In Brasil, there is bottled beer and then there is chopp. Chopp is the Brasilian term for draught beer. It´s found all over and restaurants often advertise themselves as being chopperias as well. It´s served chilled and is great on a hot summer day - well timed Brasil-travel for us I say! We had a few varieties of chopp on our travels - Itaipava (a Rio based brewer), Antarctica and Brahma (two kinds - a clear, pale pilsener and a darker porter-ish one.) MFTree goes for the Itaipava, while I´ll take the Brahma(s).
Bottled beer in Brasil is served cold and I mean brain-freezing, tongue-numbingly cold. It´s also served in an insulating jacket which does it´s best not to let the warmth creep. The bottled beers are all pilseners and the dominant brands remain the same as chopp, with a couple of additions. Brahma, Bohemia, Antarctica and the weak-ish Skol (in order of my preference) are the biggest sellers. We noticed the similarity in style and flavours and discovered that all are actually owned by AmBev!
However, to answer the titular question - chopp!
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