Greek Exporters

Athenian Brewery S.A. is the largest brewer in Greece, producing and trading beer, since 1963. It was established by a group of Greek entrepreneurs who set up and operated the first industrial unit in Athens in collaboration with Amstel Brouwerij B.V, back in 1965.

That year, Athenian brewing operations commenced what is now the story of Athenian Brewery S.A., producing what has come to be the most popular and wanted beer in the country, Amstel.

In 1968 it became the operating company of Heineken N.V. in Greece, following the merger between Heineken and Amstel in Holland. It remains so until today. A second plant was inaugurated in 1974 in Thessaloniki, to further expand the production. In 1976 Amstel achieved to become the top best selling beer in Greece, a position it still holds today.