

On June 6, 1893, the company was incorporated and registered with a capital of P180,000. With 70 employees, the plant produced 3,600 hectolitres (about 47,000 cases) of lager beer during the first year and subsequently produced other types of beer, notably Cerveza Negra, Eagle Extra Stout and Doble Bock.Įarly success led to the expansion of the business and Barretto decided to incorporate his brewery. The brewery was the first in Southeast Asia using the most modern equipment and facilities of the day. The facility had two sections: one devoted to the production of ice with a daily capacity of 5 tons, and the other to beer production.

Located at 6 Calzada de Malacañan (later renamed Calle conde de Avilés and presently Jose Laurel Street), the brewery took its name from the arrabal (suburb or district) where it was located, San Miguel, Manila. On Septem( Michaelmas, or the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel), La Fábrica de Cerveza San Miguel was declared open for business. He was awarded the grant for a period of twenty years. In 1889, a well-known Manila businessman, Enrique María Barretto de Ycaza y Esteban, applied for a royal grant from Spain to establish a brewery in the Philippines. 4.1.5 National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).4.1.2 Philippine Basketball Association.4.1.1 Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association.2.5 SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation.2.3 San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation.1.2 San Miguel Corporation (1964–present).
