica la calidad de la cerveza. El sabor me decepciono un poco, carece de la intensidad de las IPA´s norteamericanas, las notas frutales no se perciben tanto igual que las de malta, tiene un sabor cremoso, refrescante; es de malta media, lupulo alto, carbonatacion media, tambien por momentos percibi un poco de amargor metalico que tambien esta presente en la Cucapa Chupacabras Pale Ale, sinemabrgo no esta muy presente. En general es una buena cerveza, excelente en cuanto a aroma y apariencia, pero en cuanto al sabor y la sensacion en boca un poco decepcionante, aunque no deja de ser buena en dicho aspecto.

Bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver
Amber color, almost no head. Some hop aroma, cereals, apparently oldish, with some vanilla. The caramel flavor is good, the mouthfeel is lean and quite dry, and it has a very nice lemony character; strong bitterness.
Probably not fresh, nevertheless interesting.

650 ml bottle. Pours an orange-amber, mostly clear with just a slight haziness, and a thin off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt and citrus. Hoppy pine and citrus flavor on a strong, semi-sweet malt foundation, with a heavily bitter finish, and slight burn at the end. A solid IPA, and a very impressive offering from Mexico’s developing craft brewing industry.

650ml Bottle: Aroma of hops, orange, citrus, malt, hop oil, and light resin. Poured orange in color with a small, creamy, dense, white head that greatly diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer, as well as around the edges. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of small and medium-sized particles throughout. Flavor is medium sweet and medium bitter. Tastes of malt, oranges, citrus, light resin, hop oil, and a hint of wood. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Malt, hop, hop oil, orange, citrus, resin finish is dry. 7,5%ABV is completely hidden throughout.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits, peaches, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits, hops, malt, caramel, and peaches, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

Bottle. Poured hazy copper color with an average frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate sour citrus hop aroma. Medium to full body with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Moderate bitter flavor with a moderate bitter finish of medium duration. Very good brew.

Bottle at Alex. Hazy orange coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of hops and grass with notes of citrus. Fruity flavour of hops, grass and grapefruits. Dry hoppy finish.

65 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grassy, light yeasty and grapefruity. Toasted malt. bitter, herbal and toasted malty. Grapefruity, greasy hops, peach and light citrusy. Bitter and dry finish.