Beer festivals in Brazil 2011
Brasil Brau 2011 It happened in July in São Paulo, one of the biggest beer event in Brazil. It takes place every two years and offers industry news, both technological and new beers and breweries.
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South Beer Cup in Argentina
The first edition of the South Beer Cup in Buenos Aires – Argentina took place earlier this month. The festival comes at exactly the time when several countries are beginning to show a great progress in the beer market like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and others. Brazil was well represented and showed to be in [...]
Best Brazilian Beers by Maxim Magazine
Maxim Magazine in Brazil did their first award to choose the best beers in the country. It all happened on Melograno Bar in Sao Paulo city. The beers were divided between craft beer and commercial, for a total of 12 categories (Weiss, American lager, Red Ale, Commercial, Porter, Dunkel, Pale Ale, IPA, Golden Ale, Stout [...]
Rupprecht Loeffler Dies, the Oldest Brewer in Brazil
Rupprecht Loeffler (93 years old), the oldest brewer in Brazil, was admitted to the Santa Cruz Hospital and died on the last day of February. His father founded Canoinhense Brewery in Canoinhas City in 1908, known today as the only brewery in Brazil to preserve the same characteristics as ever. Canoinhas Brewery produces craft beer with family [...]
Beer Day in Curitiba City
Curitiba is a city located in the south of Brazil with a brewing culture well formed compared to the rest of the country. I went there for the first time and was really impressed with several bars and pubs selling special beers. There were three days of beer and brewing culture, everyone involved in common interest. The [...]
Innovative Brewing with Cachaça Yeast
A new way of brewing was recently discovered in Brazil, using basic beer ingredients and cachaça yeast (cachaça is a traditional drink of Brazil). The first beer made with cachaça yeast was produced in Minas Gerais in the brewery school Taberna do Vale (in Nova Lima city in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte). Called Carolweiss, it’s a wheat beer developed by Felipe Viegas and pharmacist José Eduardo Marino. The idea came from a lecture by [...]
My Beer Sommelier Certificate, and New Brazilian Beer
How were the holidays? Many beers? I hope so! Before starting the new column, a great 2011 for everyone! In December I graduated as a beer sommelier, pictured below with the certificate and my professors, sommeliers Kathia Zanatta and Alfredo Ferreira. I graduated from ABS-SP (Brazilian Association of Sommeliers – Sao Paulo), which actually formed [...]
The “New” Brazilian Beer Culture
What do you know about Brazilian beers? Do you know something about Brazilian beer culture? That´s why i´m here to explain what really happens here, but I must tell you about the big breweries first; you´ll find their beers everywhere you go in Brazil. I live in São Paulo (Brazilian southeast), probably the richest city [...]
Welcome to Baden Baden Brewery in Brazil – South America
Last week I went to Campos do Jordão City, near São Paulo State. My destination? Baden Baden Brewery, a young and small brewery that was born in 1999 from the craft beer passion of three friends. They had eight beers (including Cristal, Bock, Red Ale, Golden, 1999 (ESB), Stout, and Weiss). I took some pictures inside: [...]
