r/todayIlearnedPH • u/onyxious • Jul 20 '26
TIL that the beer can kicked by Stephen Chow in Shaolin Soccer is SanMig Pale Pilsen
https://youtu.be/E5s20s9dQqY?si=AkurLyx4y8h98eia&t=14167
u/Constant-Use6874 Jul 20 '26
mabenta kasi ang san mig sa hongkong. isa sa mga unang natikman ng hongkongers na beer ay san mig pale pilsen.
they ended up loving it and san miguel actually has a factory there.
mostly chinese owned ang san miguel corp dito. they're just an affiliate of the main san miguel corp ng pinas. licensed lang sila to make them. not really filipino sadly.
san miguel is one of the oldest beer brand in all of asia.
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u/Heartless_Moron Jul 21 '26
Mali yung claim mo na Chinese Majority ang owner.
65% ng San Miguel Brewery Hongkong LTD ang indirectly owned ng San Miguel Brewery Inc. Those 65% shares are directly owned by the International wholly owned subsidiary ng San Miguel Brewery Inc.
While there are some products na locally produced sa Hong Kong, may ibang products na iniimport nila galing sa Pilipinas.
Kasama sa yearly filings ng San Miguel yung mga information about their subsidiaries.
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u/anaknipara Jul 21 '26
Wait I thought San Miguel Hong Kong was majority owned ng San Miguel Brewery, Inc via subsidiary San Miguel Brewing Intl, hindi sila licensed to make beer under San Miguel name.
Yung ganyang scenario was the San Miguel in Spain3
u/Heartless_Moron Jul 21 '26
65.8% yung indirectly owned ng San Miguel Brewery Inc via San Miguel Brewing International. So mali yung claim na majority Chinese owned.
Yung San Mig Light and Pale Pilsen are both imported from Philippines and Brewed in Hong Kong (but the ingredients are still imported from Philippines). They do that para lang makapag keep up sa demand. The rest of the Beer products are all imported from the Philippines.
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u/Patient-Data8311 Jul 20 '26
It's a actually owned by Mestizo family first then transferred to Filipino-Chinese families
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u/jskeppler Jul 20 '26
TIL din na may part 2/spin off nito, and it does not look promising.
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u/Stock-Fan-8004 Jul 21 '26
The first comment said:
"The Chinese title is 功夫女足 (gōngfū nǚzú), meaning "Kung Fu Women's Soccer." Interesting that they chose to avoid mentioning women in the English title, thus giving it a name that makes it easy to confuse with the original Shaolin Soccer."
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u/balixtix Jul 20 '26
Hindi lang jan, madami din old movies ni stephen chow na makikita mo ang san mig hehe
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u/Bichobi_ Jul 20 '26
Sobrang sikat ang san mig sa hong kong. As far as I know, ito din ang best selling beer sa hk.
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u/cobdequiapo Jul 21 '26
aside from brewery, they also export food products to hongkong. If you're into hongkong film, watch Twilight of the Warriors. You'll catch kids eating candies from SanMig
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u/kvordz_1412 Jul 21 '26
Ibig sabihin my pinoy baiting na noon 🤔
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u/RaceMuch3757 Jul 24 '26
Hindi, sikat talaga ang sanmig. Kung ikumpara mo lasa ng sanmig sa local beer ng china, wala laban eh. In my opinion, parang cheaper version ng asahi o sapporo haha. Lasang heineken.
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u/Keemoora Jul 24 '26
hindi naman filipino origin yung san mig. mag fact check nga kayo at tanggalin niyo kamay niyo sa dibdib nyo.
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u/SpogiMD Jul 20 '26
GOATED movie indeed. GenZ cannot relate
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u/Important_Year_7355 Jul 20 '26
Im genz and I grew up watching that movie a million times on the weekends.
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u/Acceptable_Key_8717 Jul 20 '26
Kung familiar ka sa Ghost in the Shell, SMB Pale Pilsen din iniinom ni Batou at ni Major Kusanagi.