Beers of the world

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

The leading brand of beer in Kenya is Tusker. Tusker Lager is a medium beer with an alcoholic content of 4.2% ABV. It is available in three formats: 500 ml amber coloured bottle, 330 ml can and 30/50-litre keg. Tusker lager has consistently won Gold Medals in the International Monde Selection Quality Awards. Tusker Lager’s dominant colours are Golden Yellow, Black and White. It's name originates from the death of George Hurst a co-founder of Kenya Breweries Ltd, when he was killed by an elephant during a hunting expedition in 1923. In memory of his death, this famous lager beer that he had helped create was renamed 'Tusker'. There are several other widely consumed beers in Kenya, mostly lagers. Other beers are, Pilsner, White Cap, Allsopps, Bell and Senior Lager. Other than Kenya, Tusker can be found in the United Kingdom, Japan, USA, Canada and Tanzania.

Morocco

Namibia

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. Guinness "Foreign Extra Stout" is an intriguing brew with a unique flavour. The Nigerian version is distinct from other Guinness FES's found around the world.

South Africa

Uganda

By far the most popular beer in southern Uganda is the famous Nile Special, produced in and distributed from Jinja, the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria.

The Americas

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Central America and Caribbean

Honduras

Honduras' most famous beers are Imperial, Barena, Port Royal and Salva Vida.

Belize

Belikin is the leading domestically produced beer brand in Belize.

Costa Rica

Imperial, Imperial Light, 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. There are also many import brands available on the market.

Jamaica

Red Stripe is Jamaica's best-known beer. It is considered to be a blonde lager.

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's most recognized brand is Medalla Light [http://www.medallalight.com] . Cerveza India, produced in the same brewery, was also recognized during the 80's. Today, many of the islanders drink Medalla Light, produced in the only local brewery, Cervezeria India. The beer has won first prize in Brussels and has a huge market share in the Caribbean. Currently it's the one of the top selling beers in Puerto Rico.

outh America

Argentina

With almost 80% of the Argentine market, Cerveza Quilmes is the most popular Argentine beer and an icon to Argentine. 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".)

Asia

China

Taiwan

Taiwan beer is well-known for its sweet, mild taste.

India

Indonesia

Bintang is a locally brewed version of Heineken beer. It is noticeable that Bintang uses similar packaging (650ml green bottle) and identical symbol (red star) to Heineken. The name Bintang means "star" in Indonesian.

Bali Hai isn't a beer produced on Bali but on Java.

Japan

Korea

Philippines

ingapore

Tiger Beer is a very popular beer originating from Singapore owed by APB (Asia Pacific Breweries)

Thailand

Singha and Chang are among the most popular Thai beer.

Vietnam

Tiger Beer is perhaps the most popular beer among the Vietnamese [http://wikitravel.org/en/Vietnam#Drink] . 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.

Laos

Beer Lao is the most popular.

Europe

Albania

Armenia

Three local beer brands are available throughout the country: Kilikia (named after a historic Armenian kingdom at the Mediterranean coast), Kotayk (named after an Armenian province east of Yerevan) and Erebuni (historical settlement in the southeastern part of present day Yerevan). Russian beers, especially Baltika, are also widely available throughout the country.

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

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

The most popular domestic beer is Kosovo is Birrë e Pejes ("Beer of Peć").

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).

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. Lithuania also brew the Cuba beer.

The biggest commercial breweries are located in towns Utena ("Utenos alus"'), Panevėžys ("Kalnapilis"), Klaipėda ("Švyturys"), Kaunas ("Ragutis") and Vilnius ("Tauras").

Macedonia

The best Macedonian beer is Skopsko. There are also Silver Moon, Zlaten Dab, Bitolsko, Gorsko etc.

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

The most famous brands in Portugal are:

*Coral from Madeira
*Sagres from Lisbon
*Super Bock from Porto

Portuguese beer is considered very good, and a lot of barrels are drunk every day by young and old people.

Romania

Russia

Russians have long lived with the stereotype of being heavy drinkers. Beer ( _ru. 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

lovakia

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 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

lovenia

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.

pain

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

Israel

Lebanon

Lebanese beers include Almaza and Laziza.

Palestinian Authority

Taybeh Beer is Palestinian beer brewed to a recipe derived from monks in the Middle Ages.

Syria

Oceania

Australia

*Victoria Bitter
*Melbourne Bitter
*Carlton Draught
*Tooheys

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, Lion Red, Tui and Export Gold are at present the most popular kiwi beers. Steinlager is exported from New Zealand but is not commonly drank 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 the Galbraith's Ale House in Eden Terrace, Auckland.

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