Odyssey

Odyssey

Hellenic Brewery of Atalanti – widely known by its acronym EZA – was founded in 1989 in the central Greek town of Atalanti in the Fthiotis region and is today the largest independent brewery in Greece in a market dominated by the international groups Heineken and Carlsberg. The story of EZA is inseparably linked to the withdrawal of Löwenbräu from the Greek market: when the German brewers abandoned their facilities in Atalanti in 1989, the newly founded EZA took over these installations, fundamentally renovated them and thereby created the foundation for an independent and ambitious Greek brewery that had from the very beginning the aspiration to produce beer quality at the highest international level. In 1998, the Syrianos family acquired all the shares of the German founding company in a management buyout, and five years later EZA was 100% in Greek private ownership – a decisive step that secured the full entrepreneurial and creative freedom indispensable for the subsequent development of the range.What set EZA apart from other Greek breweries from the very beginning was the conscious decision to source its bre

wing water from the springs of the mythological Mount Parnassos – a natural gift of Greece that lends the beer a unique purity, softness and freshness, and plays a central and irreplaceable role in EZA's brewing philosophy. With a modern production facility in Atalanti, an annual capacity of over 80 million litres and a team of around 140 dedicated employees, EZA has continuously invested in state-of-the-art production lines and environmental technologies over the past decades, always guided by the conviction that the highest quality standards and sustainable production are not contradictions.

The EZA range today encompasses an impressive breadth of own brands – from the classic lager and pilsner beers of the EZA own label and Pils Hellas through the Mediterranean-fresh Blue Island and the mythologically inspired Odyssey beer family with Odyssey White, Odyssey Red and Odyssey Dark to specialities such as the Berlin beer and the alcohol-free Blue Island Gluten Free – as well as the exclusive import and distribution of internationally renowned beer brands such as Gulden Draak, Menabrea, Mahou and San Miguel in Greece. As an independent, passionately and proudly managed Greek brewery that has been proving for over 35 years that Greece has far more to offer than ouzo and wine, EZA stands today as living proof that the art of brewing at the foot of Mount Parnassos can achieve a mythological depth and quality every bit as impressive as the wine culture in the plains below.