[1] Review by Stoutlover72 from Northern, California, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/3/2007 9:15:01 PM)
"If this is a schwarzbier, then dammit I'm the President. This is about as far away as you can get from a schwarzbier, perhaps a bit closer to a dunkel (maybe) but really it's just bad. Aroma was really worty, sugary sweet with a light roasty character. Appearance was light brown in color, clear with a small off-white head. Flavor was syrupy sweet, plastic, with a weird faux-roast finish. Just plain bad."
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
3/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.6)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[2] Review by Bov from Bienne, Switzerland who has tried this beer once. (10/18/2005 4:45:39 AM)
"dark brown colour, the initial fine brown-tainted head quickly reduces, toasted malt aroma with smokey notes, very very sweet, medium-bodied, long sirupy and sugary finish - strange interpretation of a schwarzbier !?!; totally unbalanced"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.3)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by EyeChartBrew from CA, Liechtenstein who has tried this beer once. (7/19/2005 1:15:55 AM)
"A beer that I'm surprised doesn't have more reviews to it's credit. Perhaps folks have been so turned off by the standard Cusqueña that they are afraid to even get close to this "Premium Dark Beer". Well, I can't say that they are missing out on anything, but this really isn't nearly as bad as I feared.
Decent appearence, with a toffey-colored head, and even some rudimentary lacing.
Aroma? Malty-sweet, and a rather "cheap" smelling. Not horible, but nothing to get excited about.
Flavor-wise, this immediately reminded me of Malta Goya -- the sweet nonalcoholic and slightly carbonated malt-based drink popular in many Latin Food supermarkets, sold in the same aisle as soda. The fact that's it's basically unfermented wort (yes, they even toss in some hops..., but *no* yeast) makes this particular drink quite sweet and filling.
This beer reminded of what Malta Goya would taste like if yeast was allowed to be piched to ferment the beer...., *Or* a beer with such poor attenuation, that the Final Gravity remains no lower than ~1.025.
Either way, this is something of a Sweet Stout only due to the rather insane amount of redisidual sugars. Once you get past all that sweetness, there isn't much else here to work with.
Nothing horrible, and unlike the awful El Salvadoran beer I tried drinking prior to this, it went well enough with my ham-and-cheese sandwich.
Nothing I plan on revisiting, but ok for a one-off tasting of something a little different from South America....
//TB"
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
5/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.9)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by beerguy101 from Newark, CA, USA who has tried this beer once. (6/21/2005 8:37:33 PM)
"Dark brown color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is roasted malt, vanilla and some earthiness. A medium bodied dark beer. Malts are chocolate and really sweet. I mean REALLY sweet, lots of lactic sugars. This could get negatve points for flavor if possible. It coats the tongue with an overwhelming plastic sweetness that won’t go away. DRAINPOUR. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and sweet. Aftertaste is sweet.
"
Aroma:
3/10
Appearance:
3/10
Mouthfeel:
2/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
2/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.3)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by LordGorlock from Lynnwood, WA, USA who has tried this beer once. (6/20/2005 1:46:01 AM)
"This beer comes courtesy of beerguy101. This beer pours a brownish color with some visible reds in the light with a mild brown head and some nice lacing when the glass is shaken dramatically. The aroma is that almost of a third world country. Some hints of roasted barley, vanilla, and that smell that only someone who has crossed over into Tijuana on foot knows...something like a smog and exhaust mix. I’d love to say it got better...but I’d be horribly mistaken. My first impression is this tasted just like Dixie White Moose, my least favorite beer. The flavor is once again completely one sided...absolutely no bittering hops...nothing.. just cake frosting, sugar, cotton candy, caramel, diacetyl, lacticness and more sugar. This would be a diabetics worst nightmare. An obtrusive dinner beer. It practically caused me to have involuntary convulsions and my face became enamored with Jim Carrey-isms.... if you’ve ever watched Liar Liar and his court scenes...my face couldnt stop doing that thanks to this wretched excuse for a beer. Dry, cloying finish... absolutely undrinkable. This could potentially be the third beer I have had out of nearly 700 worthy of negative points in flavor. Because of that I’m merely going to extract more points from the overall score to reflect my utter hatred of this beer. Plastic aftertaste...unfortunate tongue coating beer.... damn you Peru!!! Abominable!!!"
Aroma:
3/10
Appearance:
3/10
Mouthfeel:
2/10
Flavor:
2/10
Overall:
2/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.2)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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