Cerveza Pacífico Clara, better known as Pacífico, is a Mexican

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-style beer brewed in the Pacific Ocean port city of

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding , known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast across from th ...

, in the state of

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, México.

History

It was first brewed in 1900 when three

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, Jorge Claussen, Germán Evers and Emilio Radostits opened a brewery, the ''Cerveceria del Pacífico'', in Mazatlán. Its label includes a picture depicting a lifesaver encircling a ship's anchor superimposed over the port's lighthouse hill, known locally as "Cerro del Crestón." In Mazatlán, the beer is available in three different size bottles: "cuartitos" (), "medias" (), and "ballenas" (). Alcohol content: 4.4 percent. "Clara" means clear, blonde, as opposed to "oscura" (dark). The Pacífico brewery was bought by Mexican brewing giant

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in 1954, which was later acquired by the Belgian-Brazilian

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company.

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