Becks
Beck's is the main brand of beer brewed by Beck's Brewery, a brewery in the north Germany city of Bremen. It has, for many years, also been brewed under license in Namibia, which prior to World War I was a German colony. It is also today brewed in Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, China, Nigeria, Romania, Turkey and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Beck's Brewery's main products are: Beck's - the main brand, a pale lager; Beck's Gold; Beck's Vier; Beck's Dark; Beck's Oktoberfest; and Haake Beck Maibock - a bock beer which is sold only from February till May.
- 1873 Beck's was first brewed in Bremen.
- 1874 Received its first prize from Crown Prince Frederick.
- 1876 Beck's won its first international prize in the USA.
- 2002 Beck's Brewery owned by local families until February, when it was then sold to Interbrew for 1.8 billion euros.