Not That Sam Fox. An Englishman in New York

Cerveza in Cartagena

January 20, 2019January 21, 2019, Central and South America
  • Prev
  • Next
Beers of Colombia, three of the BBC beers
Selection of Bogota Beer Company brews

Whenever I travel I try to taste the local brew and visiting breweries has almost become a go-to activity on travel. Had we been in Bogota when I discovered these Colombian beers from BBC (Bogota Beer Company), that would almost certainly have been added to the itinerary. As it was, a trip to Bogota was out of the question on this occasion, the beer was widely enough available though that I could get through most of the different brews during our time in Cartagena.

At somepoint I started taking notes on the beers, with a view of writing this. This may in the future get expanded to posts on other brews and breweries I visit, for now this is a review of the beers of Colombia:

Bogota Beer Company Beers:

Bogota Beer Company Red IPA

Monserrate – 7.5/10: This was my favourite, probably because it resembled a light English ale. The official description calls it red full bodied IPA, made using a British recipe. I do enjoy American IPAs as well but they’re usually stronger than this (5%) but I liked the lightness of this.

Chapinero beer, porter style

Chapinero- 6/10: Guinness Lite, certainly no where as thick as Guinness. Often stouts taste like cigarettes smell this didn’t have that, toffee notes.

Bogota Beer Company Cajica beer

Cajicá – 6.5/10 Honey notes, initially I liked this but by the time I finished it I couldn’t see it as a session beer.


There were also two other beers I tried which weren’t made by the BBC, unfortunately I didn’t take any notes on these so the below is from memory.

Other Colombian Beers:

  • Aguila Colombia Original: It’s the Foster’s or Budweiser of Colombia. The top selling and if you want a lager that’s just…nothing special but easy to drink then this works.
  • Club Colombia Dorada: This was harder to find than BBC, better than Aguila original  but not as good as the Monserrate.

If you’ve tried any of these or have recommendations on other Colombia beer to try, leave a comment!

Posted in Central and South America
Tagged beer, brewery, cartagena, colombia, ipa, stout
2 Comments
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Post navigation

   A bit of sun and history in the South
Cartagena: The Great Escape   

Comments (2)

  • Caroline February 2, 2019 at 04:12 Reply

    Spot on! I used to live round the corner from the BBC in Bogotá Monserrate was always my favourite one, more commonly called la roja (the red one) cos no-one could remember which was which just from the names!

    • Sam February 2, 2019 at 18:15 Reply

      Yes! I always referred to it as ‘roja’ when ordering! Shame you can’t find it anywhere here.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Caribbean
  • Central and South America
  • Europe
  • Everest Base Camp
  • London
  • Manchester
  • New York
  • NYC coronavirus lockdown
  • Oxford
  • USA

Top Site Tags

bbq beer boat brewery coronavirus Everest Base Camp food Football gigs hiking nepal New York walking working remote

Follow Me

  • 318followers
  • 249followers
/ Free WordPress Plugins and WordPress Themes by Silicon Themes. Join us right now!

outthereinthefield

Final recap from the holidays. Good to see you all Final recap from the holidays. Good to see you all!

Special mention to @elviodegabriele , great to share a pint finally after what 18 ish years!? Thanks for the wine reccos too!

#england #malta
The idea was to do one post for all the places fro The idea was to do one post for all the places from the last three weeks and another for the people.. In the end this is only Maltese places,  the architecture had me gandering more than expected during the gallivanting around the island.

More to follow for the people and other places from the trip..

#malta #mdina  #valetta #silema #streets #architecture
A weekend fall getaway to Mystic. Lots of apple re A weekend fall getaway to Mystic. Lots of apple related activities, delicious food, quaint town and brilliant autumnal colours. And an unexpected rental car. 

#mystic #connecticut #fall #autumn #applepicking #cider
We had this thing a couple of months ago. About ti We had this thing a couple of months ago. About time I shared some of the highlights!

#foxyfiesta #wedding #cotswolds
Finally caught up. One of the highlights of the su Finally caught up. One of the highlights of the summer so far, a lovely family trip to Cornwall. One of the bonuses of getting stuck in England with visa stuff, a bonus jaunt down to the south coast. Beaches, walks, art, storms. #cornwall #walking #coastpath #porthleven #lizardpoint
Continuing to catch-up...another excellent stag do Continuing to catch-up...another excellent stag do.Stately homes, dodgy t-shirts and of course a castle... 

And apparently IG screwing up the photo format...

#bainsstag #stagdo #statelyhomes #chesterfield #hardwickhall #chatsworthhouse
Load More… Follow on Instagram

4 Continents Explored
21 Countries Traveled
18 States/ Districts Visited
17.6K feet Altitude Reached

© Theme by Purethemes.net. All Rights Reserved.