Madrid/The official press has just announced the production and marketing of a beer and four types of gin in Cuba. According to those information, the state mipyme I know SRL He would have signed an agreement with “the representative of Oka Beer in Cuba”, a brand that they identify as French. However, the company’s website places the company in Florida and the representative at the time of the agreement, Ocaris Fernández Guerra, appears as a resident in the state of the sun.
According to the media, the agreement was signed at the headquarters of the Association of Cantineros de Cuba, located in the Havana municipality of Plaza de la Revolution. The MSME was represented by its second administrator, Yainela Martínez Chávez, who explained at a press conference that the company has been running for two years and its main office is on the second floor of the Focsa building, in El Vedado.
Be SRL, which also has a minindustry in Güira de Mamena (Artemisa), is dedicated to food marketing and, according to the directive, “seeks to expand its catalog with high quality products and international acceptance.”
Be SRL, which also has a minindustria in Güira de Mamena, is dedicated to food marketing
Fernández Guerra, as Oka representative, talked about beer, which has 5% alcohol and is not malted. The company specializes “in the design and production of drinks for wholesale distributors in the B2B segment”, the one that establishes links between two businesses.
Oka is promoted on its website as a German -style beer made in France, although it does not indicate where, beyond a generic mention to Champigneulles, a population of the Lorena region (on the border with Germany). In this town the Brasserie Champigneullesconsidered the oldest active France, but without apparent relationship with any company called Oka Beer.
Yes, there are about 50 kilometers, a brasserie oka, in the population of Prayé, which elaborates several types of craft beer, which is dedicated to the Proximity sale And neither does it seem to have any link with the Cuban.
The company’s website cited by the official Cuban press is https://www.okab2b.com And in the section called “Our beers” only one product appears: the one that will be sold on the island. In it, Oka is defined as “the Caribbean refreshing flavor” and it is stressed that it is “the most important and popular beer between Cubans and foreign tourists”, although it has just begun its sale.
Contact with the company is a Florida phone, and the direction of manufacturing facilities is from Miami
“A premium German lager with 5.0% alcohol, made in France by our experts, known for its fresh and refreshing flavor, ideal for the warm climate of Cuba. It is defined as a dark and deep beer, with a slightly sweet aftertaste. Many beer experts consider it with more body and flavor than glass and buccanean beers. In some regions of Cuba, it can be sold under the distribution rights,” adds the page.
Contact with the company is a Florida phone, and the address of manufacturing facilities is from Miami.
Lighter is the gin situation presented on the island at the same event as this beer. The press mentions four Italian gynebrae that will be marketed on the island and whose badge is to use “water from the sterilized and purified Mediterranean Sea”. The varieties that will arrive in Cuba are upper celestial, Rare, Rosé and Superior 0.0, which refers to Celestial Gina brand based in Riccione (Rimini, Italy).
The celestial gin, which are sold with the slogan “The sea in a bottle”, use water from the banks of Sardinia’s Mediterranean island, in addition to plants in the region. The brand belongs to the VEN Group, based in Rome.
