Type Pale lager Introduced 1947 | Country of origin Luanda, Angola Alcohol by volume 4.5% | |
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Manufacturer Companhia União de Cervejas de Angola | ||
Cuca (also called Cuca BGI) is a brand of beer manufactured by Companhia União de Cervejas de Angola ("United Beer Company of Angola") in Angola.
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History
Cuca beer was established in 1947 under the name CUCA-Companhia União de Cervejas de Angola, SARL, with a capital of 5,000 contos, being a daughter company of the Portuguese Central de Cervejas. On May 26, 1976, the Government of Angola confiscated and nationalized Cuca, after taking possession of the Commission for Restructuring the brewing industry.
It is manufactured in Luanda and in Catumbela, in the municipality of Lobito, Benguela province. The Benguela production amounts to 60 000 bars per day.
In Namibia
In Namibia, Cuca beer was illegal in the 1970s and 1980s, yet it was widely available in the northern parts of the country, in Ovamboland and Kavango. Bars there became known as "Cuca shops". Around the time of Namibian independence, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance was said to have offered free beer in Cuca shops, in an attempt to lure voters to its side.