Gweilo Beer () is a
craft brewery
Craft beer is beer manufactured by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer than larger "macro" breweries and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as emphasising enthusiasm, ne ...
founded in July 2014 in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. It released its first
beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ...
in June 2015.
History
Gweilo Beer was established by Ian and Emily Jebbitt and Joseph Gould in July 2015.
The three founders are from Britain.
Gweilo or gwailou is a common Cantonese slur term for Westerners. In the absence of modifiers, it refers to white people and literally translates to "ghost chap".
Gweilo Beer became Hong Kong's hugest craft-beer brewery in 2018 after opening a factory in
Fo Tan
Fo Tan () is an area of Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was developed as a light industrial area, but this activity has declined markedly in recent years. There are residential areas to the east, alongside the MTR line, and in t ...
.
The venue used a canning device from Italy that cost US$1.2 million and had an hourly manufacturing capacity of 6,000 cans.
Products
Gweilo Beer produces a
pale ale
Pale ale is a golden to amber coloured beer style brewed with pale malt. The term first appeared in England around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at th ...
and an
IPA
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* International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of phonetic notation
** International Phonetic Association, the organization behind the alphabet
* India pale ale, a style of beer
* Isopropyl alcohol, a chemical compound
IPA ...
. Gweilo Beer's recipes were created for the Hong Kong market, and both beers are
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
-style session beers with 4.5% and 4.8%
ABV
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, respectively. The Gweilo IPA won Best British Style at the 2015
Hong Kong International Beer Awards. They also produce Betsy for
Cathay Pacific
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, which is exclusively served aboard long-haul flights and in the Cathay lounges at
Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predec ...
.
See also
*
Beer in Hong Kong
* ''
Gweilo
''Gweilo'' or (, pronounced ) is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners. The term can be literally translated as "ghost man" and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use, though its modern usage is often in a general and ...
''
References
Beer in Hong Kong
Food and drink in Hong Kong
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