Cervejaria Wäls
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil · Est. 1999
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Award-winning Brazilian artisanal brews. Discover perfectly crafted Belgian-style ales.
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Timeline
- 2015Bought by Ambev
Ambev acquires the Minas Gerais craft brewery in early 2015 and folds it into its higher-end Bohemia division — one of the first Brazilian craft names to go to the AB InBev group.
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Beers
Wäls Witte
Year-RoundWitbier
Wäls won World's Best Dubbel at the World Beer Awards, which a Brazilian brewery had no business doing. Ambev bought them in 2015.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1999Founded
- 2015Bought by Ambev
Ambev acquires the Minas Gerais craft brewery in early 2015 and folds it into its higher-end Bohemia division — one of the first Brazilian craft names to go to the AB InBev group.
Today the chain tops out at Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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Sources
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Cervejaria Wäls 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
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Straight answers
Common questions about Cervejaria Wäls
- Who owns Cervejaria Wäls?
- Cervejaria Wäls is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Cervejaria Wäls is based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Is Cervejaria Wäls still independent?
- No. Cervejaria Wäls is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev and is no longer independent.
- When was Cervejaria Wäls acquired?
- 2015. Ambev acquires the Minas Gerais craft brewery in early 2015 and folds it into its higher-end Bohemia division — one of the first Brazilian craft names to go to the AB InBev group.
- When was Cervejaria Wäls founded?
- Cervejaria Wäls was founded in 1999 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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