Today we are going to take a look at the list of the largest beer companies in the world, published by Insider Monkey recently. Since we have had a very tough year, we are about to present you with a much more pleasant topic: the delicious nectar of breweries. If you like beer, you may feel its taste in your mouth now, I surely do. As Christmas and the New Year’s Eve are just around the corner, you may be thinking which famous brand to choose for the holiday season. Actually, mo matter which brand you will pick up, it will be surely the product of one of these largest beer companies. If we think of for instance Heineken, we can see that it includes 170 brands.
So which are the largest beer companies? Well, let’s see! At first, here is Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. on the fourth spot. Its revenue is $17.6 billion, the market cap is $18.99 billion with a Tokyo-based headquarter. Sake is the most famous and popular drink for Japanese people, but the mostly preferred alcoholic beverage alongside sake is beer. Kirin Holdings can boast with a large global market distribution, besides being one of the biggest breweries in Japan. There are several famous brands under Kirin, such as Brooklyn Brewery and Yo-Ho brewing and low-malt Tanrei beer . In 2009, Kirin started distributing drinks from the biggest British alcoholic manufacturer, Diageo plc. Heineken is always is the top three, when it comes to the largest beer companies across the globe. It has a revenue of $26.8 billion, and a market cap of $62.344 billion. Heineken N.V. is an Amsterdam-based company, and is the second biggest brewer across the earth with a portfolio of more than 170 beer brands. Heineken has lots of locations, such as in Eastern Europe, America, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. Heineken is among the most popular beers in the world, you can really find it in all bars and nightclubs, restaurants across the globe. For further information, please visit Insider Monkey’s list of the largest beer companies in the world.