Description

Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes (local [serβeseɾi.ai malteɾi.a kilmes]) is an Argentine brewery founded in 1888 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires province, by Otto Bemberg, a German immigrant. The company started growing fast and in the 1920s it was already the most popular beer in Buenos Aires. Since then, it has become a national symbol and has 75% of the beer market in Argentina. It sponsors the Argentine national football team, and the colors of its labels are Argentina's light blue and white.