| Tempo Beer Industries Ltd. | |||||||||
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| Location | Netanya Israel |
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| Owner(s) | Publicly traded since 1982 on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| Year opened | 1952 | ||||||||
| Annual production | 0.5 million hectoliters | ||||||||
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Tempo Beer Industries (Tempo) is Israel's largest brewer and the country's second largest beverage company. Tempo produces three main pale lager brands: Goldstar - which was acquired in a 1985 merger, Maccabee - also marketed in the United States and Europe, and Nesher Malt, an alcohol free lager.[1] Since 1992, Tempo has been an importer of Heineken lager, and in 2005 they became the sole distributors in Israel for Sam Adams lager[2]. Heineken International owns a 40% share of Tempo,[3] which has its main office in Netanya.[4]
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Tempo's main brands are Maccabee, Goldstar, and Nesher.
Maccabee (Hebrew: מכבי) is a 4.9% abv pale lager first brewed in 1968. It is distributed in Israel and is also marketed in the USA and Europe.
Goldstar (Hebrew: גולדסטאר) is also a 4.9% pale lager which has been produced since the 1950s. It is marketed as a "Dark Lager Beer" ("בירה לאגר כהה"), though is pale golden in appearance.[5] In January 2007, Tempo introduced the 4% Goldstar Light with a commercial starring Moshe Datz, from the Israeli duet Duo Datz. The beer is certified kosher by the Chief Rabbinate of Netanya, Israel.
Nesher Malt was the first commercial beer to be brewed in the modern State of Israel - it has been brewed since 1935. It is a non-alcoholic beer.
Tempo produces juice-based drinks under the Jump brand, and Nesher, a non-alcoholic malt drink. It is also the local bottler of PepsiCo drinks.
In September 2004, Tempo acquired a 39% controlling interest in Barkan Wine Cellars, Israel's second largest winery, which also produces boutique Segal Wines, Keglevich vodka, and Stock 84 brandy.
Goldstar brand beer was referred to in the song "Tel Aviv" by Duran Duran from the 1981 album Duran Duran[6].