KEO (beer)

KEO Beer
330ml cans on a supermarket display.
ManufacturerKEO Ltd
Introduced1949
Alcohol by volume 4.5%
StylePilsner
Websitewww.keogroup.com 

KEO is a Cypriot beer. It is a light straw-colored lager with a thick head, and is sometimes compared to a pilsner in taste. The name KEO is the beer producer's corporate acronym of Κυπριακή Εταιρία Οίνων (Cyprus Wine Company).

The beer is brewed in Limassol, in Cyprus. The beer won the 1987 brewing industry world bottled lager competition gold medal. In 2010, KEO held a 32.4% share of the island's beer market.