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What follows is a list of beers of the world by the country within which they originate, and the beer drinking and brewing practices within those countries:
Africa
Egypt
The leading local brand is called Stella (not to be confused with the Belgian Stella Artois). Available in original, export, and premium varieties. Other brands on the market include Meister and Sakara, and the non-alcoholic "Birell" and "Kaliber".
Kenya
Morocco
Nigeria
A ban on imports of barley malt imposed in 1990 forced brewers to find ways to produce beer with locally-available sorghum and maize. The Nigerian version is distinct from other Guinness FES's found around the world.
South Africa
Uganda
A southern Uganda beer is the Nile Special, produced in and distributed from Jinja, the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria.
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States
Central America and the Caribbean
Honduras
Honduras' most famous beers are Imperial, Barena, Port Royal and Salva Vida.
Guatemala
The most famous beer is Gallo and its varieties Gallo Ligth and Chopp Gallo among others like Victoria, Dorada Ligth, Dorada Draft, Montecarlo and Moza all manufactured by Cervecería Centro Americana S.A. locally.
Belize
Belikin is the leading domesticically produced beer brand in Belize.
El Salvador
Bahia (lager), Campeon Light (ligth), Noche Buena (dark lager), Pilsener of El Salvador Lager Bier(lager), Rialto (lager), Cerveza Santiago(lager), Tocayo(lager) manufactured by Cervecevia La Constancia.
Costa Rica
Imperial, Imperial Light, Imperial Silver, Pilsen, Pilsen 6.0, Bavaria Gold, Bavaria Light, Bavaria Dark, Rock Ice and Rock Ice Limón . With the exception of Bavaria Negra, all are light-coloured, light-bodied lagers. The non-alcoholic Kaiser is also produced in the country.
Panama
Cerveza Panama, Soberana, Cristal, Cerveza Atlas and Balboa;all ligth body and pale lagers. Also manufactured under license locally other foreing marks how Heineken or Budweiser.see Beers of Panama for details.
Nicaragua
Toña,Brava and La Victoria (Lagers) among Premium, Cristal ligth, Toña ligth, La Victoria ligth (ligths),all manufactured in Compania Cervecera De Nicaragua.
Jamaica
Red Stripe is a Jamaican beer. It is a blonde lager.
Puerto Rico
Medalla Light is a Puerto Rican beer. Cerveza India, is produced in the same brewery. The beer won first prize in Brussels. Currently it is the one of the top selling beers in Puerto Rico.
Dominican Republic
Presidente, Brahma, and Bohemia
South America
Argentina
With almost 80% of the Argentine market, Cerveza Quilmes is the most popular Argentine beer. Third in the market is Schneider. The most consumed foreign beers are Heineken and Budweiser.
Brazil
Chile
Peru
The consumption per capita in Peru is 22 liters per year.
Three local producers:
Sab Miller, with the local brands: Cusqueña, Cristal, Pilsen, Arequipeña and the Honduran but local-made Barena.
Ambev, with the Brazilian, but also local made, Brahma.
Ajeper, with the all new Franca. This is a Peruvian company.
Also, there is a good selection of imported beers as Erdinger and Flensburger from Germany, Strong Suffolk and Abbot from the UK, Corona from Mexico, Heineken from Holland, Saporo from Japan, Stella Artois (the Belgian brand, but made in Argentina), Quilmes also from Argentina, etc. Other way, there are small local producers of standard beer and a lot of producers of the ancient beer named Chicha (which is normally made of a local corn named Jora in the traditional "Chicherías".)
Venezuela
Asia
Cambodia
Angkor Beer, named after the iconic Khmer Angkor temples near Siem Reap, is the most widely consumed beer in Cambodia.
China
India
Indonesia
Bintang is a locally brewed version of Heineken beer. It is noticeable that Bintang uses similar packaging (650 mL green bottle) and identical symbol (red star) to Heineken. The name Bintang means "star" in Indonesian.
Bali Hai is not a beer produced on Bali but on Java.
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Kyrgyzstan
While traditional Kyrgyz drinks like bozo and kymyz retain popularity, and Soviet-style beer lives on in the form of Nashe, Kyrgyzstan does have good beer. The brewpubs Steinbrau and Kellersbier in Bishkek bring German-style lagers to the land, while microbreweries exist in Osh and Jalal-Abad. Many of the big local names are Russian (Baltika, Sibirskoe Koronna, Bagbier, Klinskoe) or Kazak (Tian-Shan, Karagandinskoe).
Laos
Beer Lao is the most popular.
Pakistan
Murree Brewery is the maker of Pakistan's premier beer brand, Murree Beer. The brewery has two manufacturing units located in Rawalpindi and Hattar (NWFP).
Philippines
Singapore
Tiger Beer is a very popular beer originating from Singapore owed by APB (Asia Pacific Breweries)
Taiwan
Taiwan beer is known for its sweet, mild taste.
Thailand
Singha and Chang are among the most popular Thai beer.
Vietnam
Local beers include 333, pronounced ba-ba-ba, Bia Saigon, and Ha'noi. Bia hơi is a unique type of very light draft lager produced locally in small batches.
Europe
Armenia
Beer has been brewed by Armenians since ancient times. One of the first confirmed written evidences of ancient beer production is Xenophon's reference to "wine made from barley" in one of the ancient Armenia villages, as described in his V century B.C. work Anabasis.
Currently there are four local breweries throughout the country making a variety of beer types: Yerevan Brewery [1] in Yerevan - 9 types of beer brand Kilikia (named after a historic Armenian kingdom at the Mediterranean coast) and 1 type of beer brand Hayer; Kotayk Brewery in Abovyan - a number of beers under Kotayk (named after an Armenian province east of Yerevan), Erebuni (named after the historical settlement in the southeastern part of present day Yerevan) and Castelbeer brands; Gyumri-Garejour Brewery in Gyumri - 3 types of beer brand Gyumri; Lihnitis Sevan Brewery in Sevan - beer brand Kellers Gold.
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, while being quite a small country in Eastern Europe, has quite a number of beer brands. The most popular breweries (all producing namesake lagers) are Kamenitza (produced in the city of Plovdiv), Zagorka (produced mainly in Stara Zagora) and AstikA (Produced in city of Haskovo). Other remarkable brands are Stolichno (bock beer produced by Zagorka), Shumensko (both lager and red ale, produced in the city of Shumen), Burgasko (produced in the city of Burgas), MM (produced in the city of Varna), Pirinsko (brewed in the city of Blagoevgrad), and Plevensko (produced in the city of Pleven). Most of the Bulgarian breweries are currently owned by foreign breweries, such as Heineken (Zagorka) and Interbrew (AstikA and Kamenitza).
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia and Finland
Both of these countries are known for their traditional juniper beers. In Finland, this is known as Sahti and in Estonia it is called Koduõlu ("home beer"). This beer is made from rye or oat malts that are filtered through straw and juniper twigs. According to beerhunter Michael Jackson, it is by far the oldest continuous living tradition of beer making, representing nothing less than a direct link with Babylonian beer-making methods.
Germany
Greece
Greek beers include: Alpha, Mythos, Marathon, Pathos
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
The most popular domestic beer is Kosovo is Birrë e Pejes ("Beer of Peć").
Latvia
Beer is a historic traditions in Latvia and is known to have been made before the Northern Crusades in the thirteenth century. Today, the most popular brand in Latvia is Aldaris (based in Riga).
Lithuania
This Baltic state has a major beer scene in the northern part of the country, centred around the towns of Pasvalys, Pakruojis, Kupiškis and Biržai. The farmhouse brews of the region are highly distinctive, using local ingredients and techniques from pre-Soviet times.
The biggest commercial breweries are located in towns Utena (Utenos alus'), Panevėžys (Kalnapilis), Klaipėda (Švyturys), Kaunas (Ragutis) and Vilnius (Tauras).
Macedonia
The best-known beer in Macedonia is Skopsko. There are also Silver Moon, Zlaten Dab, Bitolsko, Gorsko etc.
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Russians have long lived with the stereotype of being heavy drinkers. Beer (Russian: пиво – Pivo) is the nation's number two alcoholic drink after vodka, but is seen by many as a healthier almost non-alcoholic alternative (such that it is the number one alcoholic drink in the always more westward leaning St.Petersburg, consumption 95 l. per capita, 2005). Unlike the Germanic language speaking peoples (i.e. English, Dutch and German Speakers), Russians (like Spanish speakers) categorize beer by color, and not by fermentation process: Light, Red or Semi-Dark, and Dark. Light is a more or less equivalent to Lager and the last two are close to Ales. There are also super-strong beers (6-10% of alcohol) which are very popular in Russia. The most known brands of Russian beer are Baltika and Stary Melnik, however almost every region of Russia is proud to have its own brewery.
There are a few microbreweries and brewpubs to be found, in major cities like St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kazan'.
Serbia
Slovakia
The most famous brands in Slovakia are Šariš, Smädný mních (Thirsty Monk) and Zlatý Bažant (Golden pheasant).
There are 15 breweries in Slovakia:
- Pivovar Bytča (K. K. Company) - Martiner, Popper, Palatín
- Pivovar Corgoň (Heineken Slovensko a.s.) - Corgoň, Maurus, Stup
- Pivovar a sladovňa Gemer a.s. (Heineken Slovensko a.s.) - Gemer, Zuzana
- Pivovar Horden (Esperia a.s.) - Horden
- Pivovar Hurbanovo (Heineken Slovensko a.s.) - Zlatý Bažant, Heineken
- Pivovar Ilava (K. K. Company) - Richtár, Vartáš
- Pivovar Martiner (Heineken Slovensko a.s.) - Martiner, Martinský zdroj
- Minipivovar M.K. Unipol Trnava
- Steiger (Eduard Rada s.r.o.) - Steiger, Sitňan, Hell, Kachelmann
- Pivovar Stein a.s. - Stein, Pressburger, Premium Pils, Dominik
- Minipivovar Svätý Jur
Slovenia
Most commonly known brands of Slovenian beer are Laško and Union, although smaller breweries exist. Slovenians categorize beer by color (similar to Russians and the Spanish), light beer is most widely consumed.
Spain
Some known Spanish beers are Mahou-San Miguel (known as Mahou before the acquisition by San Miguel company), Estrella Damm, Alhambra, Estrella Galicia, Estrella Levante, Cruzcampo, Reina, Dorada and La Zaragozana.
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
Middle East
Iran
Israel
There are 2 major lagger breweries in Israel:
Recently there has been a lot of growth in the microbrewing field, such include the veteran Brewhouse in Tel Aviv, and:
- Dancing Camel
- Mivshelet hagolan (Golan Brewery)
- Buddah Beer
- Knaan
- Libira (Li-Beer)
Lebanon
Lebanese beers include 961 Beer and Almaza.
Palestinian Authority
Taybeh Beer is Palestinian beer brewed to a recipe derived from monks in the Middle Ages.
Syria
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
The indigenous people of New Zealand (Māori) did not brew beer. Major ingredients of beer were not introduced to New Zealand until Europeans arrived in the mid 1800s. The first beer brewed in New Zealand was by Captain Cook while anchored in Ship Cove in the outer reachs of Queen Charlotte Sound in January 1770. Here he experimented with the use beer brewed with young Rimu branches as a treatment against scurvy.
The late European history is characterised by the dominance of about three large breweries. The dominance of these was helped by the buying of some of the small local breweries. From the mid 1980s small boutique or microbreweries started to emerge. Consequently, the range of beer styles increased. Some pubs operate their own small breweries, often housed within the pub itself. Wine and ready mixed alcoholic drink consumption is increasing and is lessening the quantity of beer being sold.
Speights, Heinekin, Tui and Export Gold are at present the most popular kiwi beers. Steinlager is exported from New Zealand but is not commonly drunk in the same way Fosters is not readily available in Australia.
Interestingly, New Zealand is also a commercial mainstay of what are known as Ice Brewed Beers. These are bottom-fermented batch brewed lagers, which for commercial production reach an initial alcohol percentage of 3%. Fermentation precipitate solids (yeast, malt husks etc) are removed in a cryogenic concentration step with similarities to methode traditionelle Champagne wines, though on a much larger scale. The resulting condensate is a very pale and extremely pure lager beer, with an extremely low precipitate concentration and an alcohol percentage typically between 5.0 - 5.2% v/v.
The most popular brands of Ice Brewed Beer are Lion Ice Lager, Black Ice (Lion Nathan) and Flame Beer (Dominion Breweries). They are very competitive in price with traditional beers, and in the New Zealand market appeal to the younger demographic (age 18–30 years) for their higher alcohol-volume ratios, and lower BU values.
There are a number of smaller independent breweries in New Zealand, the two most significant North Island independents being the Limburg Brewery, in Hastings, Hawkes Bay; and Galbraith's Ale House in Eden Terrace, Auckland.
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