Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
A few days ago my wife, my cousins, and I headed over to Cervecería +51 in Lima’s Jesús María district. Cervecería +51 is a small brewpub on a side street not far from Jesús María’s plaza and central market. It occupies the space vacated by Jaya Brew and there are still a few relics from Jaya…
This past weekend I traveled from Lima to the city of Ayacucho (aka Huamanga), where my family is originally from, on my dad’s side. There, I had a great time meeting Richy Ledesma, a craft brewer whom I’d been in contact with on FaceBook and who is also friends with a couple of my cousins….
Having arrived in Lima the night before, last Monday afternoon I went in search of craft brew. Heading to Miraflores district, I found BarBarian closed for the afternoon while some work was being done on the place, and that Dörcher Bier’s place was gone and being replaced with a Peruvian-Asian fusion eatery. I was not…
A brewery whose beers I’ve admired for a while is Jester King Brewing. I knew, from experience, that they produced some seriously interesting and experimental beers, but until I went there I did not fully grasp how special Jester King is. Located in the Texas Hill Country, on the outskirts of Austin, Jester King sits…