San Miguel Brewery

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San Miguel Brewery, Inc.

Type	Public (PSE: SMB)
Founded	2007 (Original brewery founded 1890)
Headquarters	No. 40 San Miguel Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Key people	Ramon S. Ang (Chairman)
Products	Beers
Net income	▲ PHP 10.042 billion (US$207.2 million USD) [1]
Website	www.sanmiguelbrewery.com.ph

San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (PSE: SMB) is the largest beer producer in the Philippines, with a market share of more than 95%^[2]. It has five breweries spread across the country producing eight beer brands, led by its flagship brand San Miguel Pale Pilsen.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The original San Miguel Brewery 1.2 2007 Listing, spin-off and Kirin entry 2 Overseas and local operations 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The original San Miguel Brewery

For the complete article, see San Miguel Corporation.

The original San Miguel Brewery was founded in 1890 in Manila. Later renamed as San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in 1963, it has grown into one of the Philippines' largest business conglomerates with interests in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food, packaging, power, oil and telecommunications.

[edit] 2007 Listing, spin-off and Kirin entry

San Miguel Brewery was spun off from SMC on 1 October 2007 and was subsequently listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange on 12 May 2008. In 2009, Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. of Japan bought 48.3% of the company from SMC for PHP 8.841 per share^[3].

San Miguel Brewery
Location	Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation (51.0%), Kirin Brewery Company (48.3%), various[4]
Year opened	2007 (Original brewery founded 1890)
Active beers
Name Type San Miguel Pale Pilsen German pilsener San Miguel Premium All-Malt Beer American macro lager San Miguel Super Dry American macro lager Cerveza Negra (San Miguel Dark Beer) Euro dark lager San Mig Strong Ice Ice beer Red Horse Beer American malt liquor San Mig Light Light lager Gold Eagle Beer American macro lager
Seasonal beers
Name Type San Miguel Oktoberfest Brew [5] Pale lager

[edit] Overseas and local operations

San Miguel is brewed in Hong Kong by the San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd, where it has a 24% share as it is more affordable compared to European rivals.^{[citation needed]}

San Miguel is also produced in Nepal through a licensing agreement. San Miguel Brewery also brews Miller Genuine Draft and Löwenbräu beers under license.

SMB Inc. has manufacturing operations in Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.^[6]

[edit] Trivia

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• In the television series Friends when they would drink beer at parties San Miguel bottles were often used because the bottle is recognizable from its shape.

• San Miguel Pale Pilsen is featured in the anime feature Ghost in the Shell. The movie has scenes wherein Batou (one of the main characters) drinks a can of San Miguel Beer, which was recreated on screen faithfully to its real life appearance.

• During the Japanese era, and Andres Soriano was in America with the exiled Commonwealth Government, San Miguel became the Balintawak Beer Brewery, funded and supported by the Japanese until the liberation. Andres Soriano ordered the beer to be consumed by the Americans and the Filipinos to the last drop rather than be labeled under the name San Miguel.^{[citation needed]}

• Most Hong Kong bars stock local and imported varieties of San Miguel Pale Pilsen. Discerning drinkers know to specify "Philippines San Miguel" when ordering.

• San Miguel in Spain has the same origins as San Miguel in the Philippines. However, since 1953 the brewery in Spain has been under separate ownership and no longer has any connections with San Miguel Corp. Philippines. The beer in Spain is brewed by San Miguel, Fábricas de Cerveza y Malta, S.A., part of Grupo Mahou-San Miguel.

• San Miguel has a cult following in the United States, especially among Filipino balikbayans.^{[citation needed]} As a result Filipino-American comedian Rex Navarette often refers to it in his routines.

• In the movie Shaolin Soccer, Fung is drinking a can of San Miguel Beer when he meets Steel Leg for the first time.

• Latest commercial endorsers of San Miguel Beer include Kris Aquino, Manny Pacquiao, Erik Morales, Stephen Chow and Jet Li.^{[citation needed]}

• In the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Korea 'white label' San Miguel is available. However in other areas, only the 'gold label' is available. Gold label is a gold colored paper label, while white label is painted on white lettering. SMC has started shipping the gold paper labeled bottles, at least in Manila and is rumored to be phasing out the white versions.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• San Miguel Corporation (Mother Company)
• RateBeer