Compañia de las Cervecerías Unidas (CCU)
Commercial Brewery
in
Santiago,
Santiago,
Chile 🇨🇱
Owned by
Heineken Nederland
Established in 1902
Contact
Vitacura 2670, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Subsidiaries
Description
La Compañía de las Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) es una empresa productora y distribuidora de bebidas (alcohólicas y no alcohólicas) chilena. Fundada en 1902 al transformarse en sociedad anónima la Fábrica Nacional de Cerveza. En 1916 CCU compra las cerveceras Ebner de Santiago, Anwandter de Valdivia y la Compañía Cervecera La Calera. Ese mismo año ingresa al mercado de las bebidas gaseosas con Bilz. En 1924 adquiere las Cerveceras de Concepción y Talca, en 1927 Cervecera de Mitrovich Hermanos en Antofagasta, en 1933 la cervecera de la sucesión de Jorge Aubel en Osorno y en 1950 la cervecera de la sociedad Floto y Cía. en La Serena. De sus marcas de cerveza nacionales, la primera es Escudo en 1942, seguida por Cristal, Malta Morenita, Dorada, Royal Guard y light, Aysen, Lemon Stone y Orange Stone. Embotella además las cervezas Heineken (2003), Budweiser (1996) y Paulaner (1991). Aparte de Bilz, en 1959 obtiene la licencia para producir Pepsi, licencia que perdió temporalmente entre 1986 a 1994, años en los cuales la compañía produjo su propia bebida cola, Free. En 1960 ingresa a las aguas minerales por la adquisición de Cachantún. Ingresó al mercado del pisco en 2003, a través de la creación de la filial Pisconor S.A., que lanzó el pisco Ruta Norte; en 2005, suscribió un acuerdo con la Cooperativa Agrícola Control Pisquero de Elqui y Limarí Limitada (Pisco Control), para desarrollar el negocio pisquero a través de la Compañía Pisquera de Chile S.A..
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From old tasting notes. Pale yellow gold color. Faint grainy malt aroma. Light grain malt flavor. Highly carbonated on tongue. Light dry hop finish. Drinkable, though lacking in flavor and body.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2017
at 20:26
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can 0.35l. Red to brown colored. AROMA- insipid, touch of caramel and sour cherries. FLAVOR- dry, bitter, touch of roasteness. Light to medium bodied.
Acceptable.
Acceptable.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2017
at 07:07
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can 0.35l. Clear, gold colored. AROMA- no aroma. FLAVOR- neutral, touch of malt and hops. Medium bodied.
Bad.
Bad.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2017
at 07:14
2.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle. Golden color, white foam. Aroma: corn, pils malt, weird. Taste: strange, pils malt, grain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 03:45
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 2
Draft, the thing that struck me about getting this beer is that I popped into a fast food place (Domino) in Santiago de Chile and got the lunch combo... my choice of drinks included beer at no extra fee. It was treated like a soft drink! So of course I had to choose it. Anyways, your standard macro lager deep gold color, fizzy white head that quickly disappeared leaving no lacing behind. The aroma was mostly malts & a sugary sweetness. Taste was sweet, grainy malts, syrupy mouthfeel. Yep pretty much like drinking a soda.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2014
at 19:42
2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Shared 330 ml can at local tasting. ABV is 5.5%. Pale golden colour, large white head. Weak sweetish industrial aroma, unpleasant. Far too sweet flavour, alcoholic and revolting. No bitterness. A beer I wouldn’t buy again.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2013
at 07:58
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Fra boks, på RB- samling på Vistnes: mitt første øl fra Chile! Vi beveger oss opp et hakk på humlestigen, så her er det litt mer å glede seg over. Men det sier også noe om de fem første på dagens program. Alt for søt iflg Sigmund, men 5cl gikk greit ned.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2013
at 07:57
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Clear pale golden. Not much head. Slighly sour aroma, with hints of hops, cardboard and petroleum. Sugary sweetness.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2013
at 07:56
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Appearance: Clear pale yellow color with a small white head that soon vanish.
Aroma: Mild malty and cooked vegetables.
Palate: Medium light body. Moderate sweet and a mild bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Mild malty and cooked vegetables.
Overall impression: Ok thirst quencher.
Personal stats: Can from a trade with Arve_Christian.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2013
at 13:58
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
330ml Bottle - Golden with a small head. Corn and lemon in the aroma. Sweet, malty and grainy taste with corn dominating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2013
at 07:07