Tally's Beer Archive

Tally's Take · The Americas

Regional Beer Favorites Across the Americas

Beer can become closely tied to a country's identity without ever being officially declared its “national beer.” Across the Americas, certain breweries and brands have become familiar cultural markers — served at celebrations, restaurants, beaches, sporting events, neighbourhood bars and family gatherings.

The beers below are notable examples associated with their respective countries. Ownership and brewing structures change over time, so every owner on this page is read from the brewery's own archive record each time the site is built. When the record changes, this page changes with it.

36 beers · 35 with a public brewery record · 34 with an owner established

North America, Central America & the Caribbean

  • Antigua and Barbuda

    Wadadli Lager

    Antigua Brewery Ltd.

    Wadadli takes its name from the Indigenous name traditionally associated with Antigua.

    Not yet in the public archive.

  • Bahamas

    Kalik

    Commonwealth Brewery

    One of the best-known beer names associated with the Bahamas.

    Owner Heineken N.V.

  • Barbados

    Banks Beer

    Banks (Barbados) Breweries Limited

    Part of the wider Banks brewing history of Barbados.

    Owner Banks Holdings Limited (KOSCAB Holdings)

  • Belize

    Belikin Beer

    Belize Brewing Company

    Belikin remains closely associated with Belize.

    Owner Bowen & Bowen

  • Canada

    Molson Canadian

    Molson Brewery

    A longstanding Canadian lager.

    Owner Molson Coors Beverage Company

  • Costa Rica

    Imperial

    Cervecería Costa Rica / Florida Bebidas

    One of Costa Rica's most recognizable beer brands.

    Owner Heineken

  • Cuba

    Cristal

    Cervecería Bucanero

    From one of Cuba's principal brewing companies.

    Owner Cerbuco Brewing (Ambev / AB InBev), 50% with the Government of Cuba

  • Dominica

    Kubuli

    Dominica Brewery & Beverages

    Owner SLU Beverages (KOSCAB Holdings)

  • Dominican Republic

    Presidente

    Cervecería Nacional Dominicana

    Among the Dominican Republic's most internationally recognized beer brands.

    Owner Anheuser-Busch InBev

  • El Salvador

    Pilsener

    Industrias La Constancia

    From one of El Salvador's major historic brewing businesses.

    Owner Anheuser-Busch InBev

  • Grenada

    Carib Beer

    Carib Brewery Grenada

    Brewed locally in Grenada.

    Owner ANSA McAL

  • Guatemala

    Gallo

    Cervecería Centro Americana

    One of Guatemala's best-known beer brands, with a long history in the country's brewing culture.

    Owner Castillo family interests

  • Haiti

    Prestige

    Brasserie Nationale d’Haïti (BRANA)

    Owner Heineken N.V.

  • Honduras

    Salva Vida

    Cervecería Hondureña

    A major part of Honduras's modern brewing history.

    Owner Anheuser-Busch InBev

  • Jamaica

    Red Stripe

    Desnoes & Geddes

    The famous Jamaican lager.

    Owner Heineken N.V.

  • Mexico

    Corona Extra

    Grupo Modelo

    Owner Anheuser-Busch InBev

  • Mexico

    Dos Equis

    Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma

    A historic Mexican beer brand whose lineage runs through the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma brewing organization.

    Owner Heineken

  • Nicaragua

    Toña

    Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua

    One of the country's most recognizable lagers.

    Owner Nicaragua Brewing Holding (Heineken, CabCorp)

  • Panama

    Balboa and Atlas

    Cervecería Nacional Panamá

    Owner Anheuser-Busch InBev

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

    Stag Lager

    Carib Brewery St. Kitts

    Produced locally.

    Owner ANSA McAL

  • Saint Lucia

    Piton

    Windward & Leeward Brewing Ltd

    One of the beer brands most strongly associated with Saint Lucia.

    Owner Heineken N.V.

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    Hairoun

    St. Vincent Brewery

    Hairoun takes its name from an Indigenous name associated with the island of Saint Vincent.

    Owner SLU Beverages (KOSCAB Holdings)

  • Trinidad and Tobago

    Carib Lager

    Carib Brewery

    One of the Caribbean's major regional beer brands.

    Owner ANSA McAL

  • United States

    Budweiser

    Anheuser-Busch

    First introduced in the nineteenth century, and one of the most widely distributed American beer brands in the world.

    Owner Anheuser-Busch InBev

South America

South America's brewing culture combines large historic lager breweries with German, European, Indigenous and local influences, alongside a rapidly developing independent craft-brewing sector.

More than a beer list

These beers are entry points into much larger stories. Behind every bottle, can and draught pour are breweries, founders, workers, maltsters, hop growers, distributors, ownership changes, historic brewery sites, advertising traditions, recipes, acquisitions, closures and generations of drinkers.

A familiar lager may lead to a nineteenth-century brewery. A brewery may lead to a forgotten founder. A founder may lead to an immigrant brewing tradition. A modern beer brand may lead to five former owners, three brewery sites and a century of corporate change. That is why the archive records more than the beer.

Beer → Brewery → People → Place → Ownership → History → Culture