How Much Beer Do
Costa Ricans
Drink?
According to
Florida Bebidas,
Costa Rica's
national
brewery, the
Cerveceria Costa
Rica, produces
around
39.624.807.85
gallons of beer
a year. That
amount does not
include the
imported beers
like Corona and
US beers.
The success of
the Cerveceria
is to provide
beer drinkers a
variety of
brands that
include:
Imperial,
Imperial Light,
Pilsen, Pilsen
6.0, Bavaria
Gold, Bavaria
Light, Bavaria
Dark, Heineken
(under license),
Rock Ice, Rock
Ice Limón and
the
non-alcoholic
brew, Kaiser.
The brewery also
has exclusive
rights to Toña
and Gallo beers.
Imperial is
Costa Rica's
favourite beer
The brewery is
also the first
in Latin America
authorized to
brew Heineken
and among the
first to
introduce
"light", "ice
brew" and non
alcoholic beers.
According to the
print daily, La
Teja, the
national brewery
is getting ready
to launch a new
beer, the "Rock
Ice Golden
Monkey".
Although no
information on
the new beer
could be found
on the Florida
Bebidas website,
the La Teja says
it will in the
market next week
and is similar
to the Rock Ice
but with a twist
of "mangostán" (mangosteen"
a tropical
evergreen tree,
believed to have
originated in
the Sunda
Islands and the
Moluccas of
Indonesia). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcinia_mangostana)
In addition to
beers,
Cerverceria also
produces the
flavored
alcoholic
beverages like
Smirnoff Ice,
Bamboo and Cuba
Libre.
Florida Bebidas,
in addition to
alcoholic
drinks, also
produces water
drinks under the
brands "Agua
Cristal",
Tropical and
Tampico juice
drinks, Maxi
Malta, Maxx
Energy, Milory
and Nector
fruits drinks,
Kern's, Fun-C,
Fruko.
In addition,
Florida Bebidas
produces and
distributes in
Costa Rica
Pepsi, 7Up,
Everess, Mirinda,
Gatorate, H2OH
and Lipton. And
refried canned
beans under the
brand name
Frijoles Ducal. |
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