Hunter (beer)

Hunter is a beer in Bangladesh. It is the first beer brewed in Bangladesh.[1][2]

Picture of Bangladesh Hunter Beer

History

Bangladesh Narcotics Control Act 1990 bans beer that contain alcohol defines it beer as a drink with alcohol content between 5% and 8.5%. Crown Beverages Ltd started making the beer with an alcohol content of less than 5%. Member of Parliament from the Islami Oikya Jote, Fazlul Huq Amini, and Member of Parliament from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, had called the government to take action to prevent the sale of alcoholic drinks. Hunter beer can had been designed to imitate Fosters Beer. Beers were also sold under the crown brand which was modeled on Carlsberg Beer.[3]

Department of Narcotics Control sued key people in Crown Beverages Ltd on 8 March 2004.[4] In October 2009, Crown Beverage Ltd, a subsidiary of Jamuna Group, launched Hunter beer officially. It was the first beer to be produced in Bangladesh. The beer market in Bangladesh was of imported beers before the introduction of Hunter beer.[5] Trial in the case filed by Department of Narcotics Control started in 2016.[6]

References
  1. "Crown Beverage". jamunagroup.com.bd. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. Freeman, Joe (8 October 2015). "5 O'Clock Somewhere: 'As a Beer Though, It Sucks'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. "Bangladesh 'beer' tests alcohol ban". BBC. 19 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. "Jamuna Group boss among four indicted". The Daily Star. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. "First local beer debuts". The Daily Star. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. "Trial of Jamuna's Babul starts in Hunter and Crown case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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