Heineken N.V. is a Dutch brewer which owns a worldwide portfolio of over 170 beer brands, mainly

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, though some other

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s are produced. The two largest brands are

Heineken Heineken Lager Beer (), or simply Heineken (), is a Dutch pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 February 1864, ...

and

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; though the portfolio includes

Amstel The Amstel () is a river in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam, to which the rive ...

, Fosters (in Europe and Vietnam), Sagres, Cruzcampo, Skopsko,

Affligem Affligem (; anciently written Afflighem) is a municipality located some west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the city of Aalst and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw. Affligem is situa ...

Żywiec Żywiec () is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. H ...

, Starobrno, Zagorka,

Zlatý Bažant Zlatý Bažant (English: Golden Pheasant) is the most exported Slovak beer brand. It was founded in 1969 and is produced at its brewery in Hurbanovo. It was acquired by the Heineken International Heineken Naamloze vennootschap, N.V. (), bran ...

Laško Laško (; ) is a spa town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Laško. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The town is locate ...

and

Birra Moretti Birra Moretti () is an Italian Brewery, brewing company, founded in Udine in 1859 by Luigi Moretti. In 1996, the company was acquired by Heineken N.V. The brewing plant in Udine was sold to the newly formed Birra Castello S.p.A., and the beer i ...

Heineken

Lager Beer is the company's

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. It is a 5%

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that was first brewed in 1868. It is produced by 40

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in 39 countries around the world. In 2006, 2.58 billion litres of ''Heineken'' was produced. Since 1975, most Heineken beer is brewed in the Heineken brewery in

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, Netherlands. Other beers produced under the Heineken brand name include: * Heineken Dark *

Heineken Oud Bruin Heineken Oud Bruin (; ) is a Dutch-style oud bruin beer produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken. It shares only the name with the stronger, more acidic '' oud bruin'' beers of Belgium, which are a different style. It is available only in t ...

Heineken Premium Light Heineken Light (labelled as ''Heineken 3'' in Australia) is a light beer brewed by Heineken International, Heineken for the United States market. It was introduced in 2005. Heineken light reportedly has: 90 calories per 12 oz. bottle and 6.8&nb ...

Heineken Tarwebok Heineken Tarwebok (; ) was a bock beer produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken. The beer was made in the brewery in 's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by p ...

Buckler

''Buckler'' is a low alcohol (0.5% abv) pale lager. It was launched in the summer of 1988. There was a recall in 2004 due to a fault in the

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process, and Buckler is no longer available in the Netherlands (Heineken's home market) after the brand's image declined following Dutch comedian

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mocking the brand (and its consumers) in a show in 1989. Buckler was the beverage of choice for then US Vice President

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at the " Beer Summit" with

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, James Crowley and President

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. The event was the result of the controversial

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, which gained national attention regarding

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. Biden acknowledged that his choice of beer was “mostly ironic". Former US President

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, who gave up drinking alcoholic beverages after turning 40, drank Buckler while relaxing with Chancellor of Germany

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and British Prime Minister

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on 8 June 2007 during a break in the G8 summit.

Subsidiaries' brands

Europe

Heineken Italy

Heineken's Italian operation began in 1974 with the acquisition of the Dreher brewery. In 1996 it added the Moretti brewery. Heineken Italy has six brewing plants producing over 575 million litres of beer, and employs over 1,000 people. Its plants are: Pollein (AO),

Massafra Massafra is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Taranto in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. History According to some hypotheses,Giuseppe Blandamura, ''Choerades Insulae'', Taranto, Tipografia Arcivescovile, 1925. Massafra was founded in ...

(TA), Messina, Comun Nuovo (BG), Assemini (CA).

=Birra Dreher

= Birra Dreher was founded in

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in 1896. It was bought by Heineken in 1974.

=Birra Ichnusa

= Heineken also purchased

Birra Ichnusa Birra Ichnusa, or simply Ichnusa, is a brand of Sardinian-made beer, which is brewed in Assemini, a town near the Sardinian capital Cagliari. History It is named after the Latinized ancient name taken from Ancient Greek ''Ikhnoûssa'' (Ἰχ� ...

, a brewery founded in 1912 in

Assemini Assemini (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It has 25,577 inhabitant ...

, a town near the Sardinian capital

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. It is named after the

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ized ancient name Sardinia, ''Hyknusa''.

=Birra Moretti

= Birra Moretti was founded in

Udine Udine ( ; ; ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps. It is the capital of the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity ...

in 1859 by Luigi Moretti. Heineken acquired the company in 1996, selling the brewing plant to the new Castello beer company. There are eight beers under the Birra Moretti brand. ''Birra Moretti'' is the main brand, a 4.6% abv

launched in 1859, followed by ''La Rossa'' is a 7.2% strong dark lager or

dunkel Dunkel (), or Dunkles (), is a word used for several types of dark German lager. ''Dunkel'' is the German word meaning "dark", and dunkel beers typically range in color from amber to dark reddish brown. They are characterized by their smooth, ma ...

. Other brands include ''Doppio Malto'', ''Baffo d'Oro'', and ''Sans Souci''. It also has a number of bottled beers named after regions of Italy, such as ''Piemontese'', a 5.5%ABV

fruit beer Fruit beer is beer made with fruit added as an adjunct or flavouring. It can be made for example with strawberries, plums, raspberries, or cherries. It's an additive- or flavoring-containing form. Initially manufactured in Belgium, fruit beer i ...

Affligem Brewery

The Op-Ale brewery in

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, Belgium was licensed by the

Affligem Abbey Affligem Abbey (, ) is a Benedictine order, Benedictine abbey in the historic village of Hekelgem, now in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, to the north-west of Brussels. Dedicated in 1086, it was the most important monas ...

to brew beers under the Affligem Abbey brand name, along with their own Op-Ale, as well as beers under the brand name of the Postel Abbey. Affligem was taken over by Heineken who renamed it the Affligem brewery. The brewery produces a range of beers, including Affligem Blonde, a 6.8%

pale ale Pale ale is a golden to amber coloured beer style brewed with pale malt. The term first appeared in England around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at th ...

; Affligem Dubbel, a 7%

dubbel The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861. In 1926, ...

, Affligem Tripel, a 9.5%

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and Affligem Patersvat, a 6.8%

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Athenian Brewery

''Amstel'', ''Heineken'', Athenian, Alfa Hellenic, Fischer, Marathon, Zorbas Athenian Brewery S.A. is one of the most important beer producers and traders in Greece. It was established in 1963 by a group of Greek entrepreneurs and is a member of Heineken Group N. V. In 1965, the first plant started its operation in

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, producing Amstel beer. The second plant was inaugurated in 1974 in Thessaloniki, expanding the production, whereas Amstel became one of the most famous beers in the Greek market, just like it still is today. In 1981, Athenian Brewery started Heineken beer's production in Greece, while a third plant started operating in Patra.

Amstel Brewery

The Amstel brewery was founded in 1870 in

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, Netherlands. It was taken over by Heineken in 1968, and the brewing plant closed down in 1972, with production moving to the main Heineken plant at

. Heineken offer several beers under the Amstel brand. ''Amstel Lager'' uses predominantly pilsener malt, although some Vienna malt is also used. It is sold in 75 countries. ''Amstel Light'' is a 3.5% abv

. ''Amstel 1870'' is a slightly dark 5% abv lager. In France a beer called ''Amstel Free'', with minimal alcohol content – about 1% abv, is produced.

Beamish and Crawford

Beamish & Crawford in Cork brews both an Irish stout and a

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. It has been part of Heineken since 2009.

Botchkarev Brewery

Botchkarev (''Russian:'' Бочкарев) is a Russian brewery that started as a soft drinks company called Bravo, opening a brewery in

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in 1988. In 1993 a group of Icelandic businessmen founded a bottling plant in

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, which was later sold to

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. Since 1995 the company named "Bravo International" launched production of

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s and lemonades under "Bravo" brand at its new site. In 1998 "Bravo International" started construction of a brewery in Saint Petersburg, where in February 1999, "Botchkarev" beer was first brewed. The "Botchkarov" brand of beer was created by Bravo's American marketing director, Brian Kean. The name and marketing message revived Russian beer-drinking traditions. Botchkarov is a Russian surname-- "botchka" which means barrel in Russian; and then linked it to the "proper" rules for beer consumption. In 2002 Bravo sold its brewing business to

. Since 2004 Bochkarev is brewed also under license in

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brewery Tian Shan; since 2006 its production started at a newly acquired PIT brewery in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Prego ...

. On top of that the beer has been available for export mainly in CIS countries and those with a notable number of Russian expats. The assortment range includes the following beer types: * Botchkarev lager (Botchkarev svetloye) * Botchkarev classic (Botchkarev klassicheskoye) * Botchkarev extra (Botchkarev krepkoye) * Botchkarev without alcohol (Botchkarev bezalkogolnoye)

Brand Brewery

Brand Brewery is a Dutch brewery founded in 1871 by the Brand family in

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. The name comes from the Brand family which in 1871 purchased the Netherlands' oldest brewery (originally founded in 1340) and remained in management after its acquisition by Heineken. The brewery produces eight beers. ''Brand Pils'' is a 5.0% abv pale lager made since 1902. It is sold in the United States as ''Royal Brand Beer''; ''Brand Urtyp'' is a 5.5% abv pale lager introduced in 1952 and claimed to be based on the

Pilsener Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery. Histor ...

recipe from 1842 – Urtyp stands for "original"; ''Brand Oud Bruin'' (Brand Old Brown) is a 3.5% abv

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; ''Brand Cuvée'' a 5.5% abv top fermenting pale lager; ''Brand Imperator'' (since 1949) – 6.5% abv – amber colored, full malted

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; ''Brand Meibock'' (since 1994) a 6.5% abv goldbrown Spring seasonal beer; ''Brand Dubbelbock'' (since 1987) a 7.5% abv Autumn seasonal beer; ''Brand Sylvester'' (since 1984) a 7.5% abv Winter seasonal beer.

Caledonian Brewery

Caledonian Brewery is a Scottish brewery founded in 1869 in

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, primarily specialising in

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. Between 2004 and 2008, the brewery was bought by Scottish and Newcastle.

Central de Cervejas brewery

Sociedade Central de Cervejas (SCC) is a Portuguese brewery, founded in 1934, that produces a range of beers, mainly pale lagers. Its main output is the Sagres brand of beers. The company has been controlled since April 2008 by Heineken. The Sagres brand was created in 1940 to represent Sociedade Central de Cervejas at the

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, and is named after a town of the same name. It was the first beer to be exported by SCC, arriving first in

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before being exported to the Azores and the various Portuguese Overseas Territories across the world. Sagres beers made: * Sagres * Sagres Preta * Sagres Bohemia * Sagres Radler * Sagres sem Álcool * Sagres sem Álcool Preta * Sagres Special Editions

Cruzcampo Brewery

Founded in 1904 by Roberto Osborne and Agustín Osborne in

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, takes the name of ''La Cruz del Campo'' (The Cross of the Field), which used to be a cross in the middle of the field, which still stands today next to the brewery in Seville. Nowadays it is part of the

corporation who bought it from

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. Cruzcampo can be found anywhere in Spain, but it is in

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where it is most consumed. It has breweries in

, Madrid,

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and Arano. The logo since 1926 has been the figure of

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, a legendary creator of beer. Cruzcampo is the sponsor of the

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. Beers also made: * Cruzcampo Pilsen 4.8% ABV * Cruzcampo "Gran Reserva" 6.4% ABV strong lager, winner of the 2009 World Beer Awards. *

Shandy Shandy is beer or cider mixed with a lemon flavoured beverage, usually half lemonade and half beer or cider, resulting in a lower ABV for the finished drink. Shandies are popular in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbea ...

Cruzcampo 0.9% ABV. * Cruzcampo Export. * Cruzcampo Sin, Alcohol Free. * Cruzcampo Navidad (Brewed only in Christmas) * Cruzcampo Light, 2.4% ABV * Cruzcampo Pilsner, sin Gluten * Big Cruzcampo. * El León. * Krone Lager. * Spieler Pils.

De Ridder Brewery

The De Ridder brewery in

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was taken over by Heineken and closed in 2002. ''Wieckse Witte'', a 5% abv white beer, was introduced in 1988. Fuerstenberg 5242

Fürstenberg Brewery

The Princely Fürstenberg Brewery (Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Brauerei KG) was founded in

Donaueschingen Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Eschinge'') is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the States of Germany, federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar ''Districts of Germany, Kreis''. It ...

, Germany in 1283 by the Princely House of

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. Heineken acquired the brewery in October 2004 through their

Brau Holding International Paulaner Brauerei Gruppe GmbH & Co. KGaA is a holding company for several breweries in Germany. It is the sixth largest holding company of breweries in Germany, with a total production volume of in 2014. It was founded in 2002 and is owned by S ...

AG company which is co-owned by Schörghuber. The brewery produces ''Fürstenberg Gold'', and ''Qowaz'', a drink made from a mix of wheat beer,

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and

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Karlovačko Brewery

The Karlovačko Brewery ( hr: ''Karlovačka pivovara'', shortform Karlovačko) is a Croatian brewery, founded in 1854 by local landowner Baron Nikola Vranyczany in the town of

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. In 2003,

Heineken International Heineken Naamloze vennootschap, N.V. (), branded as The Heineken Company is a Dutch multinational corporation, multinational brewery, brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. Heineken owns over 165 breweries in m ...

acquired a majority stake. As of December 2006, the following beers are brewed regularly by Karlovačko: *Karlovačko pivo (

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) *Karlovačko Radler lemon (

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) *Karlovačko Radler grapefruit (

) *Karlovačko crno (

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) *Karlovačko Rally (

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) *

Gösser Gösser () beer is the main brand of Göss Brewery in Leoben, one of the largest and most-well known in Austria. The brewery is part of Brau Union, the largest Austrian brewer, whose majority shareholder is the Dutch brewing company Heineken. His ...

Dark *

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*Edelweiss Snowfresh *

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Krušovice Brewery

The Royal Brewery of Krušovice (, shortform Krušovice) is a Czech brewery, established in 1581 by Jiří Birka in the village of

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. The brewery gained a contract to provide beer to Emperor

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in 1583, allowing them to use the

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as part of the company's logo. The company was acquired by Heineken in July 2007. As of December 2023, the following beers are brewed regularly by Krušovice: *Krušovice Originál 10° *Krušovice Mušketýr 11° *Krušovice Ležák 12° *Krušovice Královský Ležák *Krušovice černé

Laško Brewery

Murphy's Brewery

Murphy's brewery was founded in

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, Ireland in 1856. It was known as Lady's Well Brewery until it was purchased by Heineken in 1983, when the name changed to Murphy Heineken Brewery Ireland Ltd. The two most notable brands are ''

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'', a 4.3% Irish stout, and ''Murphy's Irish Red'', a 5%

Irish ale Pale ale is a golden to amber coloured beer style brewed with pale malt. The term first appeared in England around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at tha ...

France

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=Brasserie Pelforth (Pelforth brewery)

Pelforth is a French brewery founded in 1914 in

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by three Lillois brewers. It was originally called Pelican, after a dance popular at the time. Production was stopped during World War II, restarting in 1950. The brewery name was changed in 1972 to Pelforth. It was bought by Français de Brasserie in 1986, which was acquired by Heineken International in 1988. The brewery produces the Pelforth brand of beers: ''Pelforth'', an ale, was first brewed in 1935 using two different types of malt and English yeast. The name came from "Pel" for pelican, "forte" for strong, because it contains a lot of malt (43 kg/hL), and the h added to give it an English feel. In addition to the ''Blonde'' (5.8% abv) and ''Brune'' (6.5% abv), ''Pelforth Amber'' (6% abv) was introduced in 2003. The Pelforth brewery also produces ''George Killian's'', a 6.5% amber or

. Among connoisseurs, it is "famous for its strong speciality beers".

Skopje Brewery

The Skopje Brewery (

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: Пивара Скопје, ''Pivara Skopje'') is a

brewery in

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. It is a joint venture between Coca-Cola HBC AG and

. Skopje brews the Skopsko brand as well as Gorsko. ''Skopsko'' (

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: Скопско) is a 4.9% pale lager introduced in 1924. The ingredients are water; barley malt; unmalted cereals; hops; and brewers yeast. The advertising slogan is "Our Best" ().

Soproni Sörgyár

Heineken Hungária The Heineken Hungaria Breweries Plc., as a Hungarian subsidiary of the international Heineken Group. It has two sites in Hungary in Sopron and Martfű, based on the former Sopron Brewery (Soproni Sörgyár) and Martfű Brewery (Martfűi Sörgyár) ...

is the Hungarian branch of the company. Its main production site, Soproni Sörgyár (

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) was founded in 1895. It was acquired by Heineken in 2003 by the purchase of the then-owner Austrian Bräu-Union AG.

Starobrno Brewery

Starobrno (Pivovar Starobrno), is a brewery in

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, Czech Republic, founded in 1325 by the Old Brno monastery. It is now owned by Heineken. The main brand is ''Starobrno'', a 5% abv pale lager.

Zagorka Brewery

The Zagorka brewery was founded in 1902 and is based in

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, Bulgaria. In the mid-1990s Zagorka became a fully owned subsidiary of Heineken. The brewery brews various Heineken brands for distribution within Bulgaria, and three exclusive brands: '' Zagorka'' (, 5%

), named after the brewery's home city of

; and '' Stolichno'' (a 6.5%

strong dark lager or

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) and ''

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'' (a 4.5% pale lager), both originally produced in

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by the Ariana Brewery.

Zlatý Bažant Brewery

Zlatý Bažant brewery was founded in 1969 in

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, then bought by Heineken in 1995. There are several brands, among them ''

12°'' (''Golden Pheasant''), a 5% abv (12 degrees

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) pale lager, and ''Kelt 12°'', another 5% pale lager.

Żywiec Brewery

Żywiec Brewery was founded in 1852 by the

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family in

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, Poland. It was

nationalised Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization contrasts with ...

after the Second World War. The brewery was acquired by Heineken in the mid-1990s along with the Warszawskie Brewery,

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. The brewery produces several brands of beer, usually

s of varying strengths from usually 10.5° to 14° Balling or 4–6% alcohol, including: *''Żywiec Full'' a

*''Żywiec Porter'' a

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*''Żywiec Full Light'' a pale lager *''Królewskie'' (English translation: Royal), a 6% abv

distributed in Warsaw and Poland. The label shows an image of King

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. In 2005 production was moved to the

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Middle East and Africa

Al Ahram Brewery

Al Ahram (Al Ahram Beverages Company or ABC) is an Egyptian brewery previously in

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and currently in

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(

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), founded in 1897. The company was nationalized in 1963 during the tenure of Egypt's second president,

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. It was privatized in 1997. It was bought by Heineken International in 2002. ABC produces the local brands along with a range of soft drinks. Local Beers *

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50cl, 33cl – 4.5% Alc/vol (Flagship Brand) *

50cl returnable bottle – 4.5%Alc/vol *Sakara Gold 50cl, 33cl – 4.0%Alc/vol *Sakara Weizen 50cl – 5.0%Alc/vol (German Weißbier Style Brew) *Sakara King 50cl – 10.0%Alc/vol *Meister Max – 8.0%Alc/vol *Sakara El King (Double Imperial Lager) – 15.0%Alc/vol *Heineken 50cl, 33cl – 5.0%Alc/vol *

33cl – 5.9%Alc/vol – Tequila Flavored Lager Non Alcoholic Beverages *Amstel Zero – 0.0%Alc/vol *Birell – 0.0%Alc/vol *Fayrouz – 0.0%Alc/vol – Multiple flavors Export Beer: *Rex Strong Beer 50cl – 8% Alc/vol (Lebanon) *Meister Export – 5.2% Alc/Vol RTD Beverages *ID Edge 5.0%Alc/vol – Watermelon *ID Double Edge 10.0%Alc/vol – (Energy / Watermelon / Green Apple / Pineapple) *Cubana Rum Mix 10.0%Alc/vol – (Melon / Cola) *Butler's Gin Mix 10.0%Alc/vol – Lemon & Mint

Almaza Brewery

Almaza (Brasserie Almaza S.A.L.) is a Lebanese brewery and beer brand, founded in 1933 in Bauchrieh by Lebanese shareholders, mainly the Jabre family, the Almaza Brewery was initially called Brasserie Franco-Libano-Syrienne. In 1950, the name of the brewery changed to Brasserie et Malterie Almaza. In 1960, the second generation of shareholders took over the management of the brewery. After the

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in the 1990s the brewery took its final name: Brasserie Almaza. In December 2021, Philippe Jabre took majority ownership of Brasserie Almaza. Almaza exports to Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia and in the

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. Beers: *Almaza Pilsener 33cl 4.2% alc. *Almaza Pilsener 50cl 4.2% alc. *Almaza Pure Malt 6% alc. (malt beer) *Al Rayess Beer 5% alc. *Almaza Light 33cl 2.7% alc. *Almaza Radler (beer & lemon) 33cl 2.0% alc. *Laziza Apple Light 0% alc. *Almaza Special Dark, 33cl 6.0% alc.

Sedibeng Brewery

Heineken entered the South African beer market by building a large greenfields brewery in

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south of Johannesburg. This is a joint venture with

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(who own 25%) and was opened in 2010. Brands produced here: * Heineken Lager * Amstel Lager * Windhoek Lager * Smirnoff Spin * Smirnoff Storm

Asia-Pacific

Partnership with Fraser & Neave

Heineken and Fraser & Neave set up Malayan Breweries in 1931. In 1990, Malayan Breweries changed to its present name, Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) and acquired 90% of

DB Breweries DB Breweries is a New Zealand–based brewing company, owned by Heineken Asia Pacific. Founded in 1930 by Sir Henry Kelliher and W Joseph Coutts, the partners purchased Levers and Co. and the Waitemata Brewery Co. in Ōtāhuhu. Asia Pacific Br ...

in 2004.

Asia Pacific Breweries

Launched in 1932, Tiger Beer became Singapore's first locally brewed beer. It is a 5%

bottled

. As APB's exclusive flagship brand, it is available in more than 60 countries worldwide. ''Reeb'' is a brand of beer produced by Asia Pacific Breweries. Reeb is "beer" spelled backwards. Its Chinese brand name is 力波啤酒. The first two characters 力波 (meaning "strong wave", pronounced ''libo'') are the closest pronunciation there is in Chinese to ''Reeb''. Reeb's distribution is primarily in the Shanghai area.

DB Breweries

DB Breweries is a New Zealand

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founded in 1930 by Sir Henry Kelliher and

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acquired 90% of DB Breweries in 2004. There are several beers produced under the DB brand, including ''DB Draught'', a 4% amber coloured lager;''Export Gold'' a 4% pale lager ''Export Gold'' was first brewed as DB Export as a result of the " Black Budget" from then

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which imposed extremely high duty on imported premium lagers, though the extent to which the 'black budget' influenced the creation of DB Export is currently under dispute. DB Export was initially brewed as a 5.4% premium lager and with "Export" in the title to compete with international premium lagers. In 1994, the name was changed from DB Export to DB Export Gold, and in 1998 to simply Export Gold.

Tui Brewery

The Tui Brewery was established in 1889 in

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in the

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region of North Island New Zealand by Henry Wagstaff and Edward Lyons Russell; it was taken over by

in 1969. The brewery tower is shown in advertising campaigns for Tui Beer which feature a statement, such as "War will bring peace" followed by the dismissive tag line "Yeah right". ''Tui East India Pale Ale'' (''Tui''), a 4% amber lager, is the main brand.

Monteith's

Monteith's Monteith's Brewery Company was originally a family-owned brewing company until it was bought by DB Breweries. It continued to brew its beers on the West Coast of New Zealand until DB decided that the cost of keeping production there was no lo ...

Brewery Company was originally a family-owned brewery on New Zealand's South Island West coast. DB Breweries bought it and closed its

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brewery in 2001; this was since reopened, however, and production also takes place at