Backus & Johnston
Peru's dominant brewery, founded in 1876 by two American entrepreneurs in Lima's Barranco district. Backus produces Peru's most beloved beer brands: Cristal, Cusqueña and Pilsen Callao. Now owned by ABInBev, Backus controls over 90% of Peru's beer market. Cusqueña — named after the Inca capital Cusco — is Peru's international ambassador beer, exported to 30+ countries.
Beers by Backus & Johnston
3 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Backus & Johnston brew within a single family — the differences sit in how, not what.
Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
Compared with 115 other breweries brewing American Lager, Vienna Lager and Lager:
They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Cusqueña Malta
Their beers place in the Top 53% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Backus & Johnston
Peru's dominant brewery, founded in 1876 by two American entrepreneurs in Lima's Barranco district. Backus produces Peru's most beloved beer brands: Cristal, Cusqueña and Pilsen Callao. Now owned by ABInBev, Backus controls over 90% of Peru's beer market. Cusqueña — named after the Inca capital Cusco — is Peru's international ambassador beer, exported to 30+ countries.
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