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Hunter is a brand of beer from Bangladesh. It is brewed by Crown Beverages Limited, a company in the Jamuna Group.

Bangladesh has strict controls on the sale of alcoholic beverages. Its Narcotics Control Act 1990 bans the sale of beer, which it defines as a drink with an alcohol content of between 5% and 8.5%. Crown Beverages introduced brewed drinks under the Hunter and Crown brands with an alcohol content of less than 5% to conform with national law, calling them malt beverages. The packaging of Hunter beer closely imitates Australian brand Fosters Beer and Crown's packaging is modelled on Carlsberg Beer livery.

Sale of the beers has been protested by members of parliament and has led to court cases, but not to bans on production.

References

1. "Crown Beveraqe Limited". Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
2. "Hunter – Crown Beverage Limited".
3. "Crown Beverage". jamunagroup.com.bd. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
4. Freeman, Joe (8 October 2015). "5 O'Clock Somewhere: 'As a Beer Though, It Sucks'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
5. "Bangladesh 'beer' tests alcohol ban". BBC. 19 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
6. "Jamuna Group boss among four indicted". The Daily Star. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
7. "First local beer debuts". The Daily Star. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
8. "Trial of Jamuna's Babul starts in Hunter and Crown case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
9. Islam, Syful (5 May 2022). "Bangladesh booze makers toast new liquor laws". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

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