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Cusqueña Premium Lager

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🌍 Peru · Lager · One of 133 Lagers in hopIQ

Peru's most internationally recognised beer — named after Cusco, the ancient Inca capital in the Andes. Brewed with water from the Peruvian mountains. Clean, crisp and refreshing with a subtle malt sweetness and a dry finish. Cusqueña is Peru's ambassador: the beer that says Andes, Machu Picchu and the Pacific coast in every glass.

ABV
5%
IBU
14
SRM
pale golden3
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Flavor Profile

How this beer tastes, mapped across 20+ dimensions

crisp
87%
refreshing
87%
light
70%
wheat
38%
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About Lager

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What is a Lager?

Euro Pale Lagers are clean, refreshing lagers with 4–5.5% ABV and IBU 10–25. Soft malt sweetness, light hop bitterness and high carbonation make them supremely drinkable.

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Serve & Enjoy

How to get the most out of Cusqueña Premium Lager

Serve at 4–7°C
Refrigerate, then rest 2 min

Serve well-chilled at 4–6°C. Carbonation and crispness are the main event — cold preserves both.

Stein
Recommended for this style

The sturdy German stein maintains temperature and keeps carbonation intact. Built for long, convivial drinking.

Store cold and drink fresh. Lagers are at their crispest within 3–4 months.

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