What is Asia Brewery?
{{Infobox Company | name = Asia Brewery, Inc. | logo = Asia Brewery logo.svg | caption = | location_city = [[Makati City]] | location_country = [[Philippines]] | owner = [[Lucio Tan]] | foundation = 1982 | production = 6 million hectoliters per annum (in its two breweries) }} '''Asia Brewery''' is a [[brewery]] founded in 1982 in Makati City, the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=12466625 |title=Asia Brewery, Inc.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek |publisher=investing.businessweek.com |access-date=2009-10-08 }}</ref> It is one of only two breweries in the Philippines,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/breweries/brewers-directory-0-162.htm |title=Philippines Breweries Directory |publisher=www.ratebeer.com |access-date=2009-10-08 |archive-date=2009-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109105349/http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/breweries/brewers-directory-0-162.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is the smaller of the two, with only 10% market share. It is owned by [[Lucio Tan]], listed by [[Forbes Magazine]] as the second richest Filipino in the Philippines, with assets worth $1.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=445239 |title=Asia Brewery bucks alcohol tax hike |publisher=The Philippine Star |access-date=2009-10-08 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Products== {{more sources|date=January 2012}} It produces malt beverages like [[beer]], [[shandy]], iced tea, bottled water and carbonated soft drinks. Its sister company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. produces hard liquor. It somewhat mimics the structure of its bigger rival [[San Miguel Corporation]], except that ABI has no food and agribusiness divisions. It offers eight beers in the [[Philippines]] with its flagship brand [[Beer na Beer]] launched in 1988 as '''Beer Pale Pilse