UJ#22 - Peru, local flavor

A PERUVIAN PINT
For many years, a stylish drink has been considered to
be wine, a whisky or a cocktail. Beer drinking was seen as
something less refined, a readily available product you
can buy any day, nothing special. Nevertheless, the view
has changed, and this daughter of hops and barley has
made room for itself on the tables of the most refined
restaurants.
Sacred Valley Brewing
The making of
a craft beer is
managed over
by a team of
brewers in each
establishment.
The history of beer dates from the sixteenth century
in Europe, coming to the Americas with the colonial
English when they reached the north of the continent.
Although there were prohibitions on the consumption of
alcohol for many years, the art of brewing beer at home
continued in secret. We call it an art because, behind
every barrel, there are skills that have been perfected
over time, through a process of trial and error.
Sierra Andina
At one stage, industrially brewed beers threatened to
take over the market with their low cost and standardised
flavours. However, lovers of the traditional ale, seeking
for a taste than mass-production could not provide,
began to develop their own craft beers in the 1960s and
started a boom which has taken over the world. This
trend began in Peru in 2010 and had been hotting up
ever since in bars throughout the country.
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Beer in a barrel, known as draught, helps
protect and improve the quality of the beer,
but special skill is needed to serve it.
Sacred Valley Brewing has five types
of beer in continuous production. In
addition, it produces Specials.