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This is a list of breweries in Armenia. Beer has been produced in Armenia since ancient times.

Breweries

As of July 2018, the following brewing companies are operating in Armenia:

Beer of Yerevan Brewery

Kilikia pale lager
  • Kilikia, Yerevan, Hayer, Městské Pivo and 12.06 from the Beer of Yerevan brewery, located in Yerevan. Opened in 1952, it is the largest brewery in Armenia. Currently, several types of beer are produced and bottled by the brewery:[1]
    • Kilikia Lager, pale lager, 4.8% ABV
    • Kilikia 1952, pale lager, 4.8% ABV
    • Kilikia 11, pale lager, 4.6% ABV
    • Kilikia Elitar, pale lager, 5.6% ABV
    • Kilikia Jubilee, pale lager, 5.1% ABV
    • Kilikia Light, pale lager, 4.5% ABV
    • Kilikia Youth, pale lager, 4.8% ABV
    • Kilikia Dark, Oktoberfestbier/Märzen,12% wort extract, 4.4% ABV
    • Kilikia 0, low alcohol, 0.5% ABV
    • Kilikia Tonakan/Celebratory, premium lager, 5.3% ABV
    • Yerevan Premium, pale lager, 4.8% ABV
    • Yerevan Zhigulyovskoe, pale lager, 5% ABV
    • Hayer, pilsner, 4.9% ABV
    • Městské Pivo, pilsner, 4.8% ABV
    • 12.06 Premium, pale lager, 4.8% ABV

Gyumri Beer Brewery

  • Gyumri, Ararat and Aleksandrapol from the Gyumri Beer brewery, located in Gyumri.[2] Opened in 1970, it is the second largest brewery in Armenia. However, the old brewery of Gyumri dates back to 1898. Currently, seven types of pale lager beer are produced by the brewery under the Gyumri, Ararat and Aleksandrapol labels:[3]
    • Aleksandrapol, pale lager, 4.5% ABV
    • Ararat, bitter pale lager, 12% wort extract, 4.5% ABV
    • Gyumri 11, pale lager, 11% wort extract, 4% ABV
    • Gyumri Classic, pale lager, 11% wort extract, 4% ABV
    • Gyumri Czech, pilsner, 4.5% ABV
    • Gyumri Gold, pale lager, 13% wort extract, 4.7% ABV
    • Gyumri Extra, pale lager, 7% ABV
    • Gyumri Unfiltered Beer, unfiltered pale lager, 4.7% ABV
  • The old brewery in Gyumri opened in 1898
    The old brewery in Gyumri opened in 1898
  • Gyumri Beer
    Gyumri Beer
  • Ararat Beer
    Ararat Beer
  • Aleksandrapol Beer
    Aleksandrapol Beer

Kotayk Brewery

A bottle of Kotayk Gold
  • Kotayk, Erebuni and Urartu from the Kotayk Brewery, located in Abovyan.[4] Opened in 1974, it is the third largest brewery in Armenia. Currently, five types of lager beer are produced by the brewery:
    • Kotayk, pale lager, 5.2% ABV
    • Kotayk Gold, pale lager, 5.6% ABV
    • Kotayk Tshani, pale lager, 5.2% ABV
    • Erebuni, strong lager, 6.4% ABV
    • Erebuni 14, pale lager, 4.8% ABV
    • Urartu, pale lager, 4% ABV

Lihnitis Sevan Brewery

  • Kellers from the Lihnitis Sevan Brewery, located in Sevan.[5] Opened in 2007, currently one type of lager beer is produced by the brewery that is sold in bottles:[6]
    • Kellers, pale lager, 11.5% wort extract, 4.4% ABV
  • The brewery also produces three types of lager that are only available in the brewery's pub (draught beer):
    • Kellers Gold Draught, unfiltered pale lager, 11.5% wort extract, 4.4% ABV
    • Kellers Gold Filtered, pale lager, unpasteurized, 11.5% wort extract, 4.4% ABV
    • Kellers Dark Draught, dunkel, unfiltered, 13% wort extract, 4.8% ABV
  • Lihnitis Sevan Brewery
    Lihnitis Sevan Brewery
  • Kellers Dark Draught and Kellers Gold Draught
    Kellers Dark Draught and Kellers Gold Draught

Hayasy Group

  • Hayasy from the Hayasy Group, located in Voskevaz.[7] Opened in 2011, currently three types of lager beer are produced and bottled by the brewery:
    • Hayasy Classic, premium lager, 4.5% ABV
    • Hayasy Black, black beer
    • Hayasy Exclusive, pale lager, 4.4% ABV

Dilijan Brewery

Dilijan Beer
  • Dilijan from the Dilijan Brewery, located in Dilijan.[8] Opened in 2016, the brewery currently produces:[9][10]
    • Dilijan 1, pale lager, 12% wort extract, 4.6% ABV
    • Dilijan 2, pale lager, 12% wort extract, 4.9% ABV
    • Dilijan 3, wheat beer, 12.5% wort extract, 4.4% ABV
    • Dilijan 4, dark lager, 13% wort extract, 5% ABV

Dargett Brewery

Dargett, Belgian tripel and Bohemian pilsner
  • Dargett Beer from the Dargett Brewery near Abovyan. Opened in 2016 in Yerevan as a brewpub, it currently produces and serves a large variety of unfiltered beer made in the brewery opened in 2019:[11]

Microbreweries/Brewpubs

As of 2019, there are six microbreweries/brewpubs that produce and serve draught beer in Armenia:

Alaverdi Draft Beer

  • Alaverdi Beer from the Alaverdi Draft Beer microbrewery in Alaverdi, Lori Province. Opened in 1947, it currently serves many types of unfiltered beer in several pubs throughout Armenia.

AM Group

  • Jäger Beer Armenia and Roskvas from the AM Group microbrewery in Tairov, Armavir Province. Opened in 1998, it currently serves the Jäger Armenia unfiltered beer and Roskvas kvass (Slavic and Baltic fermented beverage) in several pubs throughout Armenia.

Blonder Beer House and Brewery

  • Blonder Beer from the Blonder Beer House and Brewery in Yerevan. Opened in 2000, it currently serves 3 types of the Blonder Slovak pilsner unfiltered beer produced in the complex.[12]

Beer Academy Yerevan

Academia Dunkel (left) and Academia Weizen (right) from Beer Academy Yerevan
  • Academia Beer from the Beer Academy brewpub in Yerevan. Opened in 2012, it currently serves 7 types of unfiltered beer produced in the brewpub:[13]
    • Academia Pils, pale lager, 12% wort extract, 4.5% ABV
    • Academia Bitter, bitter semi-dark, 11% wort extract, 4.3% ABV
    • Academia Dunkel, dunkel, 12% wort extract, 4.8% ABV
    • Academia Ginger, lager ginger beer, 12.5% wort extract, 4.7% ABV
    • Academia Hot, warm dunkel, 16.5% wort extract, 2.5% ABV
    • Academia Weizen, wheat beer, 11% wort extract, 4.3% ABV (seasonal, May to October)
    • Academia Weizen Bock, wheat beer dark, 13.7 wort extract, 7% ABV (seasonal, October to May)

Tovmas Craft Beer

  • Tovmas Beer from the Tovmas Craft Beer in Yerevan. Opened in 2016, it currently produces two types of unfiltered beer:
    • Tovmas Light
    • Tovmas Dark

Vladimir Hakobyan Brewery

  • Dovegh's unfiltered beer from the Vladimir Hakobyan Microbrewery, located in the Dovegh village of Tavush Province. Opened in 2017, the microbrewery currently produces:
    • Dovegh's, dark unfiltered, 5% ABV

See also

References

  1. ^ Kilikia
  2. ^ Gyumri
  3. ^ Gyumri Beer products
  4. ^ Kotayk Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Kellers
  6. ^ "Kellers Beer products". Archived from the original on 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  7. ^ Hayasy
  8. ^ "A new beer factory in Dilijan". news.1tv.am. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  9. ^ "Dilijan Beer". dilijanbeer.am. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  10. ^ Dilijan Beer
  11. ^ Dargett Beer menu 2018
  12. ^ Blonder Beer House and Brewery at the "10 Out of 10" complex
  13. ^ Beer Academy Yerevan
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