When talking about alcoholic beverages, it is cachaça that might be seen as the national tipple of Brazil. But the country’s favorite drink is a glass—or bottle—of beer. A recent study by the national information center on alcohol and health showed that, for 62 percent of Brazilians, no other alcoholic beverage beats a good, cold beer.
But is the beer Brazilians are drinking any good?
Well, until recently, the answer might well have been a firm ‘no’. A 2012
“A good beer is made from pure barley malt—changing it for corn inevitably affects its quality,” said beer expert Sady Homrich at the time.
Then came the golden age...
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