Cape Verde produces a popular beer called Strela which is a Pale lager brewed by the CERIS - Sociedade Caboverdiana De Cerveja E Refrigerantes S.A.R. out the capital Praia on the island of Santiago. The beer is exported to neighboring Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, as well as to the Netherlands, Portugal and the United States, where there are large Cape Verdean communities.