Zagorka is aBulgarianbeer brand from the city ofStara Zagora. It is brewed at theZagorka Brewery.
The company was founded in 1902, in theCzech tradition, by a doctor who returned fromPrague. The current brewery was opened in 1958 and since 1994 is owned byHeineken.[1] The company produces three Bulgarian brands (Zagorka,Ariana andStolichno) and four licensed brands (Heineken,Birra Moretti,Amstel andDesperados).[2]
The "Zagorka" brand has three variants – Zagorka Special (lager, 5% ABV) and twoartisan beers – Zagorka Reserve (dark, flavoured with berries, 6% ABV, since 2011) and Zagorka Fusion (Light, flavoured withgrapes, 2% ABV, since 2012).[3]
Historically, Zagorka had several other variants, including Zagorka Light (Загорка Светло), and Zagorka Gold (both until the early 2000s). The label was originally written inCyrillic, with a period of overlap in the late 1990s ("Light" havingCyrillic labels and "Special" havingLatin ones), and it is currently written mostly in Latin.
