Pilsen Callao
Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston in Lima, Lima, Peru 🇵🇪
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
4.48
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Pilsen Callao. By far the oldest beer in Peru, and one of the longest-lived in South America. Pilsen Callao traces its origins back to 1863, when Federico Bindels partnered with the Frenchman Aloise Kieffer to make the first beer in the then Callao port neighborhood. More than a century and a half later, it remains at the highest levels of preference in the Peruvian beer market.
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2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3
Can (BB 07/2010)
Pale yellow color, small white head. Green apples, grains and cardboard in the nose. Apples, sticky alcohol and corn in the flavor. Tropical lager which is not very fresh.
Pale yellow color, small white head. Green apples, grains and cardboard in the nose. Apples, sticky alcohol and corn in the flavor. Tropical lager which is not very fresh.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2010
at 14:31
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Canned@PBF2010 (thanks mabjork). Pale yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is maize, milld grains and some saltwatery notes. Flavour is maize, some slight malts and some mild toffeeishlike notes.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2010
at 14:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Clear golden with a medium off white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel and fruity hints. Sweet malty flavour with caramel and mild grassy hops. Finished dry and somewhat bitter.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2010
at 10:02
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
35.5 cL can. Pours clear and pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is cornish and slight grassy. Bitter, grassy and light cornish. Dry and cornish finish. Simple.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2010
at 09:59
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Myrup. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Aroma of brewing cereal and metal. Medium body, sulphur and brewing cereal with no real bitterness. 010410
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2010
at 09:55
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Crystal clear golden coloured body with no head at all. Aroma of skunk, pale malt, light low a.a. hops and some caster sugar. Light-bodied; Light lemon taste with a small maltiness and a very subtle hoppiness. Aftertaste quick and sharp - some citrus, but mostly bitter malt. Overall, not the worst lager, but its easier to pick out off-flavours than ’on’ flavours. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 28-May-2005 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2009
at 23:08
3.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Moderately weak but balanced aroma of honey and grain. Gold color, no head. Grainy taste with noticeable alcohol. Grass finish. Below average, but fairly drinkable.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2007
at 15:48
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
12 oz. bottle from Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove. Despite my feeling about the Heinie-wannabes of countries without beer traditions, I’ll try ’em anyway, just to pop the cap on a new land. Now listing this as a Dortmunder means I could hold this to a higher standard than the usual pale lager… Somewhat hoppy smell at first, but then a bit of corn sugar. Head rises short, then dwindles quickly. Usual pale yellow color. I thinkthere’s a bit of Dortmunder character, but perhaps it’s just because I’m looking for it there. Taste is relatively clean, a slight touch of pilsner malt. But again, accompanied by corn adjunct. Specific bitterness hard to find. I didn’t expect much, and that’s what I got.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2006
at 22:34
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Pour is a very light yellow with a small white head. Aroma has a slight burnt quality but nothing else shows up after that. Flavor is also very light with hints of grain and corn. Nothing really great but on the other hand this tastes and smells like nothing so you could prob drink alot of this in Peru.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2006
at 19:48
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can
Blond color. Light malt aroma. Dry taste, with a high bitterness. So similar to Premium Cristal… reminds me that Simpson’s episode at Duff’s brewing facility…
Blond color. Light malt aroma. Dry taste, with a high bitterness. So similar to Premium Cristal… reminds me that Simpson’s episode at Duff’s brewing facility…
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2004
at 01:35