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[[File:Zagorka Special beer.JPG|right|thumb|upright|Zagorka Special – 2010s bottle]]
'''Zagorka''' is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[beer]] brand from the city of [[Stara Zagora]]. It is brewed at the [[Zagorka Brewery]].

The company was founded in 1902, in the [[Czech beer|Czech tradition]], by a doctor who returned from [[Prague]]. The current brewery was opened in 1958 and since 1994 is owned by [[Heineken]].<ref>[http://zagorkatours.bg/ Zagorka Tours ("History" section)] ''(in Bulgarian)'', ZagorkaTours.bg. Retrieved Mar 2013.</ref> The company produces three Bulgarian brands (Zagorka, [[Ariana (beer)|Ariana]] and [[Stolichno]]) and four licensed brands ([[Heineken]], [[Birra Moretti]], [[Amstel Brewery|Amstel]] and [[Desperados beer|Desperados]]).<ref>[http://www.heinekenzagorkabrewery.bg/en/brands.html Zagorka Brewery – Brands]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved Mar 2013.</ref>

The "Zagorka" brand has three variants – Zagorka Special ([[lager]], 5% ABV) and two [[fruit beer|artisan beers]] – Zagorka Reserve (dark, flavoured with berries, 6% ABV, since 2011) and Zagorka Fusion (Light, flavoured with [[Grape|grapes]], 2% ABV, since 2012).<ref>[http://www.heinekenzagorkabrewery.bg/en/brands/zagorka-21.html Heineken Brewery – brands]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, heinekenzagorkabrewery.bg. Retrieved Mar 2013.</ref>

Historically, Zagorka had several other variants, including Zagorka Light (Загорка Светло), and Zagorka Gold (both until the early 2000s). The label was originally written in [[Cyrillic]], with a period of overlap in the late 1990s ("Light" having [[Cyrillic]] labels and "Special" having [[Latin script|Latin]] ones), and it is currently written mostly in Latin.

== Gallery ==
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File:Zagorka Rezerva 2011.JPG|Zagorka Rezerva
File:Zagorka Fusion.JPG|Zagorka Fusion
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://zagorka.bg/ zagorka.bg] – official website
* [http://www.heinekenzagorkabrewery.bg/bg/default/index/intro Heineken Zagorka Brewery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917051609/http://www.heinekenzagorkabrewery.bg/bg/default/index/intro |date=2013-09-17 }} – brewery home page
* [https://zagorkatours.bg/ Zagorka Tours] – marketing information and history
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