During the pandemic, Brazilian beer officially goes nationwide

With its scorching weather and adored sandy beaches, Brazil is a beer country. Brewing an average of 13 billion liters a year, it is also the world’s third-largest producer of what is the oldest alcoholic beverage in human history. 

While dominated by major players such as Ambev and Heineken, beer production in Brazil is becoming increasingly decentralized. In fact, there are now established breweries in all of the country’s 27 states, when the first beer facility opened up in the remote Amazonian region of Acre earlier this year.

And the coronavirus has done little to quench Brazil’s thirst for beer. The total number of registered breweries rose 14.4 percent during the pandemic, reaching a total of 1,383, according to the Agriculture Ministry‘s 2020 Beer Annual, published at the end of April.

While the majority of breweries are found in the wealthy and...