Cucapá Runaway IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Date: September 26, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Greenville Beer Exchange
Appearance: clear copper, fine beige head
Aroma: slightly aweet malt aroma, floral and citrus hops
Flavor: dry pale malt flavor, lots of hops, floral with a hint of citrus, plenty of balancing bitterness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

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.

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.

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 shared at the 6th annual Richmond Industry Gathering, 11/27/11. Pours a hazy peach color with a thin head. Poor head retention. Aroma of big citrus hops and pale malts. The taste is bitter hops with bready notes. Medium bodied. Decent.

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.

Bottle @ home. Ruby red-orange appearance with a small, tan head. Sweet, grapefruit, dull, earthy hoppy nose. Quite sweet, grapefruit hoppy driven flavor with some bitterness on the finish. Somewhat bitter aftertaste. Bleh.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, off-white to light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (caramel, toasted grain), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin), with light notes of bug spray and celery. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately acidic, moderately to heavily bitter, unclean. Medium to full body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Dirty tasting and smelling. Very clumsy and nearly offensive. Drain pour.

Shared by turdferguson . Pours hazy amber with one finger of sandstone tan head. Nose is kind of buttery with some peachy and citrusy notes. Flavor has a mild astringency and citrus rind character. Slightly sweet. Not terrible. Dry with a lasting bitterness.

Bottle. Hazy reddish amber with a small white head. Nose is citrus, resin, lots of sugar, lots of butter. Flavor is bitter and buttery, some sugar, meh. One of the best Mexican beers I have had, but forgettable in the land of IPA.