Beer in the Philippines Beer Pale Pilsen which caused a lawsuit against San Miguel Brewery. San Miguel introduced a 330 ml variant of Red Horse, called "Stallion". San Miguel continues to produce new brands like Blue Ice, an ice beer, Texas Beer, a low-cost beer with low alcohol, and San Miguel Premium All-Malt, which relaunched in 2007. In 1995, San Miguel launches Cali, an shandy that has been popular with teenagers. Asia Brewery responded with Q Shandy, which reportedly has a higher alcohol content than Cali. Q Shandy has been discontinued. San Miguel launched two new variants of Cali: Cali Ice, an apple-flavored shandy,
Germans in the Philippines Manila—leaving the Philippines ripe for German picking. Following the American victory in the war, the Philippines and the Far East were brought to the attention of the world and Germany recognized the great potentialities of the islands as a major commercial market. On 12 June, the day the Philippines declared its independence from Spain, Vice-Admiral Otto von Diederichs arrived in Manila Bay. The number of German war vessels in Philippine waters increased to three. Earlier, on 6 and 9 May, respectively, the German ships "Irene" and the "Cormoran" arrived in the bay with a separate instruction from the German government,