Beer in the Philippines and homebrewers via their online webshop. Cebu's first craft brewery specializing in American style ales. Beer in the Philippines Beer in the Philippines is mainly produced by the two large breweries: San Miguel Corporation, which produces San Miguel Pale Pilsen, and Asia Brewery, the second-largest brewery in the country. These large producers are now being joined by a small but growing number of microbreweries opening up across the nation, including Juan Brew, Fat Pauly's in Iligan, Katipunan Craft Ales, Craftpoint, Great Islands Brewing in Manila, Bog's Brewery in Bacolod, Xavierbier brewing in Baguio at the tasting room Baguio Craft Brewery,
Steam beer steam beer, also known as "California common beer", was originated by Anchor Brewing Company, which trademarked the term "Steam Beer" in 1981. Although the modern company has corporate continuity with a small brewery which has made beer since the 1890s, Anchor Steam is a modern craft-brewed lager. The company does not claim any close similarity between its present-day product and turn-of-the-20th-century steam beer. There have been various explanations for the use of the name "steam beer". According to Anchor Brewing, the name "steam" came from the fact that the brewery had no way to effectively chill the boiling wort using