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Cristal
Union De Cervecerias Peruanas Backus y Johnston
- From:
- Union De Cervecerias Peruanas Backus y Johnston
- Peru
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #170 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 66
Ranked #28,283 - Avg:
- 2.79 | pDev: 21.51%
- Reviews:
- 99
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 05, 2024
- Added:
- May 19, 2002
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 26
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.54/5 rDev +26.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +26.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle purchased and drank at China Chilcano in Washington, DC.
This one pours a very clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells fairly dry, with a slightly metallic but also floral and bitter hop character, with some corn and graininess.
This is fairly basic, but on par with most examples of this style. There’s corn, grain, and a slightly sharp feeling, but a pleasant floral bitterness to it.
This is light bodied, clean, crisp, and pretty drinkable.
Despite some mild skunkiness, this wasn’t the worst.
Feb 05, 2024This one pours a very clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells fairly dry, with a slightly metallic but also floral and bitter hop character, with some corn and graininess.
This is fairly basic, but on par with most examples of this style. There’s corn, grain, and a slightly sharp feeling, but a pleasant floral bitterness to it.
This is light bodied, clean, crisp, and pretty drinkable.
Despite some mild skunkiness, this wasn’t the worst.
Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain
1.38/5 rDev -50.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5
1.38/5 rDev -50.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5
De cuerpo ligera, de carbonatación media y con un dedo de espuma de poca retención. Aroma débil a cereales y lúpulo. En boca es acuosa, con un final levemente dulce. El alcohol es imperceptible por lo que no sabes si tomar una cerveza o un refresco.
Nov 29, 2019Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York
2.73/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.73/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Decanted from a 11.2 oz (330 ml) bottle into a custom taster pint; no production information.
A: Pours a crystal clear, dark golden color with a less than one finger, foamy white head, rim retention, and some rings of lacing.
S: Peppery with grainy and grassy aromas. Slight phenol flavor as it warmed.
T: Dry. Malty with bread rind and cracker flavors and medium bitterness at the end.
M: Light bodied with low carbonation. Drinks smoothly, crisply, and cleanly.
O: This is a reasonably constructed lager. Drinkably and fairly refreshing despite off scent.
Mar 22, 2019A: Pours a crystal clear, dark golden color with a less than one finger, foamy white head, rim retention, and some rings of lacing.
S: Peppery with grainy and grassy aromas. Slight phenol flavor as it warmed.
T: Dry. Malty with bread rind and cracker flavors and medium bitterness at the end.
M: Light bodied with low carbonation. Drinks smoothly, crisply, and cleanly.
O: This is a reasonably constructed lager. Drinkably and fairly refreshing despite off scent.
Reviewed by monkist from Hungary
2.88/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
A bit skunked (?) lager from Peru, not sure if it's the corn or some other ingredients that make it feel funky. Dry hop bitterness as usual from Adjunct lagers, the (after)taste is not (that) bad, could be worse but also had better beers from he Andes before... not getting that clear water feeling from this beer.
Oct 28, 2018Rated by Mclusal from Colombia
3/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
B17
Oct 08, 2018Rated by ChazFqy from New Jersey
3/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Put out that fire when the wife goes heavy on the rocoto.
Mar 18, 2018Rated by quaffinganale from Maryland
3.24/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
4 months in Peru, this was my daily go-to. Satisfying with Pollo a la Brada y papas fritas.
Dec 08, 2017
Cristal from Union De Cervecerias Peruanas Backus y Johnston
Beer rating:
66 out of
100 with
206 ratings
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