About Colonel Beer
Colonel Beer is a craft brewery based in the coastal town of Batroun in northern Lebanon, founded by Jamil Haddad. Often described as one of the country’s earliest independent breweries after 961, Colonel built its reputation on a seaside brewpub where visitors can drink freshly made beer just steps from the Mediterranean.
Beyond the beer itself, Colonel became known for its strong environmental ethos, with a building and operation designed around reuse, recycling and low waste. The company later expanded into distilling, giving rise to the broader Colonel Brewery and Distillery that today produces spirits alongside its core range of craft beers.
Why Colonel Beer Matters
Colonel helped turn Batroun into a destination for craft beer lovers and showed that a Lebanese brewery could be built around sustainability as well as flavour. Its brewpub model, mixing production, hospitality and a sense of place, has become a template for the country’s growing artisanal drinks scene.