Topvar Breweries ( sk, Pivovary Topvar, a. s.) is a beer brewing company in Slovakia. The company was created by the merger of the Saris and Topvar breweries on 1 January 2007, after both were purchased by global brewing giant
SABMiller in 2006. Subsequently, as part of the agreements made with regulators before
Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller in October 2016, Topvar was sold to
Asahi Breweries of Japan on December 13, 2016; the deal is expected to close during the first half of 2017.
The original Topvar Brewery was founded in 1957 and the first Topvar
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 brewed in
Topoľčany
Topoľčany (; sk, Veľké Topoľčany before 1920; hu, Nagytapolcsány) is a town in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. The population is around 25,000 in total. The town's population is nicknamed ''Žochári'' (singl. ''Žochár'') (producers, or ...
in 1964. In 2007, the beer brewing operation was relocated to
Veľký Šariš
Veľký Šariš ( hu, Nagysáros) is a small town near Prešov in eastern Slovakia. The town is known as the site of the largest brewery in Slovakia – Šariš Brewery.
Etymology
The etymology of the name is uncertain. Hungarian historians and ...
.
Products
* ''10% Light''
* ''11% Dark''
* ''11% keg-beer''
* ''12% Light''
References
External links
Official website of Topvar Brewery(in Slovak only)
Beer in Slovakia
Companies of Czechoslovakia
Slovak brands
SABMiller
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