Franca

Brewed by Ajeper S.A.
Style: Pale Lager
Lima, Peru

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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12 ounce bottle - $1.79 at Hop City in Atlanta, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours out a clear, pale golden body with a slender, finely-textured, white head.

Smell: Thinnish nose, with only rather minor notes of grainy barley and grassy-scented hops.

Taste: Sweetish taste of lightly malted barley, faintly grainy, and even lighter tasting of bread. Lightly grassy, lightly spicy hops with sufficient bitterness to counter the sweetness. Sustained grainy hints on the drying finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-high carbonation, though the fizziness, like the head, is finely-textured.

Drinkability: A basic, easy-drinking lager out of Peru. So, get out and get yourself a Franca today, or any basic lager, it’s all the same, really.

Golden yellow woth lots of lacing. Musky, metallic and floral nose. Medium palate is lightly floral and balanced with malts and hops. Nothing special but drinkable.

Bottle. Pours a light gold with a very thin head -- leaves considerable lace, though. Nose is apple-y and fruity with a touch of caramel and a bit of adjunct aroma. More malic notes on the tongue, with some malty richness and brown sugar. Long and smooth finish. Good example of the style.

Bottled from Carrefour Burgos. Light golden colour, white head. Aroma is light malted, grassy. Flavour is malty, grassy, bit of bread. Soft mouthfeeling and a slightly dry finish. Easy drinkable.

NOthing special a little creamy however. It seems it’s a new beer and it’s a little fdifficult to get single.

bottle, thanks to ericandersnavy, clear pale golden color with white foam, aroma and flavors of sweet grape, buttery finish

There’s hops in the nose! A little grassy, a little spicy, not overall strong, but there. Also a fresh bready malt. Straw gold, modest head. Comes across a little like a pilners, with a little spicy hop flavor and a good dose of bitterness at the finish, but there’s something funky here. Its a little tart, with some astringency at the finish, and possibly some DMS. Well heck, it was promising on first sniff but went downhill from there. OK, the body is quite nice, with a full pleasant carbonation, medium mouthfeel, so its growing on me again but that funk is still there.

Bottle from a surplus outlet in Roseville, CA. Bears date of 03/24/10. Pours gold with a creamy 3 finger white head. Light herbal hop aroma. Med body. Flavor is lightly bready with some lightly spicy/herbal hop. Decent finish. Better by far than many. The hop even builds up a bit. It’s actually a bit bitter. :)

650mL found at Metro grocery store in Lima, Peru in Miraflores: Calle Schell and Calle Larco. The label claims this has a certificate of approval for fine ingredients and beer making from the Weihenstephan in Germany.

The pour is a clear yellow to light gold. Suddy white head leaves small lacing. Low carbonation. Nose is mildly hoppy with small English hop profile with small spices and lemon. Has more of a helles lager nose. Lemon and dough. Taste is a big improvement over typical Peruvian macros. Here there is some hoppy bitterness with lager "sting". Pretty refreshing. Big take home message here is that this may be the only Peruvian beer with noticeable hoppiness. Worth seeking out. Someone may want to switch this over to premium lager or even Helles Lager.

27/09/2011 65cl. bottle @ our hotel room - bottled 3/7/11 (2011-458)

Clear pale yellow beer under aery white head, bit more stable than the Club beer, bit adhesive as well. Aroma: sulfur, methane, some hops, hint of sewer. Pretty nasty. Taste: malts and bitter hops, better than the Club. Some citric hop hints. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, but also a nasty sulfur touch. Long lasting bitterness.