Czechia
Ownership: Czech state — 100% publicly owned, Prague
Known for: The original Budweiser. A century-long trademark battle with Anheuser-Busch. Czech national brewing sovereignty.
History: Brewed in České Budějovice — Budweis in German — since 1895, in a city that had been called Budweiser for centuries before the American brand existed. Budvar has fought AB InBev in courts across the world over the Budweiser name and has largely won inside Europe. State-owned by the Czech Republic, it is one of the last major European breweries to have refused every acquisition offer. A genuinely political beer, in the best sense.