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Carta Blanca
Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, S.A. de C.V.
- From:
- Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, S.A. de C.V.
- Mexico
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #200 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 64
Ranked #28,351 - Avg:
- 2.72 | pDev: 23.9%
- Reviews:
- 245
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 18, 2001
- Wants:
- 18
- Gots:
- 96
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by LeinenkugelDrinker from Nevada
3.24/5 rDev +19.1%
look: 1.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev +19.1%
look: 1.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Look: Yellow. Horrible head. One of the thinest heads I’ve ever seen, even with a vigorous pour.
Smell: Good. Surprisingly floral.
Taste: Also quite good. Malty but with a complex sweetness to its finish.
Feel: On the thin side, but quite good for an AAL.
Overall: This is a shockingly good beer besides that piss-poor head. I simply cannot emphasize enough, how terrible the head is. I really believe that my own piss would have a thicker head. That being said, this beer is impressively tasty for its low price point and I would wholeheartedly recommend it.
Mar 22, 2024Smell: Good. Surprisingly floral.
Taste: Also quite good. Malty but with a complex sweetness to its finish.
Feel: On the thin side, but quite good for an AAL.
Overall: This is a shockingly good beer besides that piss-poor head. I simply cannot emphasize enough, how terrible the head is. I really believe that my own piss would have a thicker head. That being said, this beer is impressively tasty for its low price point and I would wholeheartedly recommend it.
Reviewed by gvickery from Texas
3.98/5 rDev +46.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +46.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Clear dark gold, white head.
Smells like a euro-lager, grainy, biscuit, slightly floral.
Tastes mostly of malted barley, just a slight adjunct sweetness.
Mouthfeel is medium, has a mostly dry finish.
I was very hesitant to buy this but am glad I did.
Oct 29, 2023Smells like a euro-lager, grainy, biscuit, slightly floral.
Tastes mostly of malted barley, just a slight adjunct sweetness.
Mouthfeel is medium, has a mostly dry finish.
I was very hesitant to buy this but am glad I did.
Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas
3.3/5 rDev +21.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.3/5 rDev +21.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From a quart bottle best by Jan 2024. Clear golden color with a thin layer of white head. Straw and grainy smell with some caramel. Medium body, heavier than many Mexican lagers. Caramel and a funky corn note followed by floral and grassy bitterness. Actually not bad. Yes, it's a macro and the corn adjunct is a love-it-or-hate-it thing.
Apr 21, 2023Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
3.69/5 rDev +35.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +35.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On Tap at La peralita in a frosted pint glass.. Pours a clear yellow color with a white head . Smell is grain malt and citrus . taste has pale malts lemon bread malts . Mouth feel is this ,quenchable ,went well with the heat from the food.
Feb 04, 2023Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
2.55/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
2.55/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
Poured from 16oz can into a tumbler.
Appearance: light golden hue with no haze and a ton of effervescence. Head is a finger of white foam that dissipated quickly.
Smell: malty and grainy, with a rather a bit of adjunct character. Not awful, but not great either.
Taste: adjuncts, malt, almost a little sourness. Honestly it’s not wonderful.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a reasonable carbonation. Not really creamy, but it’s fine.
Overall: there are worse macro lagers out there, but this isn’t a wonderful beer.
Nov 05, 2022Appearance: light golden hue with no haze and a ton of effervescence. Head is a finger of white foam that dissipated quickly.
Smell: malty and grainy, with a rather a bit of adjunct character. Not awful, but not great either.
Taste: adjuncts, malt, almost a little sourness. Honestly it’s not wonderful.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a reasonable carbonation. Not really creamy, but it’s fine.
Overall: there are worse macro lagers out there, but this isn’t a wonderful beer.
Reviewed by JZH1000 from Colorado
3.03/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.03/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 32oz bottle best by Apr 2023
On the pour a 3 finger white head forms with some light fizziness. After a while the head dissipates to a more fizzy rocky 1 finger head. Fine plentiful carbonation in a golden yellow body. For the style head retention is pretty nice.
Aroma is old and almost skunky in the hops. Corn is present and lager character is quite present. A very "mexican" import aroma. Despite that it is full bodied while maintaining a lighter and refreshing presence. High carbonation while still being quite smooth and a nice dinner beer.
Overall this is pretty good, but there are a few off notes, traditional cervesa corny flavors and a bit of that corona like skunk, but a bit more rich and sweet than a lot of light Mexican beers.
Taste is light and "cervesa" like with the skunky off note gone on the palate almost entirely until there is a faint note of it on the very end. The main flavor of this is corny crackery malts with a slight sweetness. This beer is not very bitter but would be quite good on a beach with canitas tacos and lime.
Feel is bigger than a lot of other pale Mexican lagers. Decently long finish from the malt and somewhat full bodied while maintaining
Aug 15, 2022On the pour a 3 finger white head forms with some light fizziness. After a while the head dissipates to a more fizzy rocky 1 finger head. Fine plentiful carbonation in a golden yellow body. For the style head retention is pretty nice.
Aroma is old and almost skunky in the hops. Corn is present and lager character is quite present. A very "mexican" import aroma. Despite that it is full bodied while maintaining a lighter and refreshing presence. High carbonation while still being quite smooth and a nice dinner beer.
Overall this is pretty good, but there are a few off notes, traditional cervesa corny flavors and a bit of that corona like skunk, but a bit more rich and sweet than a lot of light Mexican beers.
Taste is light and "cervesa" like with the skunky off note gone on the palate almost entirely until there is a faint note of it on the very end. The main flavor of this is corny crackery malts with a slight sweetness. This beer is not very bitter but would be quite good on a beach with canitas tacos and lime.
Feel is bigger than a lot of other pale Mexican lagers. Decently long finish from the malt and somewhat full bodied while maintaining
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
2.14/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.14/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
I had this beer with some pasole at Gabriel’s near Santa Fe. Poured from a bottle into a tall half pint glass. Clear yellow color with a good white head with decent lacing. Faint hint of corn in the smell and taste. A bit of citrus. Not much taste overall. Just thought I would give it a try.
Jul 08, 2022Rated by davidward from Florida
2/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
I have to admit, it went down nicely on a hot Baja afternoon, but really, nothing but a refresher.
Mar 24, 2022Rated by yetijosie from Texas
4.1/5 rDev +50.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +50.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
dont know if its just me but this tastes worse every time i have it! far from the worst beer from the gas station/bodega though lol
Jan 09, 2022
Carta Blanca from Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, S.A. de C.V.
Beer rating:
64 out of
100 with
628 ratings
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