A sign of the growing popularity of craft beer in Peru is the recent appearance of specialty shops dedicated to Peruvian craft beer and imports, such as La Cerveteca. La Cerveteca is a small storefront operation, but it offers a widely representative selection of Peruvian craft beer from all over the country, and a few…
Brewpub Wicks (Lima, Peru)
In July I visited Brewpub Wicks for the first time. Wicks, which is located in Barranco district, kept turning up on Untappd, so I’ve known about its existence for a year or two, and that it seemed to be a beer pub oriented primarily at English-speaking expats. Well, it turns out that Wicks also makes and…
Maharaja India Pale Ale
Lima’s Cerveza Brewson has just released their latest creation: Maharaja IPA. Maharaja is a 7.1% abv American-style IPA brewed with Mosaic, Centennial, Columbus and Citra hops. It has a medium hop nose and bitterness. Maharaja has a smooth mouthfeel and holds carbonation well. In appearance it is a light amber -perhaps around 10 SRM. It…
Peru’s Craft Beer Explosion
Beer in Peru, as elsewhere, has been undergoing a process of concentration of ownership and production decisions for many decades. In Peru the process ocurred as the Backus & Johnston’s brewery and the Cerveceria del Sur each out-competed or absorbed local and regional brands, then merged under the Backus & Johnston umbrella, and then itself…