Cucapá Chupacabras Pale Ale - Cucapá Brewing Company

Tolnik

Colorado

3.68/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Surprising enough a mexican beer that isn't the same old taste that is a typical mexican beer. The head that pours off this amberish colored beer is excellent. While the smell does have the tones of a mexican beer the taste doesn't fallow suit. The beer has hints of a typical pale but with some hops added in, while it doesn't overwelm the palate. Overall an excellent beer to try. And if you love a mexican beer then I would suggest this beer to try.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2009 00:12:39 | More by Tolnik

tastyville

California

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

05-14-2013 03:37:17 | More by tastyville

keeganfrank

Ohio

3.51/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Yellow-orange ale with a thick, foamy lather of head that takes ages to dissipate. Aromas of sweet citrus and bread and flavors of lemon, berries and sweet bread. Despite the deep colors and thick head, it has a light and crisp body. I've never been impressed by a beer from Mexico before; this was a pleasant surprise.

Serving type: can

04-29-2013 18:44:37 | More by keeganfrank

GermanAlcazar

Mexico

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

04-19-2013 08:24:01 | More by GermanAlcazar

Kunstman

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

04-05-2013 03:52:00 | More by Kunstman

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -21%

03-09-2013 13:45:57 | More by ejimhof

jaimenavarrog

Mexico

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

02-11-2013 21:35:31 | More by jaimenavarrog

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

11-16-2012 00:28:32 | More by t0rin0

closisinthehouse

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

10-12-2012 00:49:21 | More by closisinthehouse

eugeniogp

Mexico

1/5  rDev -71.3%

10-10-2012 14:41:33 | More by eugeniogp

maddog4never

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

10-04-2012 00:42:42 | More by maddog4never

Suigintou92

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

08-29-2012 03:43:19 | More by Suigintou92

schopenhauerale

British Columbia (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

08-06-2012 01:45:56 | More by schopenhauerale

DGR

4/5  rDev +14.9%

08-02-2012 05:01:34 | More by DGR

CookstLiquor

British Columbia (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev +14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 650ml bottle. Since this is a West Coast (Baja) Mexican beer, it's not surprising that it's actually a lot like a West Coast style pale ale. Pours a rich coppery colour, not unlike an amber. The nose is alive with bright hop aromas—pine, citrus, tropical fruits. For just a 5.8% ABV pale ale it has quite a lot of body. It has a nice creaminess to it as well, and the finish is bracingly bitter.

Serving type: bottle

06-25-2012 21:46:34 | More by CookstLiquor

standardcherry

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -13.8%

05-25-2012 19:11:09 | More by standardcherry

Mora2000

Texas

3/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

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.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2012 02:45:19 | More by Mora2000

Domochevsky

4/5  rDev +14.9%

05-09-2012 10:59:12 | More by Domochevsky

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.78/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

650ml bottle - the first bomber, I believe, for Mexican craft beer in these environs. And the Chupacabras only resonates to me as an X-Files reference (at least it's not a Simpsons' one, though if I checked, it probably could be....)

This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper hue, with two fingers of fuzzily foamy off-white head, which settles apace, leaving an undulating frosted shoreline of lace around the glass.

It smells of biscuity grain, a bit of caramel, and fruity, floral hops. Very familiar, somehow. Anyways, the taste is fruity, grainy, bready malt, and did I say fruity? I did? Okay, so this fruit is kind of peppery too, keeping things on a more even keel, some noble hop bitterness adding to the more or less fruitful (!) leveling effort.

The carbonation is pleasantly peppy, the body an aspiring medium weight, and agreeably smooth. It finishes just off-dry, the fruity malt gaining more black pepper in furthering its outshining of the relatively mild hop showing.

A decent pale ale, the American-level (for the style) booze hard to discern, if at all. Nice balance and integration of the main players, with a decent spiciness. Keep 'em comin', mis amigos...

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2012 00:34:31 | More by biboergosum

javiernano

California

4/5  rDev +14.9%

03-06-2012 08:19:14 | More by javiernano

BeardedBoffin

Minnesota

3.08/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

I had this in a 22 ounce bottle at a restaurant in Boston. Pouring it into a frosty glass, the beer was a dark amber color with minimal head. Caramel in the aroma. Strong caramel and husky malt mixed with raw hops on the palate. The flavors are there, but they are not melded together particularly well.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2012 14:53:42 | More by BeardedBoffin

corrrance

Louisiana

4/5  rDev +14.9%

02-22-2012 07:20:26 | More by corrrance

djcira

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

02-19-2012 17:56:22 | More by djcira

xnapshot

Mexico

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

02-19-2012 01:07:57 | More by xnapshot

vr6corrado

California

4/5  rDev +14.9%

02-16-2012 15:54:14 | More by vr6corrado