Costa Rica’s Libertas Tropical Golden Ale

Brewed by Costa Rica’s Craft Brewing Co.
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Cartago, Costa Rica

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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This is the crisply hopped, golden and refreshing one, made partly to convert the locals and expats over to more flavorful ales. A transition beer, they call it. Yet I’ve seen a lot of locals drinking the ruddy, bitter Segua instead, all of them apparently craving something, anything, different. Meanwhile I’ve got a sort of crush on the Libertas instead. Grassy, classy, dry and sessionable. We’ve only just started seeing each other, but I feel good about where the relationship is going.

draft, served frigid cold. a bit fizzy and rough, but much fuller flavor than the factory lagers in Costa Rica. a bit of chewy corn, and it’s estery, fruity and mildly crisp. moderate bitterness is welcome. watery late, not bad overall, only some light corn syrup and huskiness gets in the way. moderate notes of cooked sweet corn and plastic / petroleum develop in the nose with warmth. also begins to get a tad sour, more husky and rough, with mild sour vegetable bitterness.

Me gusta visitar la playa a menudo y cuando puedo...me encontre Libertas, una cerveza que me inspira tranquilidad, ligeramente lupulada, no mis favoritas, me gustan amargas, de cuerpo y color profundo, sin embargo esta cerveza tiene un acabado acaramelado, frutal, floral y a terminando con un sabor a trigo (me comento el mesero muy informado a cerca de este producto) 10% de trigo. Lo que mas me impresiono es el limpio acabado de esta cerveza, no me dejo un sabor tipico de una cerveza ligera de cuerpo o baja lupulacion..ese aftertaste insipido.

Draft: Clean well crafted blond ale, refreshing maltiness. Food Pairing: Chifrijo.