Another of Bavaria S.A.’s brews from Bogota, Colombia. This is one of the beers bought by Aunt Maria and left at Mama Leny’s in anticipation of our visit. It was drunk at Mama Leny’s while relaxing after a day trip to Buga to visit Humberto’s (Patricia’s sister’s husband) parents.
The neck label says “the flavor that wakes your senses up.” The bottle says “The fusion between intelligence and sensuality is expressed in each details of Redd’s flavor. It’s softness, easiness to swallow and balance between sweet and sour make this beer an authentic pleasure to be discovered.”
The color of the beer was a very light gold and the beer produced a nice small head in the glass. The bottle says serve between 0-4 deg C, so I made sure it was poured straight from the refrigerator which is set for 3 deg. The smell was pleasant enough, nothing strong or overpowering and not much smell of beer, but the taste delved deep into my subconscious and brought back the past. It took me back a few years when we used to sit on the grass outside the Highwayman’s pub on Hampstead Heath and while away Sunday afternoon talking, laughing and drinking lager and lime. Guys and Girls without a care in the world and with still the world to conquer. Lorne and Maurice and Liz and Ann and others whose names I forget. Where are they now and what stories do they have to tell? I wonder.
This is not a serious beer drinkers beer. It is a refreshing drink for a summer afternoon where the “balance between sweet and sour” make this a great match for dips and salsa and salty chips – or even a fitting accompaniment for a ploughman’s lunch from the pub.
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