Comments on Chileno - Living in Santiago, Chile Travel Blog: Good Chilean Beers in Santiago

I did.

2007-07-12T21:17:00.000-07:00

I did.

Why didnt you describe the newly renovated second ...

2007-07-12T20:58:00.000-07:00

Why didnt you describe the newly renovated second floor of Barcasa, which is significantly different and in my opinion worth your 3 buck pint...and more.

"Artisan" isn't a compliment. I hate that word, i...

2007-07-12T20:08:00.000-07:00

"Artisan" isn't a compliment. I hate that word, in Spanish...when applied to beer. Maybe it's just the squeeky way they pronounce it but it sounds so gd pretentious and all I'm looking for is a beer that tastes decent and won't give me Alzheimer's. For Christ's sake it's not wine. The second people get all snotty about their beer I'm out the door! ...of course, I'll prolly be back in a minute considering it's the only place serving decent beer within 300km, but the point will have been made.

So I'll throw around the term "artisan" very, very loosely thank you very much; if only just to launder it of its pretentiousness.

Becker, Austral...Budweiser (as in Anheuser-Bush, just because it's foreign)...definitely Kunstmann...oh yeah, that Cerro Alegre weak sauce - you are all Artisan to me now!

Anyway, I prefer the term "micro-brew" when referring to good beer. And don't gimme that bullshit about it being an English word. I say "tequila", you can say "micro-brew".

Pah, Kunstmann isn't artesanal, it's a mass market...

2007-07-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Pah, Kunstmann isn't artesanal, it's a mass market fake artesanal beer. Pretty tasty though, especially the Torobayo.

There's a whole micro-brewery association here:

http://www.szot.cl/acach.html

I liked Colonos in the south. probably my favourite micro-brew.