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Cervecería Centro Americana S.A.
Not open to the public (as far as I know)
3ra.Av.Norte Final, Finca El Zapote, Zona 2
Apartado Postal 65
01001 Guatemala
Telephone: +502 288 1555 / 289 1685
Brewer: Josef Bodensteiner
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Notes

Opened: 1886

U.S. Importer: Central Beer Import & Export

Contributor: Jacob Sjúrður Hansen

Historical notes from Jacob Sjúrður Hansen:

Until 2003 C.C.A. had a total monopoly of the beer market in Guatemala. In 2003 the world’s biggest brewing group, Brasilian-Belgian InBev, established a brewery in Quetzaltenango. InBevs "Brahva" beer has taken a lot of market shares from C.C.A.’s "Gallo" beer.

Updated: May 10, 2014

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    • Date: August 10, 1997 (#2121)
      Package: bottled
      Place: The Liquor Collection, Honolulu HI
      Score: 14 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Yellow, pale, low carbonation, good head. Malty aroma, a little spicy. Strange malty-sweet flavor, smoky yet not smoky. (Paris says "garbanzo beans"...maybe it's DMS?) A little warming at the end.

  • Australasian, Latin American, or Tropical-Style Light Lager
    4.40% abv.

  • Australasian, Latin American, or Tropical-Style Light Lager
    5.30% abv.

  • Australasian, Latin American, or Tropical-Style Light Lager
    5.00% abv.