Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
On Tuesday, April 18th, workers at Peru’s largest industrial brewing consortium, the ABInbev-affiliated Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston S.A.A., walked off the job and on to the picket line. In September of 2021, the workers’ union –Sindicato Backus– and the company had successfully negotiated an agreement for a three-year contract. The agreement achieved…
A taproom that I got to visit while in Lima that was new to me was that of Cervecería del Valle Sagrado in Miraflores. The Cervecería del Valle Sagrado –usually just called Cervecería del Valle– is headquartered in the Urubamba Valley in Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Miraflores taproom –located at 508…
Plan B is a series of special-production “experimental craft beers” beers released once a year in large-format 750 ml bottles by Lima’s Cervecería Barbarian. In this post I review Barbarian’s 2020 release, Plan B 004. Plan B 004, released on 21 December 2020, is a Belgian-style tripel made by innoculating a batch of Barbarian’s Belga…
BELGIAN AND FRENCH BEERs Gold: Bardock – Belgian-Style Strong Ale from Cervecería Bardock Beer Company Silver: Limamanta Belgian Blond – Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from Cervecería Limamanta Bronze: Bicentenario – Belgian-Style Tripel from Cervecería Volcánica PALE ALE AND GOLDEN ALE Gold: Quinua – American-Style Cream Ale from Cervecería Cumbres Silver: Kontiki – American-Style Pale Ale from…