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BeerGuessr maps 572 beers from 119 countries and territories. Each country page explains what the country is known for, maps its breweries and lists its beers with their history.
- United States60 beersThe United States is known for light lagers such as Bud Light and Coors Light and for the craft beer movement that turned the American IPA into a global style. It had 9,922 breweries in 2024, according to the Brewers Association, and is the world's second-largest beer market.
- Belgium52 beersBelgium is known for its range of ales: Trappist beers, abbey dubbels and tripels, witbier, lambic and gueuze, saison, Flanders red ale and strong golden ales such as Duvel. UNESCO added Belgian beer culture to its intangible cultural heritage list in 2016.
- Germany51 beersGermany is known for lager brewing and the Reinheitsgebot, the 1516 Bavarian purity law. Its signature beers are pilsner, helles, Weissbier, Kölsch, Altbier and bock, and Munich's Oktoberfest, first held in 1810, is the world's largest beer festival.
- United Kingdom42 beersThe United Kingdom is known for cask-conditioned ale served in pubs, and for creating bitter, porter, India pale ale and stout. Lager now makes up most sales, but the Campaign for Real Ale, founded in 1971, has kept cask beer alive, and the UK had 44,650 pubs in 2025.
- France35 beersFrance is better known for wine, but it has strong brewing traditions in Alsace and the far north. Kronenbourg, founded in Strasbourg in 1664, is the best-selling French beer, the north gave rise to bière de garde, and France now has more than 2,000 breweries.
- Netherlands15 beersThe Netherlands is known for pale lager, led by Heineken, founded in Amsterdam in 1864 and now the world's second-largest brewer. Grolsch, Bavaria and Amstel are other major Dutch brands, and Koningshoeven Abbey brews Trappist ales under the La Trappe name.
- Spain15 beersSpain is known for crisp pale lagers served cold in small glasses called cañas, usually with tapas. Mahou, Estrella Damm, Estrella Galicia, San Miguel and Cruzcampo lead the market, and Spain is one of the largest beer producers in the European Union.
- Canada14 beersCanada's beer market is led by pale lagers from Molson and Labatt, two 19th-century breweries now owned by Molson Coors and AB InBev. Quebec is known for Belgian-style ales such as Unibroue's, and craft breweries now operate in every province.
- Czechia13 beersCzechia is the home of pilsner: Pilsner Urquell was first brewed in Plzeň in 1842. Czechs drink more beer per person than any other nation, 148.8 litres in 2024 according to Kirin, and have topped that ranking every year since 1993.
- Mexico13 beersMexico is known for light, crisp pale lagers such as Corona, Modelo Especial, Tecate and Pacifico, and is the world's largest beer exporter. Its amber Vienna-style lagers, such as Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ámbar, reflect 19th-century Central European brewing influence.
- Australia12 beersAustralia is known for pale lagers such as Great Northern, Carlton Draught, XXXX and Victoria Bitter, and for Coopers, the largest Australian-owned brewer. Mid-strength beers are popular, and glass names such as pot, middy and schooner vary by state.
- Italy12 beersItaly is known for Peroni and Moretti pale lagers and for a craft beer movement that began in 1996. Italian brewers created the Italian Grape Ale, brewed with grape must, now listed as a style by the Beer Judge Certification Program.
- Austria10 beersAustria is the birthplace of Vienna lager, created by Anton Dreher at Schwechat in 1841, and its everyday beer is Austrian Märzen, a mild golden lager. Austrians are among the world's biggest beer drinkers per person, at around 100 litres a year.
- Ireland10 beersIreland is known for dry stout, above all Guinness, brewed at St. James's Gate in Dublin since 1759. Irish red ale such as Smithwick's is the other traditional style. Lager still outsells stout, but stout held 35.9% of the Irish beer market in 2024.
- Poland9 beersPoland is known for pale lagers such as Żywiec, Tyskie and Lech, and for two historic styles, Baltic porter and Grodziskie, a smoked wheat beer. It is one of Europe's largest beer markets, with consumption near 100 litres per person in Kirin's 2019 data.
- Denmark8 beersDenmark is known for Carlsberg and Tuborg pale lagers and for a brewing breakthrough: in 1883 Emil Christian Hansen at the Carlsberg Laboratory isolated a pure lager yeast. Since the 2000s, Danish craft brewers such as Mikkeller have made the country a center of experimental beer.
- Japan8 beersJapan is known for dry, crisp pale lagers from four large brewers: Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory. Asahi Super Dry, launched in 1987, is the best-selling brand. Since October 2026, beer, happoshu and 'new genre' drinks are taxed at a single rate.
- Brazil7 beersBrazil is the world's third-largest beer market, after China and the United States. It is known for light pale lagers served ice-cold, led by Ambev's Skol, Brahma and Antarctica, and had 1,949 registered breweries in 2024.
- New Zealand7 beersNew Zealand is known for its hops, especially Nelson Sauvin and Motueka from the Nelson region, and for mainstream lagers such as Steinlager, Speight's, Tui and Export Gold. Lion (Kirin) and DB Breweries (Heineken) dominate, alongside a large craft sector.
- Norway7 beersNorway is known for high beer prices, strict sales rules and kveik, farmhouse yeasts from western Norway now used by brewers worldwide. Ringnes and Hansa Borg make most mainstream lagers, and Aass in Drammen, founded in 1834, is the oldest brewery in the country.
- Switzerland7 beersSwitzerland has more breweries per person than any other country, about 146 per million inhabitants, according to the Swiss Brewers' Association. Its market is led by pale lagers from Feldschlösschen (Carlsberg) and Heineken Switzerland's Calanda and Eichhof.
- Sweden6 beersSweden is known for state-controlled beer sales: beer above 3.5% ABV is sold only at the Systembolaget monopoly. Pale lagers from Spendrups, Carlsberg Sverige and Åbro dominate, and craft brewers such as Omnipollo have built an international reputation.
- China5 beersChina is the world's largest beer market by volume, a position it has held since 2003. Its beers are light pale lagers, often brewed with rice; CR Snow, Tsingtao, Budweiser APAC, Carlsberg and Yanjing lead the market, and Snow is the world's best-selling beer brand by volume.
- Finland5 beersFinland is known for pale lagers such as Karhu, Lapin Kulta and Koff, and for sahti, a farmhouse beer filtered through juniper branches and one of the oldest beer styles still brewed. Stronger beer is sold only by the state retailer Alko.
- Vietnam5 beersVietnam is Southeast Asia's largest beer market, known for pale lagers such as Saigon, 333, Hanoi and Tiger, and for bia hơi, a cheap, fresh draught beer sold on Hanoi street corners. Heineken Vietnam, Sabeco and Habeco lead the market.
- Chile4 beersChile's beer market is led by CCU, whose Cristal, Escudo and Royal Guard lagers are the national brands. German settlers brought brewing to southern Chile in the 1850s, and Kunstmann in Valdivia is the best-known brewery outside the mainstream.
- Greece4 beersGreece is known for pale lagers such as Mythos, Fix, Alfa and Amstel, the last brewed locally by Heineken's Athenian Brewery, the market leader. Fix, first brewed in 1864 by a brewer who came with Bavarian-born King Otto, is the oldest Greek beer brand.
- Argentina3 beersArgentina is known for Quilmes, the pale lager founded in 1888 that became a national symbol, and for a craft scene centered on Bariloche and Patagonian hops from El Bolsón. AB InBev, through Cervecería Quilmes, and Chile's CCU dominate the market.
- Bulgaria3 beersBulgaria's beer is mainly pale lager from Zagorka (Heineken), Kamenitza (Molson Coors) and Carlsberg Bulgaria (Shumensko, Pirinsko). Commercial brewing began in the 1880s, and consumption is high, close to 80 litres per person in Kirin's 2019 data.
- Croatia3 beersCroatia is known for pale lagers, led by Ožujsko from Zagreb and Karlovačko from Karlovac. Beer is the most consumed alcoholic drink in the country, and a craft scene centered on Zagreb has grown since 2013.
- Iceland3 beersIceland banned beer stronger than 2.25% ABV from 1915 until 1 March 1989, a date still celebrated as Beer Day. Its main brewers are Ölgerðin (Egils Gull) and Víking, and strong beer is sold in shops only through the state store Vínbúðin.
- Peru3 beersPeru's beer market is dominated by Backus, part of AB InBev, whose pale lagers Cristal, Pilsen Callao and Cusqueña are the national brands. Long before European brewing, Andean peoples made chicha de jora, a fermented corn drink still served in chicherías.
- Portugal3 beersPortugal's beer market is a two-brand rivalry between Super Bock, brewed near Porto, and Sagres, brewed near Lisbon. Both are pale lagers, and together they account for most beer sold in the country. A small craft scene has grown in Lisbon and Porto since the 2010s.
- Romania3 beersRomania is one of Europe's heaviest beer-drinking countries, at about 100 litres per person in Kirin's 2019 data. Its market is mainly pale lager from Ursus, Timișoreana, Ciuc, Bergenbier and Silva, with Heineken, Asahi's Ursus Breweries and Molson Coors leading.
- Russia3 beersRussia's beer market is dominated by pale lagers, led by Baltika of St. Petersburg, and its traditional fermented drink is kvass, made from rye bread. Beer was only classified as an alcoholic drink in Russian law in 2011, and street-kiosk sales ended in 2013.
- South Korea3 beersSouth Korea is known for light pale lagers, led by OB's Cass, HiteJinro's Terra and Kelly and Lotte's Kloud, and for somaek, a mix of beer and soju. Small breweries have been able to sell beyond their premises since a 2014 tax law change.
- Thailand3 beersThailand's beer market is led by three pale lagers: Leo, Chang and Singha. Boon Rawd Brewery, maker of Singha and Leo, opened as the country's first brewery in 1933, and Leo is the best-selling brand. ThaiBev's Chang is the main challenger.
- Ukraine3 beersUkraine is known for pale lagers from Obolon, Chernihivske and Lvivske, and for Lviv's brewing tradition, with a brewery dating from 1715. Obolon, opened in Kyiv in 1980 for the Moscow Olympics, is the largest Ukrainian-owned brewer.
More countries
- Albania: Birra Tirana
- Angola: Cuca
- Armenia: Kilikia
- Bahamas: Kalik
- Barbados: Banks
- Belarus: Lidskoe
- Belize: Belikin
- Bhutan: Druk
- Bolivia: Paceña
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevsko
- Cambodia: Angkor
- Cameroon: 33 Export
- Colombia: Águila, Club Colombia
- Costa Rica: Imperial
- Cuba: Bucanero, Cristal
- Cyprus: KEO
- Dominican Republic: Presidente
- DR Congo: Primus, Simba
- Ecuador: Pilsener
- Egypt: Sakara, Stella
- El Salvador: Pilsener
- Estonia: A. Le Coq, Saku
- Ethiopia: Habesha, St. George
- Fiji: Fiji Bitter
- French Polynesia (France): Hinano
- Ghana: Club
- Guatemala: Gallo
- Haiti: Prestige
- Honduras: Salva Vida
- Hungary: Borsodi, Soproni
- India: Bira 91, Kingfisher
- Indonesia: Bintang
- Israel: Goldstar, Maccabee
- Jamaica: Red Stripe
- Kazakhstan: Shymkentskoe
- Kenya: Tusker
- Laos: Beerlao
- Latvia: Aldaris, Cēsu
- Lebanon: Almaza
- Lithuania: Švyturys, Utenos
- Luxembourg: Bofferding, Diekirch
- Madagascar: THB (Three Horses Beer)
- Malta: Cisk
- Martinique (France): Lorraine
- Mauritius: Phoenix
- Mongolia: Chinggis
- Montenegro: Nikšićko
- Morocco: Casablanca, Flag Spéciale
- Mozambique: 2M, Laurentina
- Myanmar: Myanmar Beer
- Namibia: Windhoek
- Nepal: Gorkha
- Nicaragua: Toña
- Nigeria: Gulder, Star
- North Macedonia: Skopsko
- Pakistan: Murree
- Palestine: Taybeh
- Panama: Balboa
- Papua New Guinea: SP Lager
- Philippines: Red Horse, San Miguel
- Puerto Rico: Medalla Light
- Réunion (France): Dodo
- Saint Lucia: Piton
- Samoa: Vailima
- Senegal: Gazelle
- Serbia: Jelen, Lav
- Singapore: Tiger
- Slovakia: Šariš, Zlatý Bažant
- Slovenia: Laško, Union
- South Africa: Castle Lager
- Sri Lanka: Lion
- Taiwan: Taiwan Beer
- Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Safari
- Trinidad and Tobago: Carib
- Tunisia: Celtia
- Turkey: Bomonti, Efes
- Uganda: Nile Special
- Uruguay: Patricia, Pilsen
- Venezuela: Polar
- Zambia: Mosi
- Zimbabwe: Zambezi