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..
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can
Blond color. A simple but refreshing beer, not particularly malty nor aromatic, but well bitter.
Blond color. A simple but refreshing beer, not particularly malty nor aromatic, but well bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2004
at 02:36
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 1.5
Light golden with a tiny head. Lotsa bubbles running up the glass. Bad stench coming off the beer... I smelled it as soon as I popped the top open. Tastes dirty, stingy, and like a beer that may have sat in the garage all summer, then chilled, then consumed. Yuck.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2004
at 16:00
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Straw color with white head.Slightly skunky stale ''beery'' nose.Flavor begins skunky then fades to nothingness
Tried
on 21 Dec 2002
at 12:55
2.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
One of the worst I have ever had. Think I had a skunky one..................
Tried
on 25 Nov 2002
at 08:33
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pale yellow. Less than medium body. Strange Light bodied, mint flavour(?). Not overly exciting.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2002
at 04:27
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Pale yellow color, thin artificial looking head, dissipates quickly. Aroma is skunky - unexpected from a brown bottled glass, but I do know this beer had been sitting in the store for awhile. Slight hoppiness in the aroma too. Flavor was skunky at first, but gave way to fairly assertive bitterness. They're not shy with the (bittering) hops in this beer, but its quite lacking in malt and flavor hops (none of the spicy saaz). Quite one-dimensional and bordering on bland. Clean and easy drinking, and it doesn't taste bad, just not that good either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2001
at 09:25
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
This is one of the more full-flavoured macrobrews on the market. A step up from the typical South American fare.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2000
at 19:11