Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston

Commercial Brewery in Lima, Lima, Peru 🇵🇪
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

Established in 1879

Contact
Av. Nicolás Ayllón 3986, Lima, 15012, Peru
Description
In 1908 Ernesto Günther and a group of investors founded in the city of Cusco, a branch of the Cervecería Alemana Günther & Tidow. In 1939 Cervecera Alemana Günther & Tido changed its name to Compañía Cervecera del Sur del Perú (Cervesur) and increased its production. In 2000 the company with its plants in Arequipa and Cusco, and with the popular brand Cusqueña, becomes part of the Backus Group (Backus y Johnston), thereby consolidating itself to the point of turning it into a company capable of competing in a globalized environment. Finally, in 2015, the Backus Group becomes part of AB InBev.

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4.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Pale yellow colour. Thin white head. Has a malty smell. Sweet and a little malty taste, pretty high carbonation and very easy to drink.

Tried on 29 Aug 2005 at 15:44


2.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. Light sweet corn syrup aroma. Golden yellow with little head. Slightly sour corn syrup flavor - little malt flavor and no hops. What makes it worse is that I had to buy a six-pack.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2005 at 20:35


3.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

A light yellow beer with a nice head. The aroma is hoppy and sour, probably from the use of brewing cereal. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of metal, while the end is dry.

Tried on 13 Feb 2005 at 11:02


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Blond color. An ordinary lager, quite dry, pleasant, with a very light hoppy note. Refreshing.

Tried on 10 Nov 2004 at 02:22


4.6
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…

Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2004 at 01:35


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Very dark. Sweet aroma, with light roasted malt. Drier than Cusqueña Malta, less sweet, more roasted malt, light liquorice.

Tried on 10 Nov 2004 at 01:34


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Move along, nothing to see here. Pale golden color with a medium white head that fizzed out pretty quickly. Very little lacing. The aroma is lightly malty with a kind of sweet biscuit character. Crisp and light bodied and on the malty side. There are some hops but really not enough to keep this interesting for long. The finish is a little soft and watery but there is definitely worse out there. Below average on the whole but better than I was expecting.

Tried on 25 Jun 2004 at 23:32


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Blond color. Some malt in the aroma, and a little in the flavor as well, but ends to simply.

Tried on 13 Feb 2004 at 02:52


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Rather weak tropical beer with little hops, but some nice malts in the mouth. Rather nice when its 30C and humid, but not inspiring.

Tried on 07 Feb 2004 at 16:52


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

This is better than the Negras I had in Argentina. Deep dark beer with a nice moka head. Sweet fruity chocolate aroma. A bit too sweet to the mouth but enjoyable vinous taste, a little roasty or woody.

Tried on 07 Feb 2004 at 16:49