Chile Forum

Hi everybody,
Just for all you Guinness lovers, there is a ton of Guinness beer at UniMarc Las Condes Escuela Militar (Apoquindo & Vespucio). The price was reasonable at 1590 so I bought as much as I could! Still a lot left if you wanna stock up

also a full range of pringles is turning up.......
looks like unimarc is trying to grab back some of the business lider has taken with the imports

mmm pringles xtream hot buffalo wings!

I bought guineas I believe at Jumbo or Lider in PM

I also found both sauce for making bufflow wings (jumbo) and frozen bufflow wings ready to go (Lider).

Overall, I have never been a fan of Unimarc.

Who needs Guinness when we have Baileys to supp on

For the record, I don't drink Guinness. I use it for some recipes.

I have a local gringo brewer out of Puerto Varas, Chester beer that brews a better stout. I've invited Chester to stop by the forum and post some advertising. Among others, he has a real IPA also. The hops are so aggressive, I am not sure any Chilean would be able to drink it. I love it.

thanks for the rec on Chester Beer, admin- I´ll look for it. I sure miss IPA. Do you think they´ll have it in Santiago? I know Guiness isn´t the best but the taste reminds me of home (although its from Ireland) and I´ve been hitting that 1 1/2 year mark and am starting to get a little nostalgic for all familiar tastes. FYI, one Chilean stout that I find decent is the one made by Kross...good enough while here! ´

best,
Kyle

Drink local beer, beer only travels well if loaded with stabilizers and preservatives, not just grain (of one sort or another, malted or not), hops and water made with yeast.

nwdiver wrote:Drink local beer, beer only travels well if loaded with stabilizers and preservatives, not just grain (of one sort or another, malted or not), hops and water made with yeast.

Unfortunately, there is a serious lack of quality local beer to drink. Most of the local craft brews can't hold a candle to what's being made these days by breweries in the States and other countries like Belgium and Denmark. The majority of Chilean microbrews either have fairly tame flavor profiles and/or problems with contamination and off flavors.

While it is true that most beer styles are best enjoyed as fresh as possible, world class craft beers made with good QC standards can hold up fairly well for 6-10 months as long as they aren't exposed to warm temps for a significant period of time. On the other hand, beers such as barleywines, imperial stouts, and strong ales can be aged for several years just like a fine wine. IMHO a good imported craft beer still beats the vast majority of Chilean beers, even if the import has lost a bit of it's freshness.

admin wrote:For the record, I don't drink Guinness. I use it for some recipes.

I have a local gringo brewer out of Puerto Varas, Chester beer that brews a better stout. I've invited Chester to stop by the forum and post some advertising. Among others, he has a real IPA also. The hops are so aggressive, I am not sure any Chilean would be able to drink it. I love it.

Next time I'm in Puerto Varas I'll have to try this guy's IPA. Another issue with the beer scene here is the price of hops, they're all imported, so making highly hopped beers isn't too good for the brewery's bottom line.

perrywinkle wrote:Another issue with the beer scene here is the price of hops, they're all imported, so making highly hopped beers isn't too good for the brewery's bottom line.

I thought the stuff was growing wild as an ornamental plant in the South. Someone here even joked about peeing on the hops plants while drunk.

Lots of hops growing wild in Chile. Just the "brewers" do not know what to do with it.

Chester is a gringo that imported a couple of containers with his own ready to go brewery.

It would be more of a special order beer in the rest of the country, but Chester mentioned he was getting ready to setup a distro system to the central region. Locally he delivers, or sells in local restaurants and bars.

I will get in touch with him. I need to do my monthly restock of my own shelf at home anyway. I will let him explain the rest.