Bavaria Brewery

History

• 1889. The corporation Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei Bavaria was created on April 4, 1889.
• 1902. Cervecería Unión was founded in MedellínMedellín
  
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• 1910. La Pola beer was launched to the ColombiaColombia
  
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• 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 BogotáBogotá Overview
  
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• 1975. Bavaria purchased the plant of Cervecería Litoral, located in BarranquillaBarranquilla
  
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• 1981. Bavaria became an open corporation with shares at the Colombia Stock Exchange.
• 1992. Maltería Tropical was inaugurated in CartagenaCartagena, Colombia
  
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• 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 PanamáPanama
  
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• 2001. Bavaria restructured its productive platform.
• 2002. Launching of Aguila Light beer .
• 2002. GEB invested in Corporación BackusBackus and Johnston
  
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   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 SABMillerSABMiller
  
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Beers

• Águila
• 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 PostobónPostobón Summary
  
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