Cambrew Ltd (Angkor Brewery) is the largest brewery in Cambodia, situated in Sihanoukville. The brewery produces

Angkor Beer Angkor Beer ( km, ស្រាបៀរ អង្គរ, ) is a Cambodian lager, named after the iconic Khmer Angkor temples near Siem Reap Siem Reap ( km, សៀមរាប, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capit ...

(the most widely consumed beer in the country and acknowledged as Cambodia’s national beer), Klang Beer, Bayon Beer, Angkor Extra Stout and Black Panther Premium Stout.

History

An earlier brewing company, known as SKD Brewery (''Société des Khmere Distilleries'') was commissioned by the Cambodian Government in the early 1960s and built by a French contractor with technical assistance from France. The brewery was officially opened by HRH

Prince Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his ...

in 1965. The brewery building was designed by Cambodia architect

Vann Molyvann Vann Molyvann ( km, វណ្ណ ម៉ូលីវណ្ណ; 23 November 1926 – 28 September 2017) was a Cambodian architect. During the Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime (1955–1970), Prince Norodom Sihanouk enacted a development policy encompassi ...

during the 'golden period' of New Khmer Architecture. The main office building follows the distinctive 'dong raik' architectural design form in which the upper floor overhangs the ground floor by several metres, highlighted and reflected in the shape of the distinctive triangle supports in the facade. Sihanoukville was chosen as the site for the brewery for the quality of the local water which supposedly had the ideal mineral content for brewing beer. The choice of Sihanoukville was not without controversy at the time due to the distance from the bottle manufacturing plant near Phnom Penh. The brewery produced lager beer, marketed under the brand names Angkor Beer and Bayon Beer. The brewery's operations were disrupted when civil war broke out in the early 1970s and closed in 1975. In 1991 Cambrew Ltd (a Malaysian company) assumed control of the brewery and after nine months of refurbishment, the brewery recommenced production in 1992. In 1992 Cambrew entered into a joint venture with

PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the man ...

for bottling and distribution of soft drinks in Cambodia. In 2005 the

Carlsberg Group Carlsberg A/S (; ) is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. ...

purchased a 50% holding in the brewery. In 2011 the Angkor Extra Stout was awarded the Grand Gold award from

Monde Selection Monde Selection is an annual non-competitive award open to food, drinks, and cosmetics products, created in 1961. It is run by the commercial company, International Institute for Quality Selections, Brussels, Belgium. Consumer products are tasted a ...

of Belgium.

Beers

* Angkor Premium Beer - a

Pale Lager Pale lager is a very pale-to- golden-colored lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness. The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid-19th century, when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brewi ...

(5.0% alc/vol) available in 330ml can, 330ml bottle, and 640ml bottle * Angkor Extra Stout - an Extra

Stout Stout is a dark, top-fermented beer with a number of variations, including dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout, and imperial stout. The first known use of the word ''stout'' for beer, in a document dated 1677 found in the Egerton Manuscri ...

(8.0% alc/vol) available in 330ml Bottle, and 640ml bottle * Klang Beer - a strong

Lager Lager () is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "lager" comes from the German for "stora ...

(6.0% alc/vol) available in 330ml can * Bayon Beer - a

(4.6% alc/vol) available in 330ml can * Black Panther Premium Stout - a

(8.0% alc/vol) available in 330ml can. It has a strong malt odour. * Carlsberg Draught - a

Pilsner Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (german: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewe ...

(5.0% alc/vol)

References

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External links

Angkor Beer website
Beer in Cambodia Food and drink companies of Cambodia Sihanoukville (city) Food and drink companies established in 1991 1991 establishments in Cambodia PepsiCo bottlers 2005 mergers and acquisitions