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Coors Brewing Company
Coors Brewing Company, founded 1873 in Golden, Colorado by Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler, is the American brewery behind Coors Banquet and Coors Light, now a Molson Coors subsidiary; known for surviving Prohibition, the 1959 aluminum can, and the long Coors boycott.
Coors Light
Coors Light is an American light lager introduced in 1978 in Golden, Colorado, known as the "Silver Bullet" and among the best-selling beers in the United States.
Corona (beer)
Corona, mostly sold as Corona Extra, is a Mexican pale lager first brewed in 1925 at Cervecería Modelo in Mexico City. Known for its clear bottle, lime ritual, 4.5 to 4.6% ABV, and Kantar BrandZ's most valuable beer brand ranking, distinct from Modelo Especial.
Craft beer
Craft beer: beer from small, independent breweries, defined in the US by the Brewers Association (6 million barrel cap, under 25% non-craft ownership). Roots in 1965 Anchor Brewing; 2025 US market 13.4% by volume, $28.0 billion retail.
Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery
Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, or Heineken México, is a major Mexican brewery founded in Monterrey in 1890, merged with Cervecería Moctezuma in 1985, and owned by Heineken since 2010; it holds about 40% of the Mexican beer market with brands such as Tecate, Dos Equis, and Sol.
Draught beer
Draught (draft) beer: beer of any style served from a cask or keg rather than bottle or can. Covers unpressurized cask ale and pressurized keg dispense, 38°F/12-15 PSI balance, line cleaning, and its 53.1% US on-premise volume share.
Duff Beer
Duff Beer is the fictional beer brand of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson's drink of choice, created in 1989 and named by writer Jay Kogen. It sparked trademark litigation, and licensed 5% lager versions are sold in Chile and elsewhere.
Estrella Damm
Estrella Damm is a 5.4% ABV Mediterranean lager brewed in Barcelona by S.A. Damm since 1876 from barley malt, rice, and hops; originally Estrella Dorada (1921), renamed 1991, and tied to FC Barcelona and summer Catalan marketing.
Foster's Lager
Foster's Lager is an Australian lager brand, first brewed in Melbourne in November 1888 by American brothers William and Ralph Foster. It is a 5% ABV lager.
Four Loko
Four Loko is a Phusion Projects flavored malt beverage launched in 2005, originally containing alcohol, caffeine, guarana, and taurine in 23.5 oz cans at 11-12% ABV. FDA action in 2010 forced removal of stimulants; the non-caffeinated brand remains on sale at up to 14% ABV.
Garage Beer
Garage Beer, also called Beer Flavored Beer, is a Columbus, Ohio light lager brand spun off from Braxton Brewing in 2023, co-owned by Jason and Travis Kelce and CEO Andy Sauer; 4% ABV, 95 calories, contract-brewed, ranked No. 12 among U.S. craft breweries in 2026.
Gose
Gose is a top-fermented German sour wheat beer with coriander and salt, originating in Goslar on the Gose River and centered in Leipzig from 1738; production ceased in 1966 and was revived from the 1980s, with ABV 4.2–4.8% and 5–12 IBU.
Great American Beer Festival
Great American Beer Festival (GABF), annual Denver craft beer festival and blind-judged competition run by the Brewers Association since 1982; founded in Boulder by Charlie Papazian, moved outdoors to Levitt Pavilion in 2026.
Great British Beer Festival
The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), CAMRA's flagship beer festival since 1977, styled the biggest pub in the world; home of the Champion Beer of Britain; cancelled for 2024 (venue) and 2026 (costs).
Grolsch Brewery
Grolsch Brewery (Koninklijke Grolsch Brouwerij N.V.), Dutch brewery founded 1615 in Groenlo, now in Enschede and owned by Asahi; known for its swing-top bottle, Premium Pilsner, and 0.0% beer.
Growler (jug)
Growler (jug): a refillable container, usually a 64-oz glass jug, for carrying draft beer home; also called howler in 32-oz size. Originated as 1880s slang for a beer pail; revived by craft brewing; distinct from the single-use crowler can.
Gruit
Gruit, also spelled gruyt or grut, is a mixture of herbs and spices used to flavor, bitter, and preserve beer before hops became dominant in Europe.
Grupo Modelo
Grupo Modelo, also known as Cervecería Modelo, is a Mexican brewery founded in 1925. Part of AB InBev since 2013, it brews Corona Extra and Modelo Especial.
Gueuze
Gueuze (geuze, Oude Geuze/Gueuze Vieille) is a sparkling, bottle-refermented Belgian beer from Pajottenland and the Senne valley, a blend of one- to three-year lambics with EU traditional-speciality protection.
Guinness
Guinness is the Irish dry stout brand founded by Arthur Guinness at St James's Gate, Dublin, under a 9,000-year lease signed 31 December 1759; known for roasted-barley porter lineage, nitrogen dispense and the widget, now owned by Diageo.
Guinness Brewery
St James's Gate Brewery (Guinness Brewery): Dublin brewery founded by Arthur Guinness via a 9,000-year lease in 1759 at £45/year; home of Guinness stout, now owned by Diageo, expanded by the Littleconnell, County Kildare brewery.
Guinness Ghana
Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC is a Ghanaian brewery founded in 1960 with plants in Accra and Kumasi; Diageo sold its 80.4% stake to Castel Group in 2025.
Guinness Storehouse
Guinness Storehouse: Dublin visitor attraction at St. James's Gate, opened December 2000 in a 1902–1905 fermentation plant; seven floors, 14.3-million-pint atrium, Gravity Bar, about 1.6 million visitors a year.
Hamm's Brewery
Hamm's Brewery (Theodore Hamm Brewing Company), founded 1865 in St. Paul, Minnesota, by German immigrant Theodore Hamm; grew to the fifth-largest U.S. brewery by the 1950s behind the Hamm's Bear and "land of sky-blue waters" ads; Saint Paul plant closed 1997, brand now under Molson Coors.
Heineken
Heineken, also known as Heineken Lager Beer, is a Dutch brewing company founded in Amsterdam in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken, best known for its flagship pale lager.
Heineken brands
Heineken brands are the beers and ciders of Heineken N.V., the Amsterdam brewer founded in 1864, whose 340-plus portfolio includes Heineken, Amstel, Tiger, Birra Moretti, Desperados, Sol, Tecate, Dos Equis, Cruzcampo, and Heineken 0.0.
Heineken N.V.
Heineken N.V., also Heineken's Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij, is a Dutch brewer founded in Amsterdam in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken; the world's second-largest beer producer, family-controlled via Heineken Holding N.V., with 340+ brands and EverGreen 2030 strategy.
Helles
Helles, also known as Hellbier, is a pale, bottom-fermented lager that originated in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, in 1894. It is characterized by its clean, bready malt flavor and is the everyday session beer of Bavaria.
History of beer
History of beer: the brewing of fermented grain beverages from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, through medieval hops, 1500s lagering, industrialization, to today's multinational and craft markets.
Hoegaarden Brewery
Hoegaarden Brewery (Brouwerij van Hoegaarden) is the Belgian AB InBev brewery whose witbier, revived by Pierre Celis in 1965–1966 after the last village brewery closed in 1957, restored the style of spiced white wheat beer; flagship beer is 4.9% ABV.