Cervecería Primate
Brewpub
in
Escazu,
San José,
Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 2.5
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
On tap at Stiefel Pub Otoya, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma reveals black liquorice, a touch of cocoa, and a touch of red fruits. Flavour is sour—well, this is infected—with tart red fruits, a touch of liquorice, and vinegar. How can you sell such obviously infected nonsense? Egregious.
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub Otoya
on 27 May 2026
at 21:43
4.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Stiefel Pub Otoya, pours a deep dark burgundy with a small beige head. Aroma is rather malty, almost syrupy, hinting at an IPA that unbalanced to the malt—there’s some hop resins in there, but they’re faint. Flavour confirms this impression; there’s resinous hops, as well as some nice bitterness, but the syrupy malts then overwhelm. The balance is off, and this is not that easy to drink. Laudable attempt but needs lots of work.
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub Otoya
on 27 May 2026
at 21:37
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 3
Overall 4
On tap at Stiefel Pub Otoya, pours a clear pale golden with a medium white head. Aroma has a rather unpleasant hop expression: seems sort of stale, sweaty, maybe a touch of pine in there. Flavour is downright unpleasant, with stale, vegetal notes, some bitterness, dry biscuity malt on the underside. Is that all due bad hops, or is this just not fermented properly? Either way, I wouldn’t say this even passes the bar for being drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub Otoya
on 27 May 2026
at 21:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at Stiefel Pub Otoya, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma reveals subdued grassy hops, straw, and soft biscuity malt. Flavour is lightly bitter, with gentle grassy hops, straw, and crisp biscuity malt. A bit too herbaceous, almost vegetal, but it has decent bite. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub Otoya
on 27 May 2026
at 21:26
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at Craic Irish Pub.
Pours cloudy straw yellow with a small white head, some lacing. Wheat, tart, salt.
Ok.
Pours cloudy straw yellow with a small white head, some lacing. Wheat, tart, salt.
Ok.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craic Irish Pub
on 12 May 2026
at 01:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Stiefel Pub.
Pours near black with a small tan head, some lacing. Chocolate, dark malts, sweet, vanilla, chocolate chips.
Ok
Pours near black with a small tan head, some lacing. Chocolate, dark malts, sweet, vanilla, chocolate chips.
Ok
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub
on 05 Aug 2025
at 01:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Stiefel Pub.
Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Fruity, tropical flavors, pineapple, pine.
Ok
Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Fruity, tropical flavors, pineapple, pine.
Ok
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub
on 05 Aug 2025
at 01:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Stiefel Pub.
Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Citrus, dank hops, bitter.
Good
Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Citrus, dank hops, bitter.
Good
Tried
from Draft
at
Stiefel Pub
on 05 Aug 2025
at 00:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
On tap at Katta Pub pours out crisp clean straw topped with a white head. Nose is light grain some grass. Taste is more of the light grain grass and some boiled vegetables.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2023
at 00:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Katta Pub pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is sweet chocolate and a light roast. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast malts and some black licorice maybe.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2023
at 00:47