Cervejaria Colorado
Marcelo Carneiro da Rocha founded Colorado in Ribeirão Preto in 1996 after a trip to California, choosing a city with a long beer tradition. One of his first beers was an IPA with rapadura, raw cane sugar, and the brewery became known for Brazilian ingredients: cassava, Brazil nuts, orange-blossom honey and local coffee. The bear on its labels is South America’s spectacled bear. Indica is an English IPA with rapadura, Appia a wheat beer with honey, Demoiselle a coffee porter, Ithaca an imperial stout and Vixnu a double IPA. Ambev bought Colorado in July 2015, when it brewed about 140,000 litres a month; in May 2026 Ambev denied a rumour that it would drop the brand.
Styles brewed by Cervejaria Colorado
Weissbier
AleWeissbier (Hefeweizen): a pale, cloudy Bavarian wheat beer with banana and clove from its yeast and a huge fluffy head. Strength, bitterness, glass and examples.
Imperial Stout
AleImperial stout: a strong, black, roasty stout with dark fruit and a warming finish, born as an export to the Russian court. Strength, glass and classic examples.
Double IPA
AleDouble IPA: a strong, very hoppy, dry pale ale of 7.5–10%, the American IPA pushed further, made famous by Pliny the Elder. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
English IPA
AleEnglish IPA: the bitter, hoppy, dry pale ale first shipped from London to India in the late 1700s and remade in Burton. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
American Porter
AleAmerican porter: a roasty, chocolatey, bitter dark ale, stronger and hoppier than an English porter; craft brewers revived it from 1974. Strength, taste, serving.
At a glance
- Country
- Brazil
- Brews in
- Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
- Founded
- 1996
- Owner
- Ambev (AB InBev), since 2015
- Best-known beers
- Indica, Appia, Demoiselle, Ithaca, Vixnu
Sources
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- Histórico - Ambev — Ambev
- G1 - Fundador da Colorado garante receita original após venda para a Ambev - notícias em Ribeirão e Franca — G1
- 'Cerveja artesanal veio para ficar', diz fundador da Colorado sobre crescimento do mercado brasileiro | G1 — G1
- Craft Brewing in Brazil with Cervejaria Colorado - The Beer Connoisseur® — The Beer Connoisseur®
- ON Explica: Ambev aponta ‘fake news’ em comunicado sobre suposta descontinuação de marcas - ACidade ON Ribeirão Preto — A Cidade ON
- Indica - Cervejaria Colorado - Untappd — Untappd