Beer in Morocco Beer in Morocco Beer production in Morocco was introduced by the French in the 20th century. Société des Brasseries du Maroc is part of the Castel Group and oversees the production and distribution of beer. Popular beers include "Spéciale Flag" (pilsner) and "Stork" (light lager). The Moroccan premium beer is "Casablanca" (also a lager), which costs more than the other two. "Casablanca" is also exported and, for instance, served in the Morocco pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. The breweries of Brasseries du Maroc are located in Fes, Tangier, and Casablanca, also a bottling unit exists in
Casablanca which is "Ad-dar Al Baidaa"', although Arabic also has its own version of Casablanca (كازابلانكا, "Kāzāblānkā"). The city is still nicknamed "Casa" by many locals and outsiders to the city. In many other cities with a different dialect, it is called "Ad-dar Al-Bida", instead. The area which is today Casablanca was founded and settled by Berbers by at least the seventh century BC. It was used as a port by the Phoenicians and later the Romans. In his book Description of Africa, Leo Africanus refers to ancient Casablanca as "Anfa", a great city founded in the Berber kingdom of Barghawata