Cervecería Bucanero
The Cerveceria Bucanero SA ( CBSA ) is a Cuban brewing companies. It was founded on May 2, 1997 . Since 2014, the brewery has been owned 50% by the AB-InBev subsidiary AmBev and the Cuban state. Its headquarters are in the capital, Havana , while the brewery is in the eastern Cuban city of Holguín due to the better water quality . The island's largest beer distribution company has an annual production of around 1.5 million hectoliters of beer .
history
The brewery in Holguin was in 1988 with the help of DDR - Technology built. At that time, however, only the Mayabe beer brand was produced there. In 1997, CBSA was founded by Corporación Alimentaria SA, the Cuban food company, and a subsidiary of what was then Interbrew NV, Cerburco Brewing INC. Today, different types of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers are brewed there (see: Products).
In the first half of 2014, the brewery had to interrupt beer production for several months, for which the company management then gave the reason that the malt imported from the Czech Republic did not arrive on time. The interruption led to supply gaps in retail. The Cuban public was only informed of the problems after readers complained to the party organ Granma and production had since resumed.
Products
- Cerveza Cristal , a light beer with 4.9% alcohol.
- Bucanero fuerte , a strong, malty beer with 5.4% alcohol.
- Bucanero Malta , a non-alcoholic malt beer.
- Bucanero Max , a particularly strong beer with 6.5% alcohol content introduced in 2006.
- Mayabe Cerveza Clara , with 4.0% alcohol.
- Cacique , a beer introduced in 2009 with 4.5% alcohol.
The brewery's brands are sold separately in Cuba according to the two currency markets: Cristal and Bucanero are available in restaurants and outlets where people pay with the convertible peso (CUC), while the cheaper brands Mayabe and Cacique for Cuban pesos (CUP) are available.
In Europe, Bucanero beer is sold under the Cubanero brand , Cristal is available as Palma Cristal . CBSA also imports Beck’s beer from Germany to Cuba.
Awards
The beers Bucanero Max and Cerveza Cristal each won a gold medal for outstanding quality at the Monde Selection 2007.
Web links
Coordinates: 20 ° 51 ′ 51 ″ N , 76 ° 16 ′ 11 ″ W.
- Official website of Cerveceria Bucanero SA
- Cristal accepts the challenge, article from May 2003 ( Memento from August 16, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ This Giant Beer Company Invested in a Cuban Beer Company , at www.cubajournal.co , accessed December 30, 2016
- ↑ Germán Veloz Placencia: Bucanero SA afirma que recuperará producciones, in: Granma of May 5, 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ José Alejandro Rodríguez: Añoranza por la "rubia", in: Juventud Rebelde of April 8, 2014, accessed on May 8, 2014 (Spanish)