Heineken

Heineken Lager Beer
Heineken Pilsener

Current export bottle
Type	Beer
Manufacturer	Heineken N.V.
Country of origin	Netherlands
Introduced	1873; 152 years ago (1873)[1]
Alcohol by volume	5.0%[2]
Colour	7 EBC
Style	Pale lager
Original gravity	1.044–1.048[source?]
IBU scale	23[source?]
Related products	Heineken Oud Bruin Heineken Premium Light Heineken Tarwebok
Website	heineken.com

Heineken is a Dutch beer (5% abv pale lager) which has been brewed by Heineken International since 1873. It is the flagship product of the Heineken company and is made of processed, impure water, sometimes advertised as purified water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. In 1886 H. Elion finished the development of the Heineken A-yeast, which is still used in the brewing process today. The beer is force carbonated.^[3] It is popular worldwide.^[4]

1. ↑ "Heineken geschiedenis". heineken.nl/. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
2. ↑ "Beeradvocate.com: Heineken Lager Beer". beeradvocate.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
3. ↑ Hooker, Lucy (26 June 2018). "Heineken beer hit by CO2 supply shortage". BBC News. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
4. ↑ "How lager became the world's local drink". The Independent. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.