Beer in Singapore
Beer history, breweries and beer culture in Singapore (Singapore).
The first Tiger Beer was brewed on Alexandra Road in 1932. Since 1990 the large brewery has stood in Tuas in the west of the island. Hawker centres and kopitiams are still the places where people in Singapore drink their beer.
Breweries in Singapore
Malayan Breweries (now Asia Pacific Breweries)
Founded by Fraser & Neave and Heineken. Tiger Beer was born here in 1932; today the brewery belongs entirely to Heineken.
Known for: Tiger Beer
Archipelago Brewery
The brewery with equipment from Beck’s brewery in Bremen brewed lager and ABC Stout. The British seized it in 1941; after that it belonged to Malayan Breweries.
Known for: ABC Stout
Beer history of Singapore
- 1931
Fraser & Neave and Heineken found Malayan Breweries.
- 1932
The first Tiger Beer is brewed on Alexandra Road.
- 1990
The brewery moves to Tuas; Malayan Breweries becomes Asia Pacific Breweries.