Bavaria Brewery

Infobox Company
company_name = Bavaria Brewery
company_
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company_type = Private
genre =
foundation = April 4, 1889 as "Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei Bayern"
founder = Leo S. Kopp
location_city = flagicon|Colombia Bogotá
location_country = Colombia
location =
origins = Colombian-German
key_people = Karl Lippert
area_served = flagicon|Bolivia Bolivia
flagicon|Chile Chile
flagicon|Colombia Colombia
flagicon|Costa Rica Costa Rica
flagicon|Ecuador Ecuador
flagicon|Panama Panamá
flagicon|Peru Peru
flagicon|Spain Spain
industry = Beverages
products = Beers, bottled water, fruit juices, malt beverages
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 16.369
parent = SABMiller
divisions =
subsid = Águila Brewery
Andina Brewery
Backus & Johnston Brewery
Leona Brewery
National Brewery of Panama
Unión Brewery
owner = SABMiller
company_slogan =
homepage = [http://www.bavaria.com.co/ingles/home.php www.bavaria.com.co]
dissolved =
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Infobox Brewery
name = Bavaria Brewery


caption = Bavaria Brewery
location = flagicon|Colombia Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
owner = SABMiller
opened = April 4, 1889
production =
active_beers =

seasonal_beers =

other_beers =

Bavaria Brewery ( _es. Cervecería Bavaria), formally known as Bavaria S.A., is a Colombian brewery company founded in April 4, 1889 by Leo S. Kopp, a German immigrant. It is a subsidiary of SABMiller. Before the merger, Bavaria was the second largest brewery in South America and the tenth one in the world.

History

*1889. The corporation Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei Bavaria was created on April 4, 1889.
*1902. Cervecería Unión was founded in Medellín.
*1910. La Pola beer was launched to the Colombian market .
*1913. Cervecería Barranquilla was founded.
*1913. Águila beer was launched.
*1930. Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria is created, as a result of the merge of Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei and other regional breweries.
*1933. Cervecería Barranquilla y Bolívar S. A. was founded.
*1959. Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria changed its name to Bavaria S.A.
*1967. Cervecerías Bolívar and Barranquilla were merged to create Cervecería Águila S.A.
*1967. Merge of Cervecerías Aguila and Bavaria.
*1972. Bavaria purchased Cervecería Unión from Medellín.
*1973. Cervecería Bavaria was inaugurated in Bogotá.
*1975. Bavaria purchased the plant of Cervecería Litoral, located in Barranquilla.
*1981. Bavaria became an open corporation with shares at the Colombia Stock Exchange.
*1992. Maltería Tropical was inaugurated in Cartagena.
*1994. Production of bottled drinking water and fruit refreshments started.
*1996. Grupo Empresarial Bavaria was created.
*1997. First split of Valores Bavaria, which separated Bavaria S.A. to be exclusively focused on beverages; consolidated in 2001.
*2000. GEB acquired 44.2% of Cervecería Leona in Colombia.
*2001. GEB purchased 91.5% of Cervecería Nacional in Panamá.
*2001. Bavaria restructured its productive platform.
*2002. Launching of Aguila Light beer .
*2002. GEB invested in Corporación Backus of Perú and purchased the majority of shares with right to vote.
*2003. Cervezería Nacional became part of GEB.
*2003. Bahía beer was launched .
*2004. Agua Brisa with gas and Malta Leona Cool were launched to the market .
*2004. GEB became the tenth brewing group in the world.
*2005. In October this year GEB became part of SABMiller.

Beers

* Águila (pilsner, 4% alcohol by volume)
* Águila (pilsner, 4% alc. vol., light variant of the above)
* Brava (pilsner, 6.5% alc. vol.)
* Club Colombia (pilsner, 4.7% alc. vol.)
* Costeña (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)
* Leona (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)
* Pilsen (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)
* Póker (pilsner, 4% alc. vol.)

Other brands

* Brisa (bottled water, both with and without gas)
* Brisa Spa (flavored bottled water)
* Malta Leona (high-energy drink)
* Malta Leona Cool (malt beverage)
* Pony Malta (energy malt beverage)
* Tutti Frutti (fruit drink) (Now controled by Postobón)

External links

* [http://www.bavaria.com.co/ingles/home.php en icon Bavaria Brewery Official Site]

Beers

* [http://www.cervezaaguila.com/ es icon Águila Beer Official Site]
* [http://www.cervezaclubcolombia.com/ es icon Club Colombia Beer Official Site]
* [http://www.cervezacostena.com/ es icon Costeña Beer Official Site]

Other brands

* [http://www.aguabrisa.com/ es icon Brisa Official Site]