Alcohol and Cigarette Brands in Colombia

panthdave says on Jun 6, 2008, 12:14:

Marlboro-Cia.Colombiana de Tabaco S.A. under the authority of Phillip Morris.

They make many others I think too like Boston..

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 6, 2008, 12:49:

My dad used to smoke Kent.

Diana

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just4time says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:08:

Are all the brands owned by Philip Morris?

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just4time says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:10:

I think Caribe is another brand here.

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adidas6953 says on Jun 6, 2008, 14:50:

cigs - Boston

Alcohol - por supuesto Aguardiente (Blanco)

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drucifer says on Jun 6, 2008, 14:58:

What are the brands or rather the companies that own the brands? Thanks!

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 15:32:

Phillip Morris bought Colombia Tobacco a couple of years ago so the Marlboro and Boston products (and maybe others) are theirs.

SAB Miller bought the Bavaria brewery business in the last year or two. Bavaria is pretty much a monopoly, with a market share of 98% in Colombia, 99% in Peru, 95% in Ecuador and 80% in Panama.

I believe the makers of rum and aguardiente are state-owned companies.

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expatriate says on Jun 6, 2008, 16:52:

I just wonder why on earth would you care?

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tejasmarcos says on Jun 6, 2008, 20:05:

4 beers, 1 rum & 1 guaro - national

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Joel y Luza says on Jun 7, 2008, 09:05:

so, this leaves me with the question, are there any GOOD "BREW PUBS" like in the States, where the cantina brews their own beer?

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rocinante says on Jun 7, 2008, 10:18:

Joel and Luza - in Medellin you are dreaming - Every beer in colombia tastes like budweiser - it's all that light crap. If you are used to like New Castle, Sam Smith or any type of beer with body and/or color you will be imensly disapointed. Get used to drinking the type of beer you drank in College.

Just a note - to me Bud, Miller, Coors, Coors Light, even Heineken to some extent, is below the line of solid taste. If one drinks Trappist ales or Belguim brews and then lines up the beers I just mentioned - they pretty much taste the same. Again for someone who likes were distinct beers. If all you drink are those beers then an average Joe might be able to tell the difference between Bud and Coors Light.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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rocinante says on Jun 7, 2008, 10:30:

I used to bring cartons of cigarettes from Medellin back to the US. The smokers would thank me but ended up admitting that they taste different. The Malrboros in Colombia are not the same as Marlboros in the US.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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panthdave says on Jun 7, 2008, 15:51:

I like the Marlboros from Colombia...yes there different now the Marlboros in the United States taste wierd to me....Brava probably is your only kind of darker beer but don't like it...I drink Aguila only and yes its like Budweiser but oh well...

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