BEER BY REGION

Beer and breweries by region

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a glass of beer

This is a list of articles and categories dealing with beer and breweries by region. Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage,^[1] and is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea.^[2] It is thought by some to be the oldest fermented beverage.^[3][4][5][6] A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company that makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company. The diversity of size in breweries is matched by the diversity of processes, degrees of automation, and kinds of beer produced in breweries. A brewery is typically divided into distinct sections, with each section reserved for one part of the brewing process.

Contents

• 1 Beer and breweries by region
• 2 Asia
  • 2.1 Armenia
• 3 Europe
  • 3.1 Latvia
  • 3.2 Lithuania
  • 3.3 Macedonia
  • 3.4 Slovakia
  • 3.5 Spain
• 4 North America
  • 4.1 Mexico
  • 4.2 United States
• 5 South America
  • 5.1 Argentina
  • 5.2 Colombia
  • 5.3 Peru
• 6 Beer consumption per capita
• 7 See also
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Beer and breweries by region

Region	Article	Category	List
Africa	Beer in Africa	Beer and breweries in Africa
Albania		Beer and breweries in Albania
Argentina		Beer and breweries in Argentina
Armenia		Beer and breweries in Armenia
Asia	Beer in Asia	Beer and breweries in Asia
Australia	Beer in Australia	Beer and breweries in Australia	List of breweries in Australia
Austria	Beer in Austria	Beer and breweries in Austria
Azerbaijan	Beer in Azerbaijan	Beer and breweries in Azerbaijan
Belarus	Beer in Belarus	Beer and breweries in Belarus	List of major beers in Belarus
Belgium	Beer in Belgium	Beer and breweries in Belgium	List of Belgian beer
Bolivia		Beer and breweries in Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Beer and breweries in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil	Beer in Brazil	Beer and breweries in Brazil
Bulgaria	Beer in Bulgaria	Beer and breweries in Bulgaria
Canada	Beer in Canada	Beer and breweries in Canada	List of breweries in Canada
Cape Verde	Beer in Cape Verde	Beer and breweries in Africa
Caribbean	Beer in the Caribbean	Beer and breweries in the Caribbean	List of beers and breweries in the Caribbean
Central America		Beer and breweries in Central America
Chile	Beer in Chile	Beer and breweries in Chile
China	Beer in China	Beer and breweries in China	List of major Chinese beers
Colombia	Beer in Colombia	Beer and breweries in Colombia	List of Colombian beers
Czech Republic	Beer in Czech Republic	Beer and breweries in the Czech Republic
Denmark	Beer in Denmark	Beer and breweries in Denmark	List of breweries in Denmark
England	Beer in England	Beer and breweries in England	List of breweries in England List of breweries in Berkshire
Eritrea		Breweries in Eritrea
Estonia		Beer and breweries in Estonia
Finland	Beer in Finland	Beer and breweries in Finland	List of breweries in Finland
France	Beer in France	Beer and breweries in France
Germany	Beer in Germany	Beer and breweries in Germany	List of brewing companies in Germany German beer brands and breweries
Greece		Beer and breweries in Greece
Hong Kong	Beer in Hong Kong	Beer and breweries in Hong Kong
Hungary	Beer in Hungary	Beer and breweries in Hungary	List of breweries in Hungary
Iceland	Beer in Iceland	Beer and breweries in Iceland	List of beer brands in Iceland
India	Beer in India	Beer and breweries in India	List of beer brands and breweries in India
Indonesia		Beer and breweries in Indonesia
Iran	Beer in Iran	Beer and breweries in the Middle East
Ireland	Beer in Ireland	Beer and breweries in Ireland
Israel	Beer in Israel	Beer and breweries in Israel
Italy	Beer in Italy	Beer and breweries in Italy
Japan	Beer in Japan	Beer and breweries in Japan
Kazakhstan	Beer in Kazakhstan	Beer and breweries in Asia
Kenya	Beer in Kenya	Beer and breweries in Africa
South Korea	Beer in Korea	Beer and breweries in South Korea
Latvia		Beer and breweries in Latvia
Lebanon		Beer and breweries in Lebanon
Lithuania		Beer and breweries in Lithuania
Luxembourg		Beer and breweries in Luxembourg
Malta		Beer and breweries in Malta
Middle East		Beer and breweries in the Middle East
Mexico	Beer in Mexico	Beer and breweries in Mexico
Montenegro		Beer and breweries in Montenegro
Morocco	Beer in Morocco	Beer and breweries in Africa
Nigeria		Beer and breweries in Nigeria	List of beers and breweries in Nigeria
Netherlands	Beer in the Netherlands	Beer and breweries in the Netherlands	List of Dutch breweries
New Zealand	Beer in New Zealand	Beer and breweries in New Zealand	List of breweries in New Zealand
North America		Beer and breweries in North America
North Korea	Beer in Korea	Beer and breweries in Asia
Norway	Beer in Norway	Beer and breweries in Norway	List of beer brands in Norway
Oceania		Beer and breweries in Oceania
Pakistan		Beer and breweries in Pakistan
Palestinian territories		Beer and breweries in the Palestinian territories
Panama	Beers of Panama	Beer and breweries in Panama	List of beer brands in Panama
Peru		Beer and breweries in Peru
Philippines	Beer in the Philippines	Beer and breweries in the Philippines
Poland	Beer in Poland	Beer and breweries in the Philippines	List of beer brands and varieties in Poland
Portugal	Beer in Portugal	Beer and breweries in Portugal	List of breweries in Portugal
Quebec	Quebec beer	Beer and breweries in Canada	List of breweries in Quebec
Romania	Beer in Romania	Beer and breweries in Romania
Russia	Beer in Russia	Beer and breweries in Russia	List of breweries and beers in Russia
Scotland	Beer in Scotland	Beer and breweries in Scotland]	List of breweries in Scotland
Serbia	Beer in Serbia	Beer and breweries in Serbia	List of breweries and beers in Serbia
Singapore	Beer in Singapore	Beer and breweries in Singapore
Slovakia		Beer and breweries in Slovakia
Slovenia	Beer in Slovenia	Beer and breweries in Slovenia
South Africa	Beer in South Africa	Beer and breweries in South Africa	List of microbreweries in South Africa
South America		Beer and breweries in South America
South Korea	Beer in Korea	Beer and breweries in South Korea
Spain		Beer and breweries in Spain
Sri Lanka	Beer in Sri Lanka	Beer and breweries in Sri Lanka
Sweden	Beer in Sweden	Beer and breweries in Sweden	List of breweries in Sweden
Switzerland		Beer and breweries in Switzerland
Syria	Beer in Syria	Beer and breweries in Switzerland
Taiwan	Beer in Taiwan	Beer and breweries in Asia
Tasmania	Tasmanian beer	Beer and breweries in Australia	List of Tasmanian breweries
Thailand	Beer in Thailand	Beer and breweries in Asia	List of breweries in Thailand
Tibet	Beer in Tibet	Beer and breweries in China
Turkey	Beer in Turkey	Beer and breweries in Turkey	List of beer brands in Turkey
Ukraine	Beer in Ukraine	Beer and breweries in Ukraine	List of major breweries and beer brands in Ukraine
United Kingdom	Beer in the United Kingdom	Beer and breweries in the United Kingdom
United States	Beer in the United States	Beer and breweries in the United States	List of breweries in the United States
Europe		Beer and breweries in Europe
Venezuela	Beer in Venezuela	Beer and breweries in Venezuela
Wales	Beer in Wales	Beer and breweries in Wales	List of Welsh breweries

Asia

Main article: Beer in Asia

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 5th century B.C. work Anabasis: "There were stores within of wheat and barley and vegetables, and wine made from barley in great big bowls; the grains of barley malt lay floating in the beverage up to the lip of the vessel, and reeds lay in them, some longer, some shorter, without joints; when you were thirsty you must take one of these into your mouth, and suck. The beverage without admixture of water was very strong, and of a delicious flavour to certain palates, but the taste must be acquired."
Currently there are four local breweries throughout the country making a variety of beer types: Yerevan Brewery^[7] in Yerevan - 14 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 the Armenian province east of Yerevan), Erebuni (named after the historical settlement in the southeastern part of present day Yerevan), Abovyan and Castelbeer brands; Gyumri-Garejour Brewery in Gyumri - 3 types of beer brand Gyumri and 1 type of beer brand Aleksandrapol; Lihnitis Sevan Brewery in Sevan - beer brands Kellers and Kellers Gold.

Europe

Europe's largest single brewery and single malting facility in terms of installed capacity currently are the Obolon CJSC's production facility in Kiev, Ukraine, and malting facility in Chemerivtsi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, respectively^[8]

Latvia

Beer is a historic traditions in Latvia and is known to have been made before the Northern Crusades in the 13th 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.

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 brewery

• 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

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 (Ambar).

North America

Mexico

Main article: Beer in Mexico

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Beer in Mexico has a long history. Mesoamerican cultures knew of fermented alcoholic beverages, including a corn beer. Only two corporations, Grupo Modelo (owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev) and FEMSA (owned by Heineken International) control the majority of the Mexican beer market. Beer is a major export for the country, with most going to the United States, but is available in over 150 countries in the world.

United States

Main articles: Beer in the United States and List of breweries in the United States

See also: List of Great American Beer Festival medalists

South America

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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.

Colombia

See also: Beer in Colombia

With almost 90% of the Colombia market, Bavaria is the most popular Colombian beer.

Peru

The consumption per capita in Peru is 22 liters per year.
Three local producers are: 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 selection of imported beers such as Erdinger and Flensburger from Germany, Strong Suffolk and Abbot from the UK, Corona from Mexico, Heineken from the Netherlands, Sapporo from Japan, Stella Artois (the Belgian brand, but made in Argentina), Quilmes also from Argentina, etc.
There are also small local producers of standard beer and many producers of the ancient beer named Chicha, normally made of a local corn named Jora in the traditional "Chicherías".

Beer consumption per capita

Main article: List of countries by beer consumption per capita

Beer consumption per capita by country (2009). Measurements are shown in litres.

See also

	Beer portal
	Lists portal

• List of countries by alcohol consumption
• List of microbreweries
• Alcohol belts of Europe – Beer belt

References

1. "Volume of World Beer Production". European Beer Guide. Archived from the original on 28 October 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
2. Nelson, Max (2005). The Barbarian's Beverage: A History of Beer in Ancient Europe. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 0-415-31121-7. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
3. Rudgley, Richard (1993). The Alchemy of Culture: Intoxicants in Society. London: British Museum Press. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-7141-1736-2. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
4. Arnold, John P (2005). Origin and History of Beer and Brewing: From Prehistoric Times to the Beginning of Brewing Science and Technology. Cleveland, Ohio: Reprint Edition by BeerBooks. p. 411. ISBN 0-9662084-1-2. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
5. Joshua J. Mark (2011). Beer. Ancient History Encyclopedia.
6. World's Best Beers: One ThousandCraft Brews from Cask to Glass. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. 6 October 2009. ISBN 978-1-4027-6694-7. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
7. Kilikia-The Leader Of The Armenian Beer Market
8. Sustainability_Report_2010-11 (Ukrainian)

List of beer styles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A glass of dunkel beer, a German dark lager.

Beer style is a term used to differentiate and categorize beers by various factors including appearance, flavour, ingredients, production method, history, or origin. The term "beer style" and the structuring of world beers into defined categories is largely based on the work done by writer Michael Jackson in his 1977 book The World Guide To Beer.^[1] Fred Eckhardt furthered Jackson's work publishing The Essentials of Beer Style in 1989.
There is no universally agreed list of beer styles as different countries and organisations have different sets of criteria. Organisers of beer competitions such as CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain, the Beer Judge Certification Program's local homebrewing competitions, the Brewers Association's World Beer Cup, and the Brewing Industry International Awards have categories in which beers are judged. The categories are varied and include: "Cask Conditioned Ale",^[2] Gluten Free Beer^[3] and Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer.^[4]
A number of ethnic beers, such as Chhaang and Cauim are not included on any of the main beer style groupings.
Some beer terms such as ale, lager, cask ale cover a wide variety of beer styles.

Contents

• 1 Styles
• 2 Types
• 3 Origin
• 4 References
• 5 Bibliography

Styles

Term	Michael Jackson	Roger Protz	Fred Eckhardt	World Beer Cup	Brewers Publications	CAMRA	BJCP
Altbier	Altbier[5]	Alt[6]			Altbier [7]		Northern German Altbier [8] Düsseldorf Altbier [9]
Amber ale	Amber ale[10]						American Amber Ale[11]
Barley wine	Barley wine[12]	Barley wine[6]			Barley wine [13]	Barley Wine[14]	English Barleywine[15] American Barleywine[16]
Berliner weisse	Berliner weisse[17]	Berliner Weisse[6]					Berliner Weisse[18]
Bière de Garde	Bière de Garde[19]	Bière de garde [6]					Bière de Garde [20]
Bitter	Bitter[21]	Bitter[6]				Bitter[14]	Standard/Ordinary Bitter [22]
Blonde Ale
Bock (Traditional)[23]
Brown ale	Brown Ale[24][25]	Mild and brown ale[6]					English Brown Ale (Mild/Southern English Brown/Northern English Brown) [26] American Brown Ale[27]
California Common	Steam beer[28]						California Common Beer [29]
Cream Ale	Cream Ale[30]
Dortmunder Export	Export / Dortmunder [31][32]
Doppelbock	Doppelbock / "Double" bock[33]
Dunkel
Dunkelweizen							Dunkelweizen[34]
Eisbock	Eisbock[35]
Fruit lambic
Golden Ale						Golden Ales[14]
Gose
Gueuze
Hefeweizen
Helles
India pale ale						N/A (see Pale ale)	English IPA[36] American IPA[37] Imperial IPA[38]
Kölsch
Lambic	Lambic[39]
Light ale						Light Bitters [14]
Maibock/Helles bock
Malt liquor
Mild		Mild and brown ale[6]				Mild[14]	English Brown Ale (Mild/Southern English Brown/Northern English Brown) [26]
Oktoberfestbier/Märzenbier
Old ale						Old Ale[14]	Old Ale[40]
Oud bruin
Pale ale						Pale Ale or IPA [14]
Pilsener/Pilsner/Pils							German Pilsner (Pils)[41] Bohemian Pilsener[42] Classic American Pilsner[43]
Porter						Porter & Stout [14]	Brown Porter / Robust Porter / Baltic Porter [44]
Red ale
Roggenbier							Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)[45]
Saison
Scotch ale
Steam beer
Stout						Porter & Stout [14]	Dry Stout / Sweet Stout / Oatmeal Stout / Foreign Extra Stout / American Stout / Russian Imperial Stout [46]
Schwarzbier
Vienna lager
Witbier
Weissbier							Weizen/Weissbier[47]
Weizenbock							Weizenbock[48]

Types

• Ale
• Bouza
• Boza
• Bozo
• Cask ale
• Cauim
• Chhaang
• Chicha
• Fruit and vegetable beer
• Gruit
• Herb and spiced beer
• Kellerbier
• Kvass
• Lager
• Oshikundu
• Pulque
• Purl
• Sahti^[49]
• Smoked beer
• Strong ale
• Sour ale
• Sulima
• Wheat beer
• Zwickelbier

Origin

Main article: Beers of the world

• Beers of the world
• Beer in Africa
• Beer in Australia
• Beer in India
• Beer in Europe
  • Beer in Belgium
  • Beer in Germany
  • Beer in the United Kingdom
• Beer in North America
  • Beer in the United States

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5. "Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter – Copper-bottom ales halt lager tide in Germany". www.beerhunter.com. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
6. The Taste of Beer: A Guide to Appreciating the Great Beers of the World, Roger Protz, Orion Books Limited, 1998 ISBN 0-7538-0725-4
7. Altbier, Horst D. Dornbusch, Brewers Publications (1998), ISBN 0-937381-62-4
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12. http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000146.html
13. Barley Wine, Fal Allen, Brewers Publications (1998), ISBN 0-937381-59-4
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32. "Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter – Beer Styles: Dortmunder". www.beerhunter.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
33. "Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter – Beer Styles: Doppelbock "Double" bock.". www.beerhunter.com. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
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49. "Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter – Sahti – rural beer with a great Finnish". www.beerhunter.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.