Pacifico

Beer: Pacifico Clara
Style: Pale Lager
Brewing location: Mexico City
Originating country: Mexico
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5% 
Ingredients: filtered water, malted barley, hops, corn and yeast
Format tested: 12 oz. bottle purchased in Los Angeles, CA USA
Beeradvocate rating: 2.69/5
Ratebeer rating: 4/100
Test kit: E-Z Gluten

Miscellaneous

• Cerveza Pacífico is named so because the Pacífico brewery is located in the Pacific Ocean port city of Mazatlán, in the state of Sinaloa, México.
• It was first brewed in 1900 when three Germans opened a brewery, the Cerveceria del Pacífico, in Mazatlán.
• "Clara" means clear, blonde, as opposed to "oscura" (dark).
• Its label includes a picture depicting a lifesaver encompassing a hill with the port's lighthouse hill, known locally as "Cerro del Crestón."

Test results photo

Test result

Negative at 20 parts per million (ppm), meaning it is less than 20 ppm gluten. Though standards vary from country to country, according to the FDA, "in order to use the term 'gluten free' on its label a food must meet all the requirements of the definition, including that the food must contain less than 20 ppm gluten".  It is said that products with a gluten content below 20 ppm are suitable for people with celiac disease.

My experience drinking Pacifico

One of those perfectly decent Mexican lagers. I'm sure it's nobody's "go to" beer but one of those beers you'll happily have with Mexican food. I am not sure where I fall in the gluten tolerance spectrum. I definitely know what it feels like to be "glutened" i.e. gluten exposure, but I have not deliberately pushed my gluten consumption limits with any food or beer. I had no noticeable reaction drinking this 12 oz. bottle in around one hour.