What to drink instead of Kronenbourg 1664
Kronenbourg 1664 is sold as French and brewed in Britain, at Wolverhampton, West Midlands, at 4.6%. If you were buying it for a French lager, these are the beers on the same shelves that are brewed in the country on their label, or are British and say so, within a point of its strength.
Where Kronenbourg 1664 is really brewed, with the pack wording and the sources.
The same style, genuinely imported from elsewhere
- Peroni Nastro AzzurroImported from Italy · 5.1% · sold as ItalianGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Rome, Padua and Bari in Italy. 5.1% here, the same as at home.
- Birra Menabrea BiondaImported from Italy · 4.8% · sold as ItalianGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Biella, Piedmont in Italy. 4.8% here.
- M&S Spanish LagerImported from Spain · 4.5% · sold as SpanishGenuine import Partly verified
Brewed in Spain. 4.5% here.
- IchnusaImported from Italy · 4.7% · sold as ItalianGenuine import Partly verified
Brewed at Assemini, Sardinia in Italy. 4.7% here, the same as at home.
- SagresImported from Portugal · 5.0% · sold as PortugueseGenuine import Partly verified
Brewed at Vialonga in Portugal. 5.0% here, the same as at home.
- Estrella Galicia EspecialImported from Spain · 4.7% · sold as SpanishVerified
Brewed at A Coruna, Galicia in Spain. 4.7% here, against 5.5% at home.
How this list is made. Nobody here has tasted these side by side, and no beer pays to appear. A beer is listed when the record says it is the same kind of beer, is either imported from the country on its label or British and sold as British, is not itself brewed under licence in Britain, has at least one source we trust, and sits within a point of the strength of Kronenbourg 1664. Beers from the country on the label come first, then the same style from elsewhere, then British beers. Where an import is weaker in Britain than at home, the card says so.
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