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Brazil is the world's third largest beer market, behind China and the US, with beer volumes in 2015 pegged at 139 million hectoliters. [2] Per capita consumption has declined, dropping from 67 liters in 2012 to around 61 liters in 2016.
An interfaith coalition is pressing the world's largest brewer to remove the name of a Hindu god from its beer brand. [3] Brahma is a beer produced primarily for the Brazilian domestic market. Brahma was named after Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. [3] Controversially, Brahma is now brewed in the Czech Republic.
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 ...
There is not an exact single "national Brazilian cuisine", but there is an assortment of various regional traditions and typical dishes. This diversity is linked to the origins of the people inhabiting each area. For instance, the cuisine of Bahia is heavily influenced by a mix of African, Indigenous, and Portuguese cuisines.
Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
The company produces beer and soft drink under the brand names Kaiser, Brasil Kirin, Glacial, Cintra, Baden Baden, Devassa, Eisenbahn, and Amstel. [2] Founded in 2010, the company expanded its operations in 2017 with the acquisition of Brazilian subsidiary of Kirin. [2] It is the second largest brewer in Brazil. [3] [4]
Carlsberg holds the license to brew and market the beer worldwide, except for Africa and South America. [7] Unibra holds the license for Africa, [8] and Ambev holds it for Brazil. [9] In Europe, the beer is also produced and marketed in Romania [10] and Turkey. [11] In Asia, it is distributed in Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. [5]
For more than four centuries of history, cachaça has accumulated synonyms and creative nicknames coined by the Brazilian people. Some of these words were created for the purpose of deceiving the supervision of the metropolis in the days when cachaça was banned in Brazil; the beverage was competing with the European distillate grappa.