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The local beer market is currently occupied by two main brewers. The largest of Sri Lanka's brewers is the Lion Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in the country. It produces over 90% of Sri Lanka's beers. In 1988 it constructed a new brewery at Biyagama to replace the century-old facility at Nuwara Eliya.
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Lion Brewery or Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC is a predominantly Sri Lankan owned and operated brewery. The company is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange and its stock is part of the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index. Lion Brewery produces the highest selling beer, Lion Lager, in both Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Beer has been brewed by Armenians since ancient times. One of the first confirmed written evidences of ancient beer production is Xenophon's reference to "wine made from barley" in one of the ancient Armenia villages, as described in his 5th century B.C. work Anabasis: "There were stores within of wheat and barley and vegetables, and wine made from barley in great big bowls; the grains of ...
Nevertheless, as a whole, arrack is the most popular local alcoholic beverage consumed in Sri Lanka and produced as a wide variety of brands that fit into the following three categories: Premium aged, after distillation, is aged in halmilla vats for up to fifteen years to mature and mellow the raw spirit before blending.
Lion remains the number-one brand in neighbouring Sri Lanka, where Mohan Meakin had introduced it in the 1880s through their Ceylon brewery. Among their list of beers is Old Monk 1000, sporting the same logo as the Old Monk Rum [ 5 ] considered as a strong beer with high alcohol content.
W. M. Mendis and Company, is a Sri Lankan beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in Negombo, Sri Lanka. It is as known one of Sri Lanka's oldest and most renowned liquor manufacturers in Sri Lanka. [2] Considered as one of the pioneers in the field, it still ranks as one of Sri Lanka's largest distillers. [citation needed]
[2] [3] The Cargills Group subsequently spent Rs. 2 billion upgrading the brewery, [4] increasing the capacity from 50,000hL/yr to 600,000hL/yr. [5] [6] In June 2014 it was reported that Cargills was preparing to sell Millers Brewery, [7] the likely purchasers of the company include Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC and Carson Cumberbatch ...