Clarified chicha from Peru. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

Episode 13: Beer in the Americas

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

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Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss how chicha and other fermented beverages evolved in the Americas.

Links and Additional Content:

How to Make Chicha via Draft Magazine

Chicha – An Ancestral Beverage to Feed Body and Soul by Mary-Fleur Tordjmann. She discusses drinking chicha in a small Kithwa community in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Clarified chicha from Peru. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

Chicha morada - a purple corn chicha from Peru. You can see both purple corn and a large pineapple wedge in the vat for flavoring. By Dangarcia~commonswiki assumed [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons — Chicha morada – a purple corn chicha from Peru. You can see both purple corn and a large pineapple wedge in the vat for flavoring. By Dangarcia~commonswiki assumed [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

Apple chicha from Chile. By Lin linao (English: Own work Español: Trabajo propio) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

A press used to make apple chicha. By Lufke (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons