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[[File:Bolyarka Weiss - Bulgaria - wheat beer.2.JPG|thumb|150px|Bolyarka Weiss]]
'''Bolyarka''' is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[beer]] brand ({{langx|bg|Болярка}}) from the city of [[Veliko Tarnovo]]. The company was founded in 1892 by the Hadji Slavchevi brothers, five years after the first brewery in Tarnovo was founded in 1887 by the German Artur Wilser. During the latter part of the 20th century the beer was called simply ''Velikotarnovsko pivo'', renamed ''Bolyarka'' in 2000, in honour of the city's history as the capital of the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]] and home of the ''[[bolyar]]s''.<ref>[http://boliarka.com/site/za_nas/istoria2.html Bolyarka – History], Bolyarka.bg. Retrieved Mar 2013.</ref>

The company currently has four own brands –
* Bolyarka Light ({{Lang|bg|Болярка светло}}, 4.1% ABV)
* Bolyarka Dark ({{Lang|bg|Болярка тъмно}}, 5% ABV)
* Bolyarka Weiss ({{Lang|bg|Болярка вайс}}, [[wheat beer]], 5.4% ABV)
* Bolyarka Live ({{Lang|bg|Болярка живо}}, [[ale]])

The company brews several other Bulgarian brands, such as ''Schweik'' and ''Balkansko'', and it also imports several brands, including [[Warsteiner]] and [[König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei|Kaltenberg]].<ref name="brands">[http://boliarka.com/site/produkti/boliarka_svetlo.html Bolyarka – Brands], Bolyarka.bg. Retrieved Mar 2013.</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Bolyarka pale lager beer.JPG|Bolyarka Light
File:Bolyarka Dark beer.JPG|Bolyarka Dark
</gallery>

== External links ==

* [http://boliarka.com/ boliarka.com] – official website

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