Cusquena Lager

Cusquena is a Peruvian Beer, which is said to come from the cool clear waters that melt at the base of the Andes Mountains in Cusco, Peru. I first had a bottle of Cusquena at the Taste festival and was shocked by its wonderful taste, it is like a special water rather than a fairly strong lager, I have to admit I was immediately shocked by its fresh taste, it really doesn't have that usual metallic taste that many beers have and tastes light and is a wonderful combination with foods. How does it look - Packaged in a dark brown bottle it has a nice packaging with a yellow wrapper with a red banner placing the words in white wording within. The bottle ...  Read the complete review

A lovely new beer find, I tried this beer in Las Iguanas in Waterloo and was immediately hooked. It says that the beer is brewed from Peruvian glacial melt water and if i'm honest it genuinely does taste like that. This is the purest lager i've ever tasted, soft, fizzy and yet incredibly gentle and tasty. This beer is lovely with fish and hot potatoes, it is so smooth it doesn't taste alcoholic but it is reasonably strong. The bottle it comes in is distinctive as is the packaging and you can buy two packs of four bottles for £6 in Asda or Tescos, this is great value for a fine lager and I would recommend this to anybody who likes their lager, ...  Read the complete review

'Cusquena' (pronounced CUS-KEN-YA) beer is Imported from the Cusco area of the Peruivian Andies. Cusquena comes attractively packaged, it's hard to miss. It's made from natural ingredients which includes pure glacial water (18,000 feet in the Andies) and is made from Malt and Saaz hops, the latter is found in European largers (ie Czech version of Budweiser). It's a 5% beer and comes in two types, the 'pale' and 'premium' Dark. Brewed since 1912 in Cusco which is about 40 Km's from Machu Picchu (the world heritage site). I brought the pale beer (4x 33cl) although I that title doesn't do it justice. The first thing you notice about the beer is the colour, some have ...  Read the complete review