Leon Beer was the product of the first

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founded in 1937. Production of Leon

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was suspended in 1962 because the company acquired the license to produce

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locally (which began in 1969). In 2003, the brewery re-launched Leon based on the original recipe used in 1937. It is an "All Malt" beer because only

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and

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are used in its production. Until the arrival of

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in 1951, Leon was the only locally produced beer.

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