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has a long history, going as far back as the time of the ancient

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province of Lusitania, where

beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

was commonly made and drunk.

is among the 11 largest beer producers in

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, and is the 7th largest European exporter of the product. The word for beer in

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is ''cerveja'', coming from the

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word ''cerevisia''. Modern Portuguese breweries were started in Portugal in the 19th century. Portugal's '' Estado Novo'' regime, headed by

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, protected national industry from foreign control, including the beer sector, during his time in power. Brewing in Portugal was long dominated by two companies — Unicer - Bebidas de Portugal, S.A. and Sociedade Central de Cervejas, S.A. They were created from the remains of well-established Portuguese brewers after the 1974 military coup, when the industry was nationalised. Both were

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in the 1990s. Between them, they control more than 90% of the Portuguese beer market. In 2003, Portugal had seven major breweries, employing approximately 1,848 people. There are also around one hundred small breweries in the country, dedicated to the production of craft beer.

Native beers

*Cergal *Cintra *

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*Cristal *Especial *Imperial *Maldita *Melo Abreu Especial *Melo Abreu Munich *Nortada *Onix * Sagres *Sovina * Super Bock *Tagus *Topazio *Zarco

Breweries

Central de Cervejas Sociedade Central de Cervejas (SCC; full name: SCC – Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas, S.A.) is a Portuguese brewery, founded in 1934. Its main output is the Sagres brand of beers. The company has been controlled by Heineken since Ap ...

* Cereuro *Cervejeira Lusitana * Dois Corvos *Drink In * Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira *Fábrica de Cervejas e Refrigerantes João Melo Abreu *Faustino Microcervejeira ( Maldita ) *Três Cervejeiros, Lda * Super Bock Group *Font Salem *Gallas

References

External links

( Maldita )
Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira
(in

)
www.sumolis.pt - Cereuro Brewerywww.doiscorvos.pt - Dois Corvos Brewerywww.unicer.ptwww.cervejacintra.ptwww.superbock.ptwww.cervejacoral.comGallas.beer

(in Polish and Russian)
{{Beers of the world Beer in Portugal,

Native beers

Breweries

See also

References

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