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The city of Valdivia in southern Chile is often referred as Chile's "beer capital".[2]
History
There is long tradition of brewing a drink called chicha[3] that might be classified as corn beer by modern standards, though is not considered as such in South America. Chicha was originally brewed with corn, influenced by the Andean cultures of northern Chile and Peru, but during colonial times apple and grape chicha started to be brewed across the country as a cheaper alternative to wine. There were at least four major alcoholic drinks during colonial times in Chile: wine, pisco-aguardiente, apple chicha and grape chicha.
Modern beer (Spanish, cerveza chilena) history in Chile began in the 19th century when European beer was first introduced in the years after Chile gained
Economy
Pisco, wine and rum are popular alcoholic drinks in Chile but there has been a slow increase in the sales of lager, pale ale from local microbreweries and imported pale lager. Although Chilean beer consumption is low compared to the rest of the South American region, beer is still the most consumed alcoholic beverage and takes 60% of the total market share for alcoholic drinks. Premium beers alone hold an 18% share of the total market, the highest share seen among the countries of the region.[10] Craft beers in Chile.[11][clarification needed] Part of the so-called premium sector, craft beers have gained ground in recent years,[12] and today there are more than 300 micro-breweries in Chile. Cía Cervecerías Unidas SA, a local company, is the leading Chilean beer company, producing mainly lager beers.[13]
Chilean beers
There are two main big industrial large-scale beer producers in Chile: Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) and Cervecería Chile. All others are considered small producers (low volume) and/or craft producers.
Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas (CCU)
Created in 1902 with the merge of Plagemann, Limache and Gubler & Cousiño beer companies. They produce their own brands of beer and some international brands, along with soft drinks and other alcoholic products.[14] Products include:
- Cerveza Cristal and its varieties Cristal Light and Cristal Zero (non-alcoholic)
- Escudo
- Royal Guard and its variety Royal Guard Black Label
- Malta Morenita
- Dorada
- Lemon Stones (low-alcohol lemon-flavored beer mix)
- Heineken (under license)
- Tecate (under license)
- Coors and Coors Light (under license)
- Sol (under license)
Cervecería Chile
Produce their own brands and also many known international brands:.[15] Products include:
- Baltica
- Becker
- Malta del sur
- Brahma (under license)
- Beck's (under license)
- Paceña (under license)
- Stella Artois (under license)
- Quilmes (under license)
These include smaller volume beer producers and are considered premium brands.
- Kunstmann. From Valdivia, founded in 1850 as Anwandter Beer Company, destroyed in the 1960 Valdivia earthquake and refounded as Kunstmann Brewery, it is actually labeled as a craft beer, and is distributed by CCU. Produces a great variety of different types of beer including Torobayo, Lager, Bock, Honey, Blueberry, Wheat, Session IPA, Non-filtered and Non-alcoholic.[16]
- Austral. Founded circa 1896 in the Patagonia region in Punta Arenas as Cervecería La Patagona, later Polar Beer. It is the most southern beer company in the world. Produces varieties such as Lager, Ale, Torres del Paine, Yagán Dark and Patagona Pale Ale.[17]
Craft beer brands
Other brands that are entirely considered as craft beers. They are generally low or very low volume producers. In Chile there are more than 150 craft beer producers distributed along the 15 Chilean Regions.[18] The list below includes:
- Maihue, from Curicó, in the Maule Region[19]
- Kross, from Curacaví near Santiago. Claims to have won more prizes than any other Chilean brewery in the last two years,[20] and ranks first place as the most recognized brand associated with craft beer.[21]
- Del Puerto, from Valparaíso, in the Valparaíso Region[22]
- Cuello Negro, from Valdivia, in the Los Lagos Region.[23] Best known brewery in the south of Chile.[24]
- Guayacán, from Coquimbo Region.[25] Best known brewery in the north of Chile.[26]
- Tübinger, from Pirque near Santiago.[27]
- Szot, from Talagante near Santiago[28]
- Granizo, from Olmué, in the Valparaíso Region.[29]
- Volcanes del Sur, from Colbun, in the Maule Region.[30]
- Jester, from Santiago.[31]
- D'olbeck, from Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region[32]
- Die M, from Paine near Santiago.[33]
- Grassau, from La Araucanía Region[34]
- Mestra, from Paine near Santiago[35]
- Polar Imperial, from Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region.[36]
- Quimera, from Quinta Normal in Santiago[37]
- Capital, from Batuco, north of Santiago[38]
See also
- Beer and breweries by region
References
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- ^ Dannemann, Victoria (2016-08-10). "Lúpulo germano-valdiviano para el boom cervecero". Deutsche Welle (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Ancient Peru's ritual beer binges, BBC, July 31, 2004, sec. Americas. Retrieved 31 August 2008
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- ^ Chile lidera consumo per cápita de cervezas premium Economía y Negocios, Constanza Rodríguez, June 05, 2013 retrieved August 8, 2013
- ^ Las variedades de cervezas que presenta Chile cnnchile.com June 18, 2013, retrieved August 08,02013
- ^ Five of Chile's best craft brewers www.thisischile.cl/ November 15, 2011, retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ euromonitor.com Retrieved 31 August 2008
- ^ Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ Cervecería Chile Archived 2015-09-14 at the Wayback Machine retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ www.cerveza-kunstmann.cl http://www.cerveza-kunstmann.cl/. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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- ^ Cerveza Artesanal Maihue retrieved 2011
- ^ Cervecería Kross retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ "Encuesta de Percepción de la Cerveza Artesanal en Chile 2017", TomoCerveza, July 2017 retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Del Puerto retrieved August 8, 2013
- ^ Cervecería Cuello Negro retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ "Encuesta de Percepción de la Cerveza Artesanal en Chile 2017", TomoCerveza, July 2017 retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Guayacán retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ "Encuesta de Percepción de la Cerveza Artesanal en Chile 2017", TomoCerveza, July 2017 retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Tübinger Archived 2018-09-20 at the Wayback Machine retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Szot retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Granizo retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Volcanes del Sur retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Jester en TomoCerveza retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Marcas CCU retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Die M retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Grassau Archived 2010-05-07 at the Wayback Machine retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ Cervecería Mestra retrieved August 8, 2013
- ^ Cervecería Polar Imperial en TomoCerveza retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Quimera en TomoCerveza retrieved September 20, 2018
- ^ Cervecería Capital retrieved August 8, 2013