Lima’s newest addition to the growing Peruvian craft beer scene is Cerveceria Barbarian’s taproom in Miraflores: BarBarian. Located half a block from Miraflores’ main park, on Calle Bonilla, BarBarian taproom has been open only since March, and already it is a popular, standing-room-only, joint late into a Friday night. It has a friendly, open atmosphere,…
Category: Peru Beer
Lima Beer Spots: The “Superba” Bar
Long known for its cocktails and sandwiches prepared with house-made ham, the Superba has been one of Lima’s favorite “old-school” haunts since its opening in 1938. (As for the name, many believe that it was originally “Superbar” and that the final “r” was dropped, but it has actually always been just “Superba”.) A couple…
Beer History: Backus & Johnston Brewery, Lima
A view of the Backus & Johnston Brewery and ice factory in Lima’s Rimac disctric, near the turn of the last century
The Session #109: Porter
Porter. It’s one of those beers that has come and gone in my repertoire and taste preferences, but although I seem to have settled pretty clearly on saisons, “farmhouse” ales, and sours, porter holds some strong and dear associations, still. Back to the early 1990s when –after failing at making chicha in our Santa Cruz…