Hunter (beer)

Brand of Jamuna Group

HunterManufacturer| Crown Beverages Limited

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Introduced| January 2004; 20 years ago (2004-01)[1]
Alcohol by volume | 5.0%[2]
Style| Pale lager

Hunter is a brand of beer from Bangladesh. It is brewed by Crown Beverages Limited, a company in the Jamuna Group.[3][4]

Hunter Beer can (330ml.)

Bangladesh has strict controls on the sale of alcoholic beverages. Its Narcotics Control Act 1990 bans the sale of beer, which it defines as a drink with an alcohol content of between 5% and 8.5%. Crown Beverages introduced brewed drinks under the Hunter and Crown brands with an alcohol content of less than 5% to conform with national law, calling them malt beverages. The packaging of Hunter beer closely imitates Australian brand Fosters Beer and Crown's packaging is modelled on Carlsberg Beer livery.[5]

Sale of the beers has been protested by members of parliament and has led to court cases, but not to bans on production.[6][7][8][9]

## References

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1. ^ "Crown Beveraqe Limited".
2. ^ "Hunter – Crown Beverage Limited".
3. ^ "Crown Beverage". jamunagroup.com.bd. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
4. ^ Freeman, Joe (8 October 2015). "5 O'Clock Somewhere: 'As a Beer Though, It Sucks'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
5. ^ "Bangladesh 'beer' tests alcohol ban". BBC. 19 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
6. ^ "Jamuna Group boss among four indicted". The Daily Star. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
7. ^ "First local beer debuts". The Daily Star. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
8. ^ "Trial of Jamuna's Babul starts in Hunter and Crown case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
9. ^ Islam, Syful (5 May 2022). "Bangladesh booze makers toast new liquor laws". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 6 September 2023.