The Madeira Brewery () is a brewery in

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. The main brand is ''Coral Lager''. The company is the biggest producer and drink distributor in the Autonomous Region of

. It produces alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Until 2007, ECM drinks had been awarded 117

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awards. However, Monde Selection awards are non-competitive and only products that pay to enter are judged.

Brands (in alphabetical order)

Brisa

* Brisa Água Tónica * Brisa Ananás * Brisa Cola * Brisa Cola Light * Brisa Cola Zero * Brisa Laranja * Brisa Limonada * Brisa Maçã * Brisa Maracujá * Brisa Manga Mix *

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*BriSol Laranja *BriSol Maracujá *BriSol Trópico *BriSol Maçã *Brisol Manga Zero *BriTea Limão *BriTea Pêssego *BriTea Maracujá

Coral & Zarco

''Coral'' was first introduced in 1969 and is distributed in Madeira and the Portuguese mainland; it is exported to the US, UK, Australia and

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. *''Coral Branca''

Lager Lager (; ) is a Type of beer, style of beer brewed and Brewing#Conditioning, conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be Pale lager, pale, Amber lager, amber, or Dark lager, dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially availab ...

(5.3% Vol) introduced in 1969 *''Coral Tónica''

Stout Stout is a type of dark beer that is generally warm fermented, such as dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout and imperial stout. Stout is a type of ale. The first known use of the word "stout" for beer is in a document dated 1677 in the E ...

(5.1% Vol) introduced in 1969 *''Coral Sem Álcool Branca'' Non-alcoholic Lager (0.5% Vol) introduced in 2003 *''Coral Sem Álcool Tónica'' Non-alcoholic Stout (0.5% Vol) introduced in 2003 *''Zarco''

(4.5% Vol)

Others

*Laranjada *Atlântida sem gás *Atlântida com gás *Atlântida limão

History

1872 - “H.P Miles & Cia" is created to produce

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and

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1922 - “Araújo, Tavares e Passos" is created for the same purpose
1934 - “H.P Miles & Cia” and “Araújo, Tavares e Passos” merge into 1 company called Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira
1999 - The Pestana Group in partnership with the Miles family, founders of the beer industry in Madeira, purchased the shares of Central de Cervejas in E.C.M. gaining absolute control of the company with a 68% controlling interest.

References

External links

Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira - Brewery of Madeira website
(in Portuguese)
www.ratebeer.com
- Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira
www.cervejacoral.com
(in Portuguese)
www.brisanet.pt
(in Portuguese) {{Alcoholic drinks Breweries in Portugal