Beer in Panama

Panama produces three brands of rum and a similar liquor known as Seco Herrerano, but beer is also quite popular.

Small independent brewpub in El Cangrejo neighborhood - Source:[1] Independent craft brewery established in Costa Del Este Industrial Park, Panama City, in December 2013, with a second taproom in the old city (Casa Bruja Casco Antiguo).

– Source:[2] A popular beer, the Panama brand is also the strongest marketer, with T-shirts and other merchandise bearing its name seen around the Americas.

– Source:[3] a traditional German style, a Lager with a very Panamanian touch: organic cacao from the tropical islands of Bocas del Toro, and coffee from the mountains of Chiriquí.

Its aroma and flavor are enhanced by its malt character and caramel and toffee notes, and a light bitterness with citric and floral hints.

- Source:[8] In one of many corporate scandals of businesses financing Colombian paramilitaries, allegations surround Cervecería Nacional for having union workers killed by the armed right-wing groups Parent of Panama's biggest beer company alleged to have financed paramilitaries that attacked Panama.