please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 brouwerij nacional balashi type brewery industry alcoholic beverage headquarters aruba area served caribbean products beer website http www.balashi.com brouwerij nacional balashi is an aruban brewery whose flagship product is the beer balashi . history edit brouwerij nacional balashi was founded in 1996 by one of aruba s largest companies metacorp . construction started in 1998 and the first beer was brewed eight months later in may 1999 . in 2001 balashi the flagship beer for the company won a gold medal in the prestigious monde selection in brussels . balashi was the brewery s first uniquely aruban product with malt imported from scotland hops from germany and made using the island s water . balashi contains no artificial additives and is now being exported to cura ao and bonaire . balashi has been described as tasting like a dutch pilsner most likely due to the dutch heritage of its native aruba . see also edit beer portal companies portal aruba portal external links edit this beer or brewery related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this aruba related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title balashi & oldid 736250027 categories beer in the caribbeanaruban culturecompanies of arubabeer brandsbeer and brewery stubsaruba stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2014all articles lacking sourcesorphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 06 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view