Beer in Thailand

Thailand has two big companies: Boon Rawd Brewery and Thai Beverages, with the following turnovers. Thai Beverages: • 2012 – Income : 34,386 million baht loss : 1,256 million baht • 2013 – Income : 32,935 million baht loss : 447 million baht • 2014 – Income : 35,193 million baht profit : 396 million baht • 2015 – Income : 43,112 million baht profit : 1,215 million baht • 2016 – Income : 44,397 million baht profit : 2,780 million baht Boon Rawd Brewery: • 2012 – Income : 98,990 million baht profit : 3,115 million baht • 2013 – Income : 105,563 million baht profit : 3,256 million baht • 2014 – Income : 113,897 million baht profit : 2,915 million baht • 2015 – Income : 116,548 million baht profit : 2,310 million baht • 2016 – Income : 104,794 million baht profit : 770 million baht In 2018, the proportions were Leo 53%, Chang 38%, and Singha 5%. ==Craft beer==

, mostly due to strict laws on breweries Two types of licenses are available in Thailand for would-be beer producers. Thailand's 1950 Liquor Act states that beer can only be made in a factory making more than 1,000,000 litres per year or in a brewpub producing at least 100,000 litres per year for sale on-site with no bottling permitted. Brewpub beers cannot be sold off-premises. The finance ministry in 2000 ruled that, for either type of producer to be legal, they must be a limited company with capital of at least 10 million baht. The maximum penalty for "home brewing" under the 1950 Liquor Act used to be 200 baht for making it and 5,000 baht for selling it. A new law passed by the National Legislative Assembly in December 2016 raised the maximum penalty for illegal production to 100,000 baht or a prison sentence of six months, or both. The maximum fine for selling illegal beer was raised to 50,000 baht. To sell craft beers off-premises, one small brewer explained, "We have two choices: Either hire an overseas factory to make it or build a factory abroad on our own,..." and import it. ==Thai industrial breweries==

• Asia Pacific Breweries • Boon Rawd Brewery • Carlsberg • Heineken • Phuket Beer (San Miguel Brewery in Thailand, under supervision of Tropical Beverage Company.) • San Miguel Brewery • ThaiBev ==Gallery==

File:BiereSingha.jpg|Singha File:Chang beer 1.jpg|Chang beer File:Craft_beer_of_Thailand_many_brands_คราฟท์เบียร์ไทย_หลายยี่ห้อ_ศรีวิลัย_และ_มหานคร.jpg|Sivilai and Mahanakhon, craft beer of Thailand File:Craft_beer_of_Thailand_"Phuket"_คราฟท์เบียร์ไทย_ภูเก็ต.jpg|Phuket craft beer ==See also==