Heineken Pilsener Beer

Brewing

Heineken beer is made of water, hops, barley and yeast. In the year 1886, H Elion completed the development of the Heineken A-yeast. This yeast is the yeast that is still used for the beer.

The Heineken brewing process goes as follows. First the water for the beer is purified in complex water tanks. Next the barley is malted within the barley tank. After approximately one and one half days, the germination begins by soaking the barley. After about seven to eight days, the malted barley is set in a mill to dry, during this process seed roots are removed. The water and the malt are then mixed and boiled at a high temperature in a mash copper where the contents become wort. The wort is then filtered in the filtering copper. The hops for the beer are added to the wort within the wort copper and the contents / wort is re-boiled again. The hops in the solution is what gives the beer a bitter taste. In the wirlpool, all solid particles are removed. The yeast is added within the fermentation tank and the wort is cooled. The sugars are converted into alcohol by the yeast and the carbon dioxide by fermentation. After about seven days, the wort assumes a green beer that has about 4.5% alcohol. This beers remains in lagering tanks for 4-6 weeks maturing where it reaches 5% alcohol by volume. At this point, the bear is then force carbonated. A natural silicon kieselguhr removes the yeast from the filter tank. The beer is then pasteurized and bottled to kill any remaining microorganisms.

Production

Heineken Pilsener beer is brewedin over 40 breweries throughout 39 countries around the world. Since 975, the majority of Heineken beer was brewed in the Netherlands by the Heineken brewery in Zoeterwoude.

Africa and the Middle East

Breweries throughout Africa and the Middle East that brew Heineken:

* Al Ahram Beverages Company in Egypt
* Tempo Beer Industries in Israel
* Brasseries du Maroc in Morocco
* Namibia Breweries in Namibia
* Nigerian Breweries in Nigeria
* Sierra Leone Brewery in Sierra Leone

Asia Pacific

Breweries throughout Asia Pacific that brew Heineken:

* Shanghai Asia Pacifc Brewery in China
* Multi Bintang Indonesia in Indonesia
* Guinness Anchor Berhad in Malaysia
* DB Breweries in New Zealand
* Asia Pacific Breweries in Singapore
* Thai Asia Pacific Brewery in Thailand
* Vietnam Brewery in Vietnam
* Hatay Brewery in Vietnam

Europe

Breweries throughout Europe that brew Heineken:

* Brau Union Österreich in Austria
* Zagorka Brewery in Bulgaria
* Karlovačka pivovara in Croatia
* Starobrno in Czech Republic
* Athenian Brewery in Greece
* Brau Union Hungaria in Hungary
* Heineken Ireland in Ireland
* Heineken Italia in Italy
* Dinal in Kazakhstan
* Pivara Skopje in Republic of Macedonia
* Heineken Nederland in the Netherlands
* Grupa Żywiec in Poland
* Brau Union Romania in Romania
* Heineken Brewery LLC in Russia
* Heineken Slovensko in Slovakia
* Heineken España in Spain
* Heineken Switzerland in Switzerland

The Americas

Breweries throughout the Americas that brew Heineken:

* Companias Cervecerias Unidas Argentina in Argentina
* Commonwealth Brewery in Bahamas
* Cervejarias Kaiser Brazil in Brazil
* Cerveceria CCU Chile in Chile
* Cerveceria Costa Rica in Costa Rica
* Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana in Dominican Republic
* Desnoes & Geddes in Jamaica
* Windward & Leeward Brewery in Saint Lucia
* Surinaamse Brouwerij in Surinam

Awards

Four awards throughout the early history of Heineken beer are mentioned on the label of the Heineken beer bottle:

* Medaille d'Or or in English: Gold Medal issued in Paris in 1875
* Diplome d'Honneurs or in English: Honorary Diploma at the International Colonial Exposition in Amsterdam in 1883
* Grand Prix or in English: Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889
* Hors Concours Membre du Jury issued in Paris in 1900

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