Cervecería Boliviana Nacional (CBN)

CBN says the German brewmaster Alexander Wolf created the Paceña recipe in 1877, and that the merger of two La Paz breweries formed the Cervecería Boliviana Nacional on 20 October 1886. At almost 3,600 metres water boils at about 89 °C, so the brewery boils its wort under pressure. Paceña, a lager, is also brewed in Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Tarija; CBN also runs the old Huari brewery on the Oruro altiplano, whose buildings may date from 1850. Quilmes bought the company in 2000, and it passed to AB InBev; it holds about 90% of the Bolivian market.