Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
Early this morning, Lima’s Barranco Beer Company abruptly announced via its Instagram account that it will be closing its doors after this weekend. No explanation was given. After ten years in business, having survived the pandemic shut-down, Barranco Beer looked to be a steady feature of the Lima, and Peruvian, craft beer scene. Barranco Beer…
This morning one of those “Your Memories” things popped up on my Facebook feed. It was from five years ago, when I joined my wife in New York City for a few days while she was there on a more extended stay. The specific “memory” was of our visit to the Heartland Brewery and Rotisserie…
I’ve been in Lima a few days, and last night I went out for some beers with my cousin. We ended up at the Nuevo Mundo Draft Bar on Manuel Bonilla Street in the Miraflores district. I’ve mentioned Nuevo Mundo’s taproom before. As always the beer selection was good, but what made the night even…
In my post on Nuevo Mundo’s new draft bar I mentioned that the Dörcher Bier tap room on Miraflores’ Calle Manuel Bonilla had closed. Well, it turns out that Dörcher Bier, a brewery from Pozuzo –a valley in the region of Junin, settled by German immigrants– has teamed up with Lima Beer Company, makers of Craftsman…