Beer in the Philippines alcoholic beverage in the Philippines and amounts to a 70% share of the domestic alcoholic drinks market in terms of volume during 2005. Between 2003 and 2004, the Philippines showed the fastest growth rate in the world of 15.6%. With a consumption rise from 1.22 to 1.41 million liters, it was the 22nd largest beer market in the world in 2004. A Filipino will drink an average of nearly 20 litres of beer a year. Under a royal grant from Spain, Don Enrique María Barretto de Ycaza y Esteban opened "La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel", Southeast Asia's first
Beer in the Philippines as the island's first craft beer brand. Its initial selections of Bogsbrew and Primo Ale grew to include more types using different grain. Baguio Craft Brewery was created from humble beginnings. It started with home brewing in a garage, a passion for craft beer and a love for creating something extraordinarily delicious, out of basic, natural ingredients. Founded in 2014 by German-Filipino entrepreneur Alexander Lietz, Juan Brew is the first ever microbrewery in the Philippines to be 100% solar powered. Juan Brew is also a leading supplier of beer-making equipment and ingredients which are openly distributed to other craft breweries