Brewed Where?

Which beers sold as foreign are brewed in Britain, and what to buy instead

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Heineken N.V.: every beer brand it owns in the UK

24 of the beers on this site belong to Heineken N.V., headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ten of them are sold under branding from another country and brewed in the United Kingdom.

Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Brands on this site
24
Sold as foreign, brewed here
10
UK sites its beers are brewed at

Sold as Italian 6

Every beer sold as Italian

Sold as Dutch 4

Every beer sold as Dutch

Sold as British 3

Every beer sold as British

Sold as Mexican 2

Every beer sold as Mexican

Sold as Spanish 2

Every beer sold as Spanish

Sold as Australian 1

Every beer sold as Australian

Sold as Belgian 1

Every beer sold as Belgian

Sold as Irish 1

Every beer sold as Irish

Sold as Jamaican 1

Sold as Polish 1

Every beer sold as Polish

Sold as Portuguese 1

Every beer sold as Portuguese

Sold as Singaporean 1

Licence moves on record

Entries from the licence history of any beer in the data that name this group as the UK brewer. A beer without a link is one the site records but does not publish a page for, either because it is a craft brand or because the entry exists only to hold a past licence.

YearsBeerBrewer as recordedSite
? to 2015 Red Stripe Diageo-controlled Desnoes & Geddes supply; UK production under Diageo's arrangements before Heineken took control Jamaica and UK contract sites
1758 to now John Smith's Extra Smooth John Smith's Brewery, Tadcaster (owned successively by Courage, Scottish Courage, Scottish & Newcastle and, since 2008, Heineken UK) Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
1961 to 2008 Heineken Original 5% Whitbread, then Scottish & Newcastle (Heineken brewed under licence in the UK from 1961 as 'Heineken Cold Filtered' at lower strength) various
1983 to now Murphy's Irish Stout Heineken (Heineken acquired Murphy's Brewery, Cork, in the early 1980s and it trades today as Heineken Ireland) Cork
1996 to now Birra Moretti L'Autentica Heineken group (Heineken acquired Birra Moretti from Fratelli Moretti/Interbrew in 1996); UK production at Manchester under Heineken UK Manchester
2004 to 2010 Newcastle Brown Ale Scottish & Newcastle, then Heineken UK from 2008 Federation Brewery, Dunston, Gateshead
2008 to now Amstel Heineken UK Manchester
2008 to now Desperados Heineken UK Not established
2008 to now Foster's Heineken UK Manchester
2008 to now Heineken Original 5% Heineken UK (following the break-up of Scottish & Newcastle) Manchester
2008 to 2023 Kronenbourg 1664 Heineken UK (licence acquired following the break-up of Scottish & Newcastle between Carlsberg and Heineken) UK
2008 to 2023 Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc Heineken UK UK
2008 to now Sagres n/a (imported); Heineken took control of Sociedade Central de Cervejas via the Scottish & Newcastle break-up Portugal
2010 to now Newcastle Brown Ale Heineken UK John Smith's Brewery, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
2010 to now Sol Heineken UK (Heineken acquired the FEMSA beer business, including Sol, in 2010) Not established
2012 to now Tiger Heineken UK (Heineken took control of Asia Pacific Breweries in 2012) Not established
2013 to now Kingfisher Premium Lager Heineken UK Site not named in the announcement
2016 to now Red Stripe Heineken UK Manchester
2017 to 2021 Brixton Brewery Reliance Pale Ale Brixton Brewery (Heineken minority investment 2017) Arch 547, Brixton Station Road, London
2017 to now Heineken 0.0 Heineken Brouwerijen B.V. (imported) Netherlands
2017 to now Lagunitas IPA Heineken (took 100% of Lagunitas in 2017); UK distribution via Heineken UK Not established
2017 to 2022 Maltsmiths IPA and Pilsner Heineken UK Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh
2018 to 2022 Beavertown Neck Oil Session IPA Beavertown Brewery (Heineken minority stake, 40 million pound Enfield brewery funded) Enfield, London
2021 to now Birra Moretti Sale di Mare Heineken UK Manchester
2021 to 2024 Brixton Brewery Reliance Pale Ale Brixton Brewery (Heineken full acquisition announced 1 February 2021) Arch 547, Brixton Station Road, London
2022 to now Beavertown Neck Oil Session IPA Beavertown Brewery (wholly owned by Heineken from September 2022) Enfield, London
2022 to now Beavertown Gamma Ray American Pale Ale Beavertown Brewery (wholly owned by Heineken) Enfield, London
2022 to now Heineken Silver Heineken UK (UK launch March 2022) Not established
2022 to now Maltsmiths IPA and Pilsner Belhaven Brewery (Greene King) under contract for Heineken UK Dunbar, Scotland
2023 to now Cruzcampo Sevilla Heineken UK Manchester
2023 to now Kronenbourg 1664 Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (now Carlsberg Britvic); licence effective 1 June 2023, with Heineken UK contract brewing and packing until production moved to CMBC during 2024 Wolverhampton
2024 to now Brixton Brewery Reliance Pale Ale Beavertown Brewery (Heineken UK) Enfield, London
2025 to now Cruzcampo Sevilla Orange Heineken UK Manchester

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