Xingu (beer) Xingu (beer) Xingu is a Brazilian beer brand created in 1988 by Cesario Mello Franco. Currently, it is sold in about 20 countries (USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan, etc.) by Cervejas Premium do Brasil Ltda. In Brazil, distribution is done by Heineken. Well known for its black beer (Xingu Black), Xingu also offers, since 2013, a gold version (Xingu Gold). Xingu, created in 1988, is a premium black lager beer. The beer was named after the Xingu River in the Amazon Rainforest and since its inception Xingu has carried the vital Amazon preservation message. In 2013 Xingu became a line
North Fork American River Big Granite Creek then the North Fork of the American River come in from the right. The canyon shallows as the river turns southwest, carving through the Sierra foothills, then turning abruptly south near Colfax. About downstream, it receives Shirttail Creek from the left then is impounded in Lake Clementine (or North Fork Lake) which is formed by the North Fork Dam, built in 1939 to contain hydraulic mining debris. Below the dam, the river bends south, passing under the Foresthill Bridge, the highest bridge in California, then receives the Middle Fork American River, its largest tributary, from the left.