Panama

I will be in Panama next week (and NYC as well). Anyone been there and found any beer? There should be a brewpub in Panama City.

Timo

Yes, but it was too long ago to be a reference.

I just remember that I found one trashlager in a streetshop in the "poor" part of the city, the one next to the old city (just peeping through the selling windows while walking); so keep your eyes open.

And probably found another one in a sort of botanical garden/resort, as the beer is made for them.

Check out the Thirsty Pilgrim:

http://www.thirstypilgrim.com/search?q=Panama

I just had this:
http://www.therockboquete.com/our-artisan-beer/

Light and dark. Some American brewer called Peterson, who lives in Jaramillo brewing it for restaurant. I wonder how to add it to Ratebeer :)

Nice reminder that I need to update my Places reviews.

Cheers TBone for the tip on the Rock. News to me.

The brewpub in Panama City is the Istmo. I dug it. The beers had character, fruity and estery but not off-putting to me. Big imperial pint glasses. Laid back atmosphere. Food looked good. Also an impressive bottle list relative to this part of the world... Chimay, for example.

There is also a decent British pub on lively Calle Uruguay, open nights only, called the Londoner. The owner brings bottled British ales home to Panama in his suitcase.

Also a few German places like the Steinbock with surprising (again, relative) German bottle lists.

I only drank crappy lagers when I was there so good luck. I thought the Polar beer in cans from Venezuela was the best sit back and relax on the beach beer. The bottled Panama lagers were ick.

I thought this was going to be a thread about Van Halen...

i thought this was gonna be a thread about Scarface.

Istmo was ok. Beer are decent and certainly improved from time when fiulijn visited there. From shops I have only found same four Panama beer everywhere. A big supermarket called "Rey" in Downtown Panama City has quite decent collection of European beers. Some Belgian, some English (Fullers) and even some odd Breda labels.

Originally posted by TBone
Istmo was ok. Beer are decent and certainly improved from time when fiulijn visited there. From shops I have only found same four Panama beer everywhere. A big supermarket called "Rey" in Downtown Panama City has quite decent collection of European beers. Some Belgian, some English (Fullers) and even some odd Breda labels.

Originally posted by fiulijn
By the way, you can still fill your suitcase with rum, to bring back home ;-)
I didn’t search for anything special; if I remember, Abuelo Reserva was a good compromise quality-price; maybe our local friends can give you better advice...