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Modelo Brewery designed by the Cuban
On 14 October 1960, after 34 years of uninterrupted growth, Compañía Ron Bacardi S.A.’s Cuban assets, including the three Hatuey Breweries, were confiscated by the revolutionary government, and Hatuey lost its market. During this period, sales of Hatuey Beer were 12,000,000 cases per year.
Beginning in 2011, the Bacardi family again began making beers in the United States to market under the Hatuey label.Klein, Lee.
''Hatuey Beer Returns as a Microbrew.''
Miami New Times, Dec. 6, 2011.
architect
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, Enrique Luis Varela, was built in 1948 for Compañia Ron Bacardi S.A.
Bacardi Limited (; ) is one of the largest privately held, family-owned Distilled beverage, spirits companies in the world. Originally known for its Bacardi brand of white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels. Founde ...
Eduardo Luis Rodriguez. ''The Havana Guide - Modern Architecture 1925-1965.'' Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2000. Its address is the Corner of 52 and Carretera Central, Cotorro, Havana
Cotorro, or San Pedro del Cotorro, is one of the 15 municipalities (''municipios'' in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba.
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. In 1952 Ernest Hemingway
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featured Hatuey
Hatuey (), also Hatüey (; died 2 February 1512) was a Taíno ''Cacique'' (chief) of the Hispaniola province of Guahaba (present-day La Gonave, Haiti). He lived from the late 15th until the early 16th century. One day Chief Hatuey and many of ...
beer in his book ''The Old Man and the Sea
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''. When he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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, the company threw him a party at the Modelo Brewery. Hemingway was a frequent patron of the brewery since it was located near to his home in Havana at Finca Vigía.
Architecture
This building has monumental proportions typical of Varela's works ( Revolution Square in Havana), with a modern aesthetic. The corner is a cylinder that becomes a hinge between the two facades. One side is dotted with small windows and the other almost blank and marked by horizontal bands reminiscent of theStreamline Moderne
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architecture style.
The building was to service Cuba's growing demand for Hatuey
Hatuey (), also Hatüey (; died 2 February 1512) was a Taíno ''Cacique'' (chief) of the Hispaniola province of Guahaba (present-day La Gonave, Haiti). He lived from the late 15th until the early 16th century. One day Chief Hatuey and many of ...
beer. This brewery was constructed ten miles from Havana in a site named El Cotorro in 1948. Being true to its name, it was a state-of-the-art facility, a model brewery. In Modelo's first nineteen months of production, 3.5 million liters of beer were produced. and in 1959, 10 million cases were produced and Hatuey Beer controlled 50% of Cuba's beer market.
Confiscation
On 14 October 1960, after 34 years of uninterrupted growth, Compañía Ron Bacardi S.A.’s Cuban assets, including the three Hatuey Breweries, were confiscated by the revolutionary government, and Hatuey lost its market. During this period, sales of Hatuey Beer were 12,000,000 cases per year.
Beginning in 2011, the Bacardi family again began making beers in the United States to market under the Hatuey label.Klein, Lee.''Hatuey Beer Returns as a Microbrew.''
Miami New Times, Dec. 6, 2011.
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