Cervejaria Colorado
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil · Est. 1996
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Why this matters
They were brewing with coffee and cassava before Brazilian craft had a market. Ambev bought them, which is what tends to happen to breweries who are right early.
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Timeline
- 2015Bought by Ambev
Ambev acquires Beertech Bebidas e Comestíveis — trading as Colorado — of Ribeirão Preto in July 2015. One of Brazil's pioneering craft brewers, and among the first bought.
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Beers
Colorado Appia
Year-RoundWheat Beer
Brewed with Brazilian orange blossom honey. Colorado built its identity on native ingredients — cassava, coffee, rapadura — years before that was a marketing position.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1996Founded
- 2015Bought by Ambev
Ambev acquires Beertech Bebidas e Comestíveis — trading as Colorado — of Ribeirão Preto in July 2015. One of Brazil's pioneering craft brewers, and among the first bought.
Today the chain tops out at Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
Cervejaria Colorado is controlled by Founder / family.
Anheuser-Busch InBev — SEC filing · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 2026-02
PrimaryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-05Reviewed 2026-08-05
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Cervejaria Colorado
- Who owns Cervejaria Colorado?
- Cervejaria Colorado is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Cervejaria Colorado is based in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Is Cervejaria Colorado still independent?
- No. Cervejaria Colorado is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev and is no longer independent.
- When was Cervejaria Colorado acquired?
- 2015. Ambev acquires Beertech Bebidas e Comestíveis — trading as Colorado — of Ribeirão Preto in July 2015. One of Brazil's pioneering craft brewers, and among the first bought.
- When was Cervejaria Colorado founded?
- Cervejaria Colorado was founded in 1996 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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