Bavaria Brewery

Bavaria Brewery

Type	Private
Founded	April 4, 1889 as Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei Bayern
Founder(s)	Leo S. Kopp
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Area served	Bolivia Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Panamá Peru Spain
Key people	Karl Lippert
Industry	Beverages
Products	Beers, bottled water, fruit juices, malt beverages
Owner(s)	SABMiller
Employees	16.369
Parent	SABMiller
Subsidiaries	Águila Brewery Andina Brewery Backus & Johnston Brewery Leona Brewery National Brewery of Panama Unión Brewery
Website	www.bavaria.com.co

Bavaria Brewery
Bavaria Brewery
Location	Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Owner(s)	SABMiller
Year opened	April 4, 1889
Active beers
Name Type Águila Lager Águila Light Lager Brava Lager Club Colombia Lager Costeña Lager Leona Lager Pilsen Lager Póker Lager
Seasonal beers
Name Type Águila Imperial Lager
Other beers
Name Type Bahía Lager Cola & Pola Lager

Bavaria Brewery (Spanish: Cervecería Bavaria), formally known as Bavaria S.A., is a Colombian brewery company founded in April 4, 1889 by Leo S. Kopp, a German immigrant. It is a subsidiary of SABMiller. Before the merger, Bavaria was the second largest brewery in South America and the tenth one in the world.

History

• 1889. The corporation Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei Bavaria was created on April 4, 1889.
• 1902. Cervecería Unión was founded in Medellín.
• 1910. La Pola beer was launched to the Colombian market .
• 1913. Cervecería Barranquilla was founded.
• 1913. Águila beer was launched.
• 1930. Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria is created, as a result of the merge of Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei and other regional breweries.
• 1933. Cervecería Barranquilla y Bolívar S. A. was founded.
• 1959. Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria changed its name to Bavaria S.A.
• 1967. Cervecerías Bolívar and Barranquilla were merged to create Cervecería Águila S.A.
• 1967. Merge of Cervecerías Aguila and Bavaria.
• 1972. Bavaria purchased Cervecería Unión from Medellín.
• 1973. Cervecería Bavaria was inaugurated in Bogotá.
• 1975. Bavaria purchased the plant of Cervecería Litoral, located in Barranquilla.
• 1981. Bavaria became an open corporation with shares at the Colombia Stock Exchange.
• 1990. Bavaria acquired Central de Cervejas in Portugal.
• 1992. Maltería Tropical was inaugurated in Cartagena.
• 1994. Production of bottled drinking water and fruit refreshments started.
• 1996. Grupo Empresarial Bavaria was created.
• 1997. First split of Valores Bavaria, which separated Bavaria S.A. to be exclusively focused on beverages; consolidated in 2001.
• 2000. GEB acquired 44.2% of Cervecería Leona in Colombia.
• 2001. GEB purchased 91.5% of Cervecería Nacional in Panamá.
• 2001. Bavaria restructured its productive platform.
• 2002. Launching of Aguila Light beer .
• 2002. GEB invested in Corporación Backus of Perú and purchased the majority of shares with right to vote.
• 2003. Cervezería Nacional became part of GEB.
• 2003. Bahía beer was launched .
• 2004. Agua Brisa with gas and Malta Leona Cool were launched to the market .
• 2004. GEB became the tenth brewing group in the world.
• 2005. In October this year GEB became part of SABMiller.

Beers

• Águila (pilsner, 4% alcohol by volume)
• Águila Light (pilsner, 3.5% alc. vol., light variant of the above)
• Brava (pilsner, 6.5% alc. vol.)
• Club Colombia (pilsner, 4.7% alc. vol.)
• Costeñita (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)
• Costeña (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)
• Leona (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)
• Pilsen (pilsner, 4.2% alc. vol.)
• Póker (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)

Other brands

• Brisa (bottled water, both with and without gas)
• Brisa Spa (flavored bottled water)
• Malta Leona (high-energy drink)
• Malta Leona Cool (malt beverage)
• Pony Malta (energy malt beverage)
• Tutti Frutti (fruit drink) (Now controlled by Postobón)

External links

• (English) Bavaria Brewery Official Site

Beers

• (Spanish) Águila Beer Official Site
• (Spanish) Club Colombia Beer Official Site
• (Spanish) Costeña Beer Official Site

Other brands

• (Spanish) Brisa Official Site