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Contingencies and Commitments (Details 2) - 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2019
$ in Thousands, $ in Thousands
CLP ($)
USD ($)
Legal proceeding one [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Comercial CCU S.A.  
Court Court of Appeal.  
Description Debt payment lawsuit.  
Status Opposition  to execution is pending.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency $ 42,126  
Legal proceeding two [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A.  
Court Court of Appeal.  
Description Debt payment lawsuit.  
Status Opposition  to execution is pending.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency $ 101,377  
Legal proceeding three [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Labor Court.  
Description Labor trial.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   $ 15,000
Legal proceeding four [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Commercial Court.  
Description Distributor claim for to the termination of distribution agreement.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   24,000
Legal proceeding five [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Labor Court.  
Description Labor trial.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   37,000
Legal proceeding six [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Labor Court.  
Description Labor trial.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   33,000
Legal proceeding seven [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Labor Court.  
Description Labor trial.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   15,000
Legal proceeding eight [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Labor Court.  
Description Labor trial.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   35,000
Legal proceeding nine [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)  
Court Tax Court.  
Description Several Tax claims.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   202,000
Legal proceeding ten [Member]    
Disclosure of commitments and contingent [Line Items]    
Subsidiary Sáenz Briones & Cía. S.A.I.C.  
Court Labor Court.  
Description Labor trial.  
Status Evidentiary stage.  
Estimated accrued loss contingency   $ 40,000