What is Singha?
'''Singha''' ({{lang-th|สิงห์}}; {{rtgs|''Singha''}}) is a beer brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singha.th/our-beer|title=Our Beer|website=Singha Corporation Co., Ltd.|access-date=26 May 2015}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is manufactured in [[Thailand]] by the Singha Corporation Co. Ltd.. Singha corp is a subsidiary of its parent company, [[Boon Rawd Brewery]]. ==History== Praya Bhirom Bhakdi received a license to brew beer from the Thai government. In May 1933, construction of a brewery began. Boon Rawd Brewery was founded on 4 August 1933. In March 1934, production was started. Three beers were brewed: Golden Kite, Singha, and Stupa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical timeline |url=http://www.singha.th/singha-story/historical-timeline |website=Singha Corporation, Co., Ltd. |access-date=1 September 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A [[Royal warrant of appointment (Thailand)|royal warrant]] was bestowed on 25 October 1939. Boon Rawd is the only brewery permitted to display the royal [[Garuda]]. The Singha is a powerful mythological lion, found in ancient South Asian and Thai mythology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.singha.th/singha-story/about-singha |title=About Singha; About Garuda |website=Singha Corporation Co., Ltd. |access-date=20 Jun 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Boon Rawd bought two German breweries at [[Hartmannsdorf (Chemnitz)|Hartmannsdorf]] and [[Mittweida]], [[Saxony]] in 1994. Some Singha beer is brewed in Germany by Schlossbrauerei Au-Hallertau under licence from Singha Corporation Co., Ltd.. Beginning in September 2007, a 5.0% ([[Alcohol by volume|abv]]) version of Singha replaced the 6.0% ([[Alcohol by volume|abv]]) original.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} This new version, while still brewed in Thailand by Pathum Thani Brewery Co. Ltd., states on its label to have been brewed under the supervision of Singha Corpora