From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A bottle of Goldstar Dark Lager, an Israeli beer
Israeli beer is manufactured primarily by two major brewers in Israel: Tempo Beer Industries Ltd. of Netanya, and the newer Israel Beer Breweries, of Ashkelon, a subsidiary of the local Coca-Cola Company. Tempo brews award-winning Maccabee and Goldstar. Israel Beer Breweries brews Carlsberg, a dry amber Tuborg and has recently begun to produce Layla "dirty blonde" beer, exported only to America.
Smaller brewers are The Dancing Camel Brewing Company and the Palestinian Taybeh Brewing Company from the village of Taybeh in the west bank (near Ramallah). Dancing Camel brews 8 types of beer: Pale Ale, India Pale Ale, Midnight Stout, Hefe-Wit, Caribbean Stout, ‘Trog Wit, Cherry Vanilla Stout and The Golem. Taybeh Beer (Taybeh(tai-bey) in Arabic means "delicious") brews 3 types of beer: Golden, Dark and Light.
A non-alcoholic black beer brewed from malt, Nesher Malt, is also popular in Israel. Called "bira shechora (black beer)," it is sold in small glass bottles, like ordinary beer, but also comes in 1.5 liter bottles, similar to those of carbonated soft drinks. A dietetic version was recently introduced on the market.
