World Cup + World Beers – Argentina

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TODAY: ARGENTINA V. NIGERIA

Day 2 of the World Cup and the light summer hot weather appropriate beers continue with Quilmes from Argentina.
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Quilmes frist started brewing in 1888 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, with Otto Bemberg, a German immigrant at the helm.

By the 1920s it was already the most popular beer in Buenos Aires. The entire country was next and now Quilmes has 75% of the beer market share in Argentina. It sponsors the Argentina national football team, and the colours of its labels mimics the uniforms light blue and white.