Brahma (beer)

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Brahma
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Type Brazilian beer
Introduced1888
Alcohol by volume  4-5%
Website http://brahma.com/

Brahma is a Brazilian beer, originally made by the Manufactura de Cerveja Brahma Villiger & Companhia, which was founded in 1888 later, the name changed to Companhia Cervejaria Brahma which was succeeded by Ambev . In 1914, Brahma produced their national Malzbier. After that, the company began expanding internationally. The company bought the license for distribution of the Germania brand, which later was known as Guanabara, and was one of the earliest of the Brazilian beer brands. [1]

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As of now, it is the second most consumed beer brand in Brazil and the ninth most consumed worldwide. In Brazil, it's considered the third most valuable brand, valued at 4.3 billion US dollars.

In 1934, Brahma introduced the new bottled draft Brahma Chopp, and it became a Brazilian bestseller. [2] In 1989, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto Sicupira and Marcel Telles bought Companhia Cervejaria Brahma for $50 million. [1]

History

Guarana Brahma was a brazillian beverage created in 1927. Guarana Brahma do museu.JPG
Guaraná Brahma was a brazillian beverage created in 1927.

The name Brahma baptized several products from the same brewery, like Guaraná Brahma and Brahma Extra. With the merger of the brewery with Antarctica to create Ambev, the brand came to be one of the principal beverage used by the new company. However, the version Guaraná Brahma discontinued in favor of the former competitor Guaraná Antarctica.

Its advertising campaigns have won awards at several festivals, such as Cannes festival.

Since the 2000s, the beer has undergone a process of internationalization, and is now sold in thirty countries, notably Belgium, Canada, the United States, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands.

Brahma is a beer produced primarily for the Brazilian domestic market. Controversially, Brahma is now brewed in the Czech Republic.[ citation needed ]

Brands

Naming controversy

In 2020 an interfaith coalition pressed the company to remove the name of the Hindu god Brahma from its name. [3] [ dead link ]

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Tony (4 March 2004). "A Bet on a Brazilian Brewery Pays Off for 3 Investors". The New York Times.
  2. "History of Companhia de Bebidas das Américas – FundingUniverse".
  3. WILLIAM J. KOLE (2020-07-14). "Campaign brewing to get Hindu god Brahma off popular beer". WFMZ.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-16.