Former San Miguel Brewery Factory Sham Tseng

San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd. () (SMBHK) () is a

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based in

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and is a majority-owned subsidiary of San Miguel Brewing International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of San Miguel Brewery, Inc. The company has two subsidiaries located in the

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province of the

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. An affiliate company, San Miguel Baoding Brewery Company Limited, is based in

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, China.

History

San Miguel Beer San Miguel Beer refers to San Miguel Pale Pilsen, a Filipino pale lager produced by San Miguel Brewery (a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation). Established in San Miguel, Manila in 1890 by the original San Miguel Brewery (renamed San Miguel Cor ...

(San Miguel Pale Pilsen) was first produced in 1890 by La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel (San Miguel Brewery, now known as

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) in

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. The brewery received the Royal Grant from the

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to brew beer in the Philippines, which was then a

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. In 1914, San Miguel Brewery began exporting San Miguel Beer to Hong Kong. The San Miguel brand name is known in

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as 生力 and the San Miguel Beer product name is known as 生力啤酒. In 1948, San Miguel acquired Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd., which was established by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee in

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in 1930, and renamed The Hong Kong Breweries Ltd.. In 1963, the company name was changed to San Miguel Brewery Ltd. and was listed in the

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. On March 25, 1994, the company adopted its present name, San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd. (SMBHK). In 1996, the Sham Tseng facility was closed down and its new brewery in

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was inaugurated.

Products

* San Miguel Pale Pilsen - domestic * San Miguel Pale Pilsen - imported from the Philippines * San Miguel Premium All-Malt * San Mig Light * San Miguel Cerveza Negra * Blue Ice * Brück * Knight * Polar Ice * Valor Other brands: * James Boag's *

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* Kirin Ichiban * Kirin Lager * Kirin Stout Distributor of

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brands (1999 until December 31, 2014): * Beck's *

Boddingtons Boddingtons Brewery was a regional brewery in Manchester, England, which owned pubs throughout the North West. Boddingtons was best known for Boddingtons Bitter (Boddies), a straw-golden, hoppy bitter which was one of the first beers to be ...

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* Löwenbräu *

Stella Artois Stella Artois ( ) is a pilsner beer, first brewed in 1926 by Brouwerij Artois in Leuven, Belgium. In its original form, the beer is 5.2 per cent ABV, the country's standard for pilsners. The beer is also sold in other countries like the UK, Ire ...

Distributor of

brands (2011 until November 17, 2014): *

Budweiser Budweiser () is an American-style pale lager, part of AB InBev. Introduced in 1876 by Carl Conrad & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, Budweiser has become a large selling beer company in the United States. ''Budweiser'' may also refer to an unrelat ...

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Southern China: * San Miguel Pale Pilsen * San Mig Light * San Miguel Draught *

Red Horse Beer Red Horse Beer is an extra-strong lager brewed by San Miguel Brewery. Overview Red Horse is the first extra-strong beer brand in the Philippines. It is a high-alcohol lager of the San Miguel Brewery, with an alcohol content of 6.9% abv. It was on ...

* Valor * Valor Light * Guang's YES Beer * Guang's Pineapple Beer * Double Happiness Beer * Dragon Beer * Dragon Gold Beer * Dragon Platinum Beer

Subsidiaries

* San Miguel (Guangdong) Brewery Company Ltd. * Guangzhou San Miguel Brewery Company Ltd.

References

External links

SMBHK investor website

SMBHK consumer website
Hong Kong brands Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Beer in Hong Kong Food and drink companies established in 1948 San Miguel Corporation subsidiaries Former companies in the Hang Seng Index {{HongKong-company-stub

History

Products

Subsidiaries

See also

References

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