Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
On September 16th the union representing the workers of Peru’s Backus & Johnston family of breweries announced that they are going on strike. The union, the Sindicato Nacional de Obreros de Unión de Cervercerías Peruanas de Backus y Johnston S.A., or Sindicato Backus, announced that as of 4:30 pm on the 10th of September, negotiations…
Earlier this year, Cusqueña launched the latest addition to its line of beers: Cusqueña Doble Malta (Double Malt). The launch was accompanied by the adpeople’s best hype. The announcements implied that Cusqueña’s brewers had accomplished something never done before: the “impossible mixture of two premium malts.” That, of course, is absolute bunk, but nonetheless, I…