Cusqueña: Five Bottles for 10,000 Won at Home plus
Cusqueña
At home, and only after exercise, I drink a beer or two for refreshment, and to save money, my wife had been buying cheap Korean beer -- though only the best, Max -- but I recently grew tired of that and made a deal to imbibe water after exercise weekdays and enjoy a better beer on weekends, so this past Friday, she brought home five bottles of a Peruvian lager called Cusqueña, which she'd gotten on sale at Home plus for only 10,000 won!
The brew isn't a great beer, but at 2,000 won per bottle, it's a good deal -- so long as the sale lasts.
It tastes a lot better than Max, if not quite good -- a bit too malty, not enough hops, and only an ephemeral head -- but it has a beautiful website as well as a touch of artistry in the bottle's design, with a stonemasony texture intended to represent the Incan use of stone for building, and it pours to a honey-colored, somewhat amber appearance, also sort of nice. Its Ratebeer weighted rating, however, is only 2.02, rather below average, and compared to non-Korean beers, I have to agree.
If only it were a Shoggoth's Old Peculiar . . .
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posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:09 AM
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4 Comments:
What!?! They do not sell six-packs in Korea? I guess for under $2 a bottle for an import it was worth a try. I have never had this particular beer, but I make it a point to try local flavors, domestic or abroad, as often as I can. Went into a bodega in New York City once and bought eight bottles of beer from eight different countries. All were interesting except for the Russian brew, which rose to a whole new level of "skunk"! It was the only one I could not finish. Cannot say I miss the days when we felt Olympia and Coors were great. Go to the brewhouse and lift one for me.
Jay
Korean stores do sell sixpacks, but the sale was for five, so I received five bottles in a sixpack carton and lamented the absent bottle . . .
I wonder if Russian beer has improved since your experience.
Jeffery Hodges
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Actually I told this to a Russian friend from work and he gave me some other Russian beer which was much better. I do not remember the name, but it was dark and malty with a great head. It would be an acquired taste to have it often, but was a nice alternative to my normal fare.
Jay
I'd be happy to try one of those.
Jeffery Hodges
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