Beer

🇩🇪Munich, Germany

Helles Lager

Helles

German-style lager from Munich since 1894, Bavarian answer to Czech pilsner with malt-forward character.

🇫🇮Finland

Homemade Beer

Kotikalja

Traditional low-alcohol fermented beverage made from rye and barley malt, hops, yeast and sugar, simple home-brewed drink.

🇩🇰Denmark

Hvidtøl (White Beer)

Hvidtøl

Traditional Danish low-alcohol dark malt beer, sweet, historic, and lightly fermented.

🇷🇼Rwanda

Ikigage

Traditional Rwandan beer brewed from dry sorghum; a locally brewed alcoholic drink distinct from commercial beers; the sorghum is malted, fermented, and brewed into a thick, cloudy, mildly alcoholic beverage.

🇧🇮Burundi

Ikiyama

A lighter, more liquid version of Burundian sorghum beer; less concentrated and less viscous than impeke, with a milder acidity; drunk as an everyday fermented beverage in sorghum-growing regions.

🇧🇮Burundi

Impeke

Dense, brown fermented sorghum beer traditional to Burundi; acidic and bitter, sometimes softened with honey; drunk through long straws from a communal pot during ceremonies and gatherings.

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Imperial Beer

Cerveza Imperial

Costa Rica's pale lager beer since 1924, clean and refreshing with proper carbonation, a national icon.

🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

Irish Porter

Dark, lightly hopped porter first brewed in Dublin in the 1770s, ancestor of the Irish stout.

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

Jimañūñ

Fermented coconut sap; an alcoholic beverage produced after 3 days of fermentation of jekaro (fresh coconut sap); a traditional Marshallese drink; similar to fermented toddy/tuba in other Pacific islands; the most important traditional alcoholic beverage before imported beer.

🇸🇸Juba, South Sudan

Juba Beer

The national beer of South Sudan; brewed by South Sudan Beverages Limited; a crisp lager; found in bars and restaurants across the country; the bottled alternative to home-brewed millet beer; drunk at celebrations and social gatherings; a symbol of post-independence industry.

🇬🇲The Gambia

Julbrew

A Gambian pale lager brewed by Banjul Breweries, the country's landmark beer brand and a familiar bottle at beach bars and local restaurants.

🇩🇰Denmark

Julebryg (Christmas Brew)

Julebryg

A Danish seasonal Christmas beer, dark and malty with caramel and liquorice notes, launched on J-day in November.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Kalik

A pale lager brewed in Nassau since 1988 and named for the sound of Junkanoo cowbells.

🇧🇬Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Kamenitza

Каменица

Pale lager brewed in Plovdiv since 1881, Bulgaria's oldest beer brand and the default half-litre in a Thracian tavern.

🇩🇪Germany

Kellerbier

Unfiltered lager, historically aged in cellars, with a hazy appearance and good yeast character.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Kentish Ale

Kentish Ale is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Kentish Strong Ale

Kentish Strong Ale is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇨🇾Limassol, Cyprus

KEO

ΚΕΟ

Pale lager brewed in Limassol since 1951, sold in returnable bottles at every taverna on the island.

🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia

Kilikia

Կիլիկիա

Yerevan-brewed pale lager, the standard Armenian beer, poured everywhere from khorovats gardens to city bars.

🇹🇿Tanzania

Kilimanjaro Lager

Kilimanjaro

Pale lager brewed in Tanzania since 1996 and sold with the slogan about not climbing the mountain.

🇳🇴Western Norway, Norway

Kornøl

Kornøl is a beer from Western Norway, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇧🇪Belgium

Kriek

A Belgian cherry lambic beer, tart and fruity.

🇩🇪Germany

Kristallweizen

Filtered clear wheat beer, sparkling and refreshing, with wheat beer flavor but no yeast haze.

🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

Krynica Beer

Крыніца

Minsk's other large brewery, whose unpasteurised Krynica Zhyvoe is the standard cheap draught in Belarusian bars and shop fridges.

🇩🇲Dominica

Kubuli Beer

Kubuli

The local beer of Dominica; brewed under the Kubuli label; a crisp, refreshing lager; the national beer of Dominica; found at every bar, restaurant, and rum shop; the Kubuli beer of Dominica; a refreshing tropical lager; the beer of the Nature Isle.

🇲🇼Malawi

Kuche Kuche

A local Malawian lager enjoyed with grilled food and market meals.

🇩🇪Cologne, Germany

Kölsch

Pale top-fermented beer from Cologne, cold-conditioned like a lager, with a clean crisp profile.

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Lambic

Lambiek

Wild-fermented Brussels wheat beer aged in oak, the ancestor of gueuze and fruit beers.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Laurentina

A Maputo brewery's range, best known for the dark Preta — a sweet, malty beer unusual in the region.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Laško

Pale lager brewed in Laško since 1825 under the Zlatorog chamois mark, the country's most-drunk beer and the object of a long rivalry with Union.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Lithuanian Farmhouse Beer

Alus

Naturally fermented farmhouse beer brewed with unique regional yeasts passed down through generations.

🇩🇪Germany

Maibock

Spring seasonal bock, lighter in color and hoppier than traditional bock, brewed for May festivals.

🇱🇸Lesotho

Maluti Lager

A crisp, golden pale lager brewed in the Lesotho highlands since 1980 by Maluti Mountain Brewery. Named after the Maloti Mountains, it is the national beer of Lesotho.

🇺🇬Gulu, Uganda

Malwa

Fermented millet mash in a communal pot, topped with hot water and drunk through long reed straws by everyone sitting round it.

🇨🇰Cook Islands

Matutu Beer

Mai Lager

Local craft beer from Matutu Brewing Company on Rarotonga; includes Mai Lager and Kiva Pale Ale; the best-known locally produced beer in the Cook Islands.

🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

Mbege

Chagga banana beer brewed from ripe bananas and finger millet, fermented for days into a cloudy, sour drink.