{"id":789,"date":"2010-09-17T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=789"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:17:29","slug":"cucapa-clasica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/09\/17\/cucapa-clasica\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucap\u00e1 ‘Clasica’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cucapa<\/a>
Cucapa 'Clasica'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mexican beer does get a bad rap in nerdy circles. But you always have to be skeptical of bad reputations where far-flung places are concerned; it’s usually not the Good Stuff that gets famous elsewhere, first. Think Fosters, think Budweiser — think Steinlager, if it comes to that. And hey, beer’s a pretty accessibly-priced sort of a thing, so I figured I’d take a punt on three beers from the Cervecer\u00eda Cucap\u00e1 that showed up randomly at Regional<\/a>, the dangerously-awesome bottle store down the road from my house.<\/p>\n

Not the classically-pale sort of ‘golden’ that someone like me might expect, this does have a pretty nice orangey-ambery hue to it, and is a decently tasty smooth malty sort of a beer. So already it’s a step or seven up from the Usual Mexican Thing You Might Resort To Sticking Fruit In The Neck Of. But there’s a nasty metallic bite to it that does spoil things somewhat.<\/p>\n

\"Cupaca<\/a>
Diary II entry #8, Cupaca 'Clasica' Golden Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Cucapa ‘Clasica’ Golden Ale 17\/9\/10 355ml $4 from Reg. 4.5% Not that ‘gold’; quite a bit of orange \/ amber in there. Certainly not terrible, which is a welcome change from most Mexican beer available round here. Yeastie Sam is right on Ratebeer; it’s a bit thin + metallic in the body, but the malt flavour is decent. Just needs to lose the metal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mexican beer does get a bad rap in nerdy circles. But you always have to be skeptical of bad reputations where far-flung places are concerned; it’s usually not the Good Stuff that gets famous elsewhere, first. Think Fosters, think Budweiser — think Steinlager, if it comes to that. And hey, beer’s a pretty accessibly-priced sort … Continue reading Cucap\u00e1 ‘Clasica’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,32,28],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-mexico","tag-golden-ale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":794,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/09\/18\/cucapa-chupacabras\/","url_meta":{"origin":789,"position":0},"title":"Cucap\u00e1 ‘Chupacabras’","author":"Phil","date":"September 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"So, goatsucker. 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