Mexico Calling
Cruz Blanca Brewpub
- From:
- Cruz Blanca Brewpub
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #177 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #30,590 - Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 8.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 30, 2026
- Added:
- Sep 08, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Some calls are totally worth answering, so kick back and enjoy a Mexican lager brewed with heaps of Vienna malt, subtle hops, and absolutely zero adjuncts. The result is an endlessly refreshing sunny lager with balanced sweetness and light bitterness. Add this to your favorites list.
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Ratings by BucBasil:
Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda
3.78/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from the tap at ORD airport. The beer is a bright gold color. Slightly cloudy. Lots of carbonation inside. Head is fizzy and just slightly off-white.
Smell: Lemony with crackery malt to balance. Subtle.
Taste: Light with a prominent lemon taste and a slightly vegetal note. Slight pepper note. This is a very refreshing summer beer.
Overall: A good session with a solid taste and plenty going for it.
Jun 19, 2022Smell: Lemony with crackery malt to balance. Subtle.
Taste: Light with a prominent lemon taste and a slightly vegetal note. Slight pepper note. This is a very refreshing summer beer.
Overall: A good session with a solid taste and plenty going for it.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by argock from Virginia
3.33/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Served at a Chicago taco bar in a plastic shaker pint. Typical low-intensity macro style light lager. Soft pils malt with low herbal hop note and low bitterness. Crisp and light but not offering a lot else.
May 30, 2026
Reviewed by PJRobertz from Illinois
3.61/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear golden with small white head that never totally vanishes. Aroma has sweet malts, grain, and a wisp of corn. Body is light and refreshing with average carbonation. Taste is sweet with a slightly bitter finish. Quite flavorful and satisfying.
Feb 02, 2026
Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia
3.67/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Golden-amber body, crystal clear and effervescent with a slim, whitish head from a to-the-top bar pour.
Smell: Bready malts with a thin, crisp coating of sugar glaze.
Taste: Lightly sugary, lightly bready. Slightly sweet through most of it. Very faint, very low herbal hop hint with a nominal bitterness. Particularly thinning flavor on the carbonated, drying finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-plus carbonation.
Overall: It's fine and certainly easy-drinking.
Jul 09, 2025Smell: Bready malts with a thin, crisp coating of sugar glaze.
Taste: Lightly sugary, lightly bready. Slightly sweet through most of it. Very faint, very low herbal hop hint with a nominal bitterness. Particularly thinning flavor on the carbonated, drying finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-plus carbonation.
Overall: It's fine and certainly easy-drinking.
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.65/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
RB transfer
Jul 08, 2025
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.78/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours yellow orange with a small white head. Smells of bright grain and corn. Tastes of sweet corn and grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Aug 07, 2024
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.52/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Look - solid clear golden lager with great rimming
Smell - cracker grainy slightly citrus
Taste - about the same as smell, slightly sweet
Feel - light body with a slight fizzy medium carb
Overall - nice lager
Jul 31, 2024Smell - cracker grainy slightly citrus
Taste - about the same as smell, slightly sweet
Feel - light body with a slight fizzy medium carb
Overall - nice lager
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Canned 10/24/23; drank 12/27/23 @ the Yarchives.
See-through dull yellow appearance.
A rough pour yielded a huge, noisy eggshell-colored head; strong, frothy tree-rung lacing remained.
Wheat, corn & faint rye spice notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Rye bread & corn flavors.
Solid, easy drinking brew.
Dec 28, 2023See-through dull yellow appearance.
A rough pour yielded a huge, noisy eggshell-colored head; strong, frothy tree-rung lacing remained.
Wheat, corn & faint rye spice notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Rye bread & corn flavors.
Solid, easy drinking brew.
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
3.85/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
16 ounce can into a pilsner glass. Canned 10/4/21, had11/28/21.
Pours a bright, lighter golden color, clear, with a two inch foamy head with very good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing. Aromas of yeast and malt. Smells grassy and a little herbal. Flavors of malt, light bread, a little caramel and yeast. Tastes grassy and a little earthy. Smooth, a very good light body, well carbonated.
This is nice, a well made lager. Pretty light and mild overall.
May 26, 2023Pours a bright, lighter golden color, clear, with a two inch foamy head with very good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing. Aromas of yeast and malt. Smells grassy and a little herbal. Flavors of malt, light bread, a little caramel and yeast. Tastes grassy and a little earthy. Smooth, a very good light body, well carbonated.
This is nice, a well made lager. Pretty light and mild overall.
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
3.84/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
another nice lage from tis brewery - with a mexican name you don't expect a great lager , but this brewery is putting out ssome
Jun 09, 2022
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