Azulito
La Cumbre Brewing Co.

This is one of the best "American brewed Mexican Lagers" that I have had. A bit better than Alesmith Classico. Very crisp with a significant initial head that fades pretty quickly. This is a "light" beer with a clean taste that is great with food , or after a day in the sun.

On tap at La Cumbre. Delicious

 

 

 

 

 

Light Mexican-style lagers generally aren't my thing, but I was intrigued by the blue corn, so I gave it a shot. Glad I did... this is an unusual but tasty beer. You really do get the blue corn taste in there, which is a nice change of pace from the lime flavor that seemingly everyone puts into their Mexican lagers. It's got a fuller flavor to it, so it doesn't just taste diluted. See, you can inject a lot of flavor into a light beer, even if it's an odd flavor to use.

Pours a crystal clear pale straw color with a sudsy white head that dissipates fairly quickly. Looks beautiful in the glass. The nose phase some grass and subtle lemon from the hops and cereal grain. I’m not getting a lot of corn.

The grassy flavor leads the taste, with a bit of lemon that is quite nice, with some cereal grain and maybe a smidge of corn that is a subtle sweetness at the back of the palate.

The mouthfeel is clean and crushingly crisp, making for a very drinkable Mexican lager. I’d love to have a couple of pints of this with a Stuffed Sopaipilla covered in Hatch chilies from Sadie’s in Albuquerque.

 

Pours clear pale yellow with a persistent finger of white head. Nothing unexpected here, a light lager with subtle notes of corn, but very clean and sessionable and hits the spot on a July day. Subtle without being watery. A summer crowd pleaser.

Clear pale yellow color, modest white head that dissipates quickly.
Aroma of grain and corn, faint herb.
Grainy taste, faint corn and herbs.
Great summer beer, but nothing special.

 

 

Crystal-clear, pale yellow body; light and coarse carbonation; somewhat thick head, white and loosely sudsy. Very nice cereal grain and light corn nose; delicate herbal notes. Light, clean flavor; weak malt flavor; imperceptible corn taste; light to moderate hop bitterness; a tad grassy and herbal. Light body; crisp.

'No great shakes' aptly describes this beer. A very suitable hot weather thirst quencher, but not much as far a distinctive looks or flavor.

Pouring temperature: 50.4 ℉; canning info: CO 05/01/23 BB 10/28/23 #3167
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)