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Brewed since 1921, Cristal is Peru’s No. 1 selling beer, combining a light-bodied liquid with strong Andean imagery. It has been the No. 1 selling U.S. import from South America over the last eight years, primarily appealing to the approximately one million Peruvian consumers in the U.S.

381 reviews

Lima, Peru

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1.6 De cuerpo ligera, de carbonatación media y con un dedo de espuma de poca retención. Aroma débil a cereales y lúpulo. En boca es acuosa, con un final levemente dulce. El alcohol es imperceptible por lo que no sabes si tomar una cerveza o un refresco.

2.3 Color amarillo oscuro, transparente. Espuma blanca, medianamente cremosa, de dos dedos de espesor y buena retención. Aroma y sabor escaso, a cereal, notas metálicas, final corto ligeramente dulce, alcohol imperceptible. Textura acuosa. Carbonatación media.

3.0 It's very refreshing with a mild flavor and carbonation. Good beer to go with seafood

2.8 Bright and slightly pale yellow. Creamy head. Aroma is grass and pepper. Taste is pretty spicy and hoppy

1.6 Puszka. Badziewie pic tylko zimne albo jak najebany. Nie miałem dostępu do ktaftu a chciałem odhaczyc ten kraj na RB i kupiłem to dziadostwo

2.1 Can from supermarket. Golden color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, malts, a bit of toast and grass. Bitter finish with citrus, malts, toast and grass. Basic bulk lager.

2.5 Ein weiteres Lagerbier, das sich in den Strom der einfachen Hellen mischt. Man macht nix falsch, bekommt aber auch nix außergewöhnliches.

3.1 Aroma: Cereals. Appearance: Gold color with clear sparkling liquid and white head. Taste: Light bitterness with light sweet notes. Palate: Light body with thin texture and average carbonation. Short sweet finish. Overall: Refreshing. Very soft features and easy to drink. Average beer but not metallic or alcoholid memories.

1.7 Pours clear, pale golden, with a full, white head. Aroma is corn syrup and straw. Taste is corn syrup, moving to light clove and a hop overtone. Finish is oddly hoppy. Not a beer I'd look to drink again.

2.0 Pale golden with a white head - Malt aroma - malt body with just hints of hops to balance - Malts in the finish with just hints of hops - This was just ok

2.4 14-04-18 // bottle from kiosk45 Frankfurt. Country tick beer. Classic pale lager, better than many i had before. Doesnt taste to watery dull. Quite nice.

2.0 pale, golden, amber, orange, red, brown, black, hazy, cloudy, light sweetness, medium sweetness, heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter, medium bitterness, very bitter, lightly sour, medium sourness, heavily sour,

2.1 330ml bottle as Cristal Cerveza De Los Andes. bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes.Low white head, crystal clear golden body, dotted spots on the glass. Very distant cereal smell. Pale malty taste with citric notes far behind. Mid-dry ending. Lively carbonated. Anonymous, but quite okay with our red curry chicken Thai soup. (Tromsø 18.02.2018).

2.5 Wasser mit leicht süßlichem Getreidearoma. Gute Drinkability aber absolut kein Highlight.

2.0 330ml bottle into a Corsendonk glass on 16th Jan 2018 while at my daughters in California. Clear golden body, white crown at first, soon a wisp and collar. Grainy/corn like aroma and taste, not really a classic Pale Lager, just one for the 'tick'. I am sure the beer is great on a sunny afternoon with a mountain vista to look at, but it didn't do it for me today.

2.4 Bottle 33 cl. Golden, clear with a white head. Sweet malt and corn aroma. Light bitter with a malt end.

1.8 Botella, @Regalo familia, 02/12/2017 BBD : 01/06/18. Color amarillo dorado espuma blanca escasa, aromas metálicos cereal sabor cereal floja. 54528.2

2.0 0,3 litre Bottle from Total Wine Laguna Hills. Light Golden with little head. Sweet, High carbonation.

2.4 Bottle 141017. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, , hay, grass. Flavor is fruit, malt, hay, grass. Flavor is fruit, malt, hay, grass, floral, citrus. Medium body. Ordinary/Boring beer. Earlier Rating: 8/16/2012 Total Score: 1.8 Bottle. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, grain, wort. Flavour is malt, fruit, grain, wort. Boring beer.

1.3 Zakupene v obchodiku zaujimave potraviny. Vona skoro ziadna a to iste sa da povedat aj o chuti.

2.0 Several bottles in Peru. Really normal lager, refreshing, but nothing special

1.7 330ml bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that laces nicely. Skunky aroma of grainy malt and vegetables. Sweet flavour of corn, grainy malt and cardboard with a dry, bitter grass finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Not very good.

2.5 Aroma is straw old hops mustyness. Taste is sweet malt with bitter accents. Metallic old hops still coming through. Medium drinkable a bit too bitter. Could be much worse.

1.6 Pours pale straw colored with little to no head. Head only forms around the edge of the glass. Aroma is light. Little to moderately bitter. Malts. Cardboard. Not much to talk about. Watery to oily texture, soft carbonation and dull.

2.0 DATE: May 3, 2017... OCCASION: Cavs/Raptors Game Two after Underclass Awards at LVR--a good day... GLASSWARE: Hennepin pokal... pours a crystal (meh pun) clear light golden body that surrounds a solitary swirling rush of bubbles... the frothy off-white head recedes to a clumpy island.... aroma is a crisp corny ping that reeks of adjunct... malty sweetness presaged, with candied fruits also suggested... not really off to a good start... body is fizzy, thin, approximating champagne but gassy and beefy at its finish... the hops agitate the teeth, while the late finish is syrupy and oily...sweet, bready, and syrupy--an adjunct/corn concoction that quenches the thirst and brings a modicum of flavor... a dull, malty candor from an import isn’t a great Cinco de Mayo precursor... some apple, pear, and vinegar aspects make this a one-and-done kind of purchase...

1.9 From old tasting notes. Light gold color. Decent white head. Average clean grainy malt flavor. Very little hops. Thin and watery.

2.5 Bottle. It poured a clear gold with a thin white head and minimal lacing. Very light grain - corn - aroma. Light sweetness. Drinkable but not very flavorful.

1.7 Color clarito,dorado, espuma muy inestable y desaparece sin rastro en seguida. Contiene mucho oxido de carbono. Nada aroma, nada amargor, nada especifico. Repetida en 01.2021 4,6% Botella 0,33l Ligero amargor, cereales, herbal. Falta cuerpo. Menos grado pero sin cambios.

1.9 Bottle in Lima. Quickly dissipating soapy head. Very pale yellow. Rather sour malt body with a cardboard, mineral water base. For a pale macro lager, it works well enough, and is refreshing. Not much flavor, fairly fizzy, cardboard essence. I’m sure I’ll be drinking it again.

2.7 Thnx to Ben ! Pours Cristal (!) clear blonde, small white head. Smell is weak. touch of malts, but not that natural. Taste is bitter, rather intense. Some yeast. no real maltyness. rather chemical, especially the bitterness doesn’t taste right ! it is drinkable though ( very weak, I must say )