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TODAY: KOREA V. NIGERIA
Both Korea’s are in the Cup chase this year but it is kinda hard to root for the Northern One. But let’s leave politics behind and focus on a beer from South Korea.
Hite Brewery Company Limited is headquartered in Seoul. Its main products are beer, rice wine, and mineral water. The company was established as Chosun Breweries way back in 1933. Hite’s share of the domestic beer market was some 55%.
TODAY: PARAGUAY V. ITALY
Rather than take the easy way out and choose a beer from Baladin or one of the other Italian micros that are putting out great and dramatically different beers, I opt to head to Paraguay for a cool, refreshing macro water lager.
From Cervecería Paraguaya which was originally established in 1894 as Cervecería Nacional. The name was forbidden in 1938 and changed to the current name. The brewery in Ypané has a capacity of 2.5 million hectoliters per year and is part of InBev’s Latin American South Zone.
TODAY: GERMANY V. AUSTRALIA
One of my favorite breweries in Germany is in Michael Ballack’s hometown of Gorlitz on the German/Polish border. Landskron is famous for their hefeweizen which will be perfect for a light and frothy game between the efficient Germans and the underdogs from down under.
