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Beer in Slovenia is dominated by thepale lager market. The most commonly known brands ofSlovenian beer, now united under the same parent company, areLaško andUnion, although a number of smaller breweries exist.[1][2]
There were several minorbreweries in Slovenia before the 19th century. The first lager brewery, theLaško Brewery, wasestablished in 1825 inLaško.
Today, two major beers dominate the market and both breweries are currently owned byLaško Brewery (Pivovarna Laško) after buying Union brewery with theInterbrew. Both breweries offer a variety of beers, but the most popular are plain lagers, Union beer and Laško/Zlatorog beer. The main beer is lager, drunk in over 95% of the cases.
Since both arelagers, the beers are similar. Laško is a bit more bitter. Union is the beer of the capital city,Ljubljana and Laško is mostly drunk elsewhere. Estimates give Laško beer a 60%market share.
Together with the two main breweries, there are around 127 breweries in the country.[3]
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