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Where is Super Bock brewed?

By Mark Porter Last checked 21 September 2026 How we check

Genuine import Partly verified Last checked 21 September 2026

Super Bock is imported from Portugal, but the UK version is weaker: 4.7% against 5.2% at home.

Listed by Tesco when last checked. The product pages are among the sources below.

UK strength by format
Format	UK strength	Units	At home
330ml bottle	4.7%	1.6 units a bottle	5.2%
660ml bottle	Not established	Not established	5.2%
30L keg	4.7%	2.7 units a pint	5.2%

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Brewed for the UK in

Imported from Portugal

Imported

Sold as a beer from

Portugal

Portuguese branding, sold as a Portuguese lager

Brewed in (country)

Portugal

Brand owner

Super Bock Group (Super Bock Bebidas S.A.)

HQ: Leca do Balio, Matosinhos, Portugal

UK strength

4.7%

2.7 units a pint

Strength at home (Portugal)

5.2%

3.0 units a pint. The 330ml bottle sold in the UK is 4.7%, against 5.2% for Super Bock Original in Portugal. The 30L keg supplied to UK pubs is also 4.7%. The strength of the 660ml bottle on the Tesco listing has not been read.

What the UK label says

“Country of origin: Portugal. Brewer: Super Bock Bebidas S.A., Leca do Balio, Portugal”

Source: www.tesco.com

More about the brand: rights, style, when it was created, where it is brewed at home

UK rights held by

Not established

Style

Lager

Brand created

1927, Portugal

Brewed at home in

Leca do Balio, Matosinhos, Portugal

Partly verified

At least one of those three claims rests on a secondary source or an inference, a disagreement between sources is still open, or a split supply has a format that has not been read.

Origin and brewery site verified from the Tesco label. UK abv and the UK importer not established.

Not listed at Morrisons, Asda, Ocado or Sainsbury's in searches on 2026-09-06; the Tesco listing on record is the only one.

2026-09-09: no supermarket listing at Morrisons, Asda, Ocado, Sainsbury's, Waitrose or Bestway; the Tesco listing on record is the only one. LWC lists a 30L keg at 4.7% from Portugal, which is a draught product and cannot stand for the bottle's strength.

2026-09-21: the UK strength of 4.7% is now recorded from two UK retailers, Water Into Beer and Beerhunter, which list the 330ml bottle at 4.7% with Portugal as the country of origin. That makes the UK beer 0.5 points weaker than Super Bock Original at home (5.2%). CAMRA's report 'Beer in the UK' (July 2026, edited by Tim Webb) names Super Bock among imports weakened for the UK. Still partly verified: neither retailer transcribes a producer block, and the 660ml bottle's strength has not been read.

The small print on the base of a current can or bottle, giving the producer name and address, would settle this.

In short

Super Bock is imported. The UK product is brewed at Leca do Balio, Matosinhos in Portugal. It is, however, a weaker version: 4.7% here against 5.2% at home. The brand belongs to Super Bock Group (Super Bock Bebidas S.A.). The label says: "Country of origin: Portugal. Brewer: Super Bock Bebidas S.A., Leca do Balio, Portugal."

This page is about the packs sold in supermarkets. Draught in pubs can come from a different brewery, and this page does not cover it unless a format table says so.

Formats on record

Every pack format read so far says the same thing. This is what each one says, so you can check the one in your hand against it.

Format	Supply
330ml bottle	Imported
660ml bottle	Imported
30L keg	Imported

What changed

21 September 2026: recommendation was not established, now genuine import, weaker here (source)
21 September 2026: details by pack format was not established, now "330ml bottle 4.7%, 30L keg 4.7%, 660ml bottle not established; all imported" (source)
21 September 2026: strength gap was not established, now 0.50% (source)
21 September 2026: UK strength was not established, now 4.7% (source)
5 September 2026: strength note were rewritten (source)
5 September 2026: home-market strength was not established, now 5.2% (source)

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