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Anadolu Efes

🌍 Türkiye · Large Brewery · Known for Dark Lager · Light Lager
Known for Dark Lager · Light Lager

Turkey's dominant brewing group and one of the largest beer producers in Europe and Central Asia — Anadolu Efes was founded in 1966 in İzmir and grew to become a major international brewing group with operations across Russia, CIS, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The Efes name references the ancient city of Ephesus near İzmir. Anadolu Efes produces Efes Pilsen, Turkey's most consumed beer, alongside Miller brands under license and the revived Bomonti heritage brand. The group controls approximately 80% of the Turkish beer market.

3Beers
2Styles
4.9%Avg ABV
1966Founded

Beers by Anadolu Efes

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
cleanevery beer
3 of 3 beers
crisp
2 of 3 beers
breadyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
refreshing
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 2 style families
Lager 2Dark 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 519 other breweries making Lager.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for LagerAnadolu Efes
in no beersin every beer
malty
in 1 of 3 · typical Lager brewery: all 5 out of 5
Notably less malty than typical.
bitter
in none of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 75%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1634
best ranked beer
Efes Pilsen

Their beers place in the Top 75% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Anadolu Efes

Turkey's dominant brewing group and one of the largest beer producers in Europe and Central Asia — Anadolu Efes was founded in 1966 in İzmir and grew to become a major international brewing group with operations across Russia, CIS, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The Efes name references the ancient city of Ephesus near İzmir. Anadolu Efes produces Efes Pilsen, Turkey's most consumed beer, alongside Miller brands under license and the revived Bomonti heritage brand. The group controls approximately 80% of the Turkish beer market.

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