beer_name: Cucapá Obscura
text: Consumed 02/14/09. Pours a clear, deep brown with mahogany highlights. A one finger off-white head disappears almost immediately, leaving a very fine skin of foam. No bubbles to be seen in the glass. Aroma is sweet with notes of honey and pitted fruits. Apricots, even? Beer is quite sweet. A little nut flavor, but not much. Honey and sweet apricot. Some fig flavor as well. There is an unexpected and short-lived bitter finish which seems to be due mainly to burnt malt. It actually works. A bit of drying parch on the tongue and alcohol warming in the belly. Unexpectedly flavorful, the only ding against the drinkability of this beer is its close to cloying sweetness.