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Cucapá Cerveza Artesanal

🌍 Mexico · Regional · Known for American Pale Ale · American Blonde Ale
Known for American Pale Ale · American Blonde Ale

Mexico's most pioneering craft brewery, founded in 2002 in Mexicali by José Iturriaga. Named after the Cucapá indigenous people of Baja California. Cucapá was brewing American-inspired craft beers in Mexico before there was a Mexican craft scene — their English-style ales and hoppy lagers were revelatory in a country that had known only Corona and Modelo. Considered the founding brewery of Mexico's craft beer revolution.

3Beers
2Styles
5.7%Avg ABV
2002Founded

Beers by Cucapá Cerveza Artesanal

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
citrusy
2 of 3 beers
clean
2 of 3 beers
refreshing
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 2 style families
Pale Ale 2IPA 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 377 other breweries making American Pale Ale and American IPA.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Cucapá Cerveza Artesanal's beers land close to what is typical for the American Pale Ale and American IPA styles they brew. The character is in the styles they choose and how consistently they hit them — not in standing apart from the field.

typical for American Pale Ale and American IPACucapá Cerveza Artesanal
in no beersin every beer
hoppy
in all 3 of their beers · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: all 5 out of 5
Right where the field sits.
crisp
in all 3 of their beers · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
citrusy
in 2 of 3 · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
clean
in 2 of 3 · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
refreshing
in 2 of 3 · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 72%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1703
best ranked beer
Cucapá Chupacabras Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 72% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Cucapá Cerveza Artesanal

Mexico's most pioneering craft brewery, founded in 2002 in Mexicali by José Iturriaga. Named after the Cucapá indigenous people of Baja California. Cucapá was brewing American-inspired craft beers in Mexico before there was a Mexican craft scene — their English-style ales and hoppy lagers were revelatory in a country that had known only Corona and Modelo. Considered the founding brewery of Mexico's craft beer revolution.

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Mexicali · Baja California · Mexico
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