Three Horses Beer
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| Type | Pilsner |
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| Manufacturer | Star Breweries of Madagascar |
| Country of origin | Madagascar |
| Introduced | 1960 |
| Alcohol by volume | 5.4% |
| Variants | THB Special (6.2%), THB Lite (1%), THB Fresh (>1%) |
| Website | Official website (French) |
Three Horses Beer (better known locally as THB) is a 5.4% abv pale lager brewed by the Star Brewery of Madagascar and sold country-wide. THB Pilsener, the most common, has a light taste in the pale lager style and is produced from fermented barley and corn. There is also a THB Special, which is 6.2% alcohol, and a THB Lite, which is a low alcohol beer (1%). There is also THB Fresh, a shandy (locally called Panaché), with less than 1% of alcohol.
THB Pilsener is sold in two sizes of returnable brown bottles: 33 centilitres (12 imp fl oz; 11 US fl oz) and 66 centilitres (23 imp fl oz; 22 US fl oz) bottles. An export version of the Three Horses Beer can be found in aluminum cans.
Three Horses Beer sponsors the THB Champions League, the premier football competition in Madagascar.