Archive record · Brewery
Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage
Guangzhou (Liwan), Guangdong, China
- Founded
- 1937
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-4EV0XPH5
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Not yet mapped as a company, so the chain above it is still open.
From the record
Summary
Local name: 广东饮料厂 / 广州啤酒厂. Municipal/state industrial lineage; later JV partner in Guangzhou San Miguel. Historical brewery lineage. Factory built in 1934 and formally entered production in 1937. Guangzhou heritage records describe it as South China's first brewery. It became Guangzhou Beer Factory in 1975; brewing at the Xizeng Road site ended in 2006 and the site later became an industrial-heritage creative park.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Beers
Red Star Beer
HISTORICALLocal name: 红星啤酒. Guangzhou government industrial-heritage history lists Red Star among beers produced by Guangdong Beverage Factory.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Songtao Beer
HISTORICALLocal name: 松涛啤酒. Guangzhou government industrial-heritage history lists Songtao among beers produced by Guangdong Beverage Factory.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bailo Beer
HISTORICALLocal name: 百乐啤酒. Guangzhou government industrial-heritage history lists Bailo among beers produced by Guangdong Beverage Factory.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook), which cited https://www.gzzx.gov.cn/xxyd/gywhyc/202406/t20240621_165718.htm for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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Straight answers
Common questions about Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage
- Who owns Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage?
- Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage is recorded as owned by Municipal/state industrial lineage; later JV partner in Guangzhou San Miguel, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- Is Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage still open?
- No. Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Local name: 广东饮料厂 / 广州啤酒厂. Municipal/state industrial lineage; later JV partner in Guangzhou San Miguel. Historical brewery lineage. Factory built in 1934 and formally entered production in 1937. Guangzhou heritage records describe it as South China's first brewery. It became Guangzhou Beer Factory in 1975; brewing at the Xizeng Road site ended in 2006 and the site later became an industrial-heritage creative park.
- When was Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage founded?
- Guangdong Beverage Factory / Guangzhou Beer Factory lineage was founded in 1937 in Guangzhou (Liwan), Guangdong, China.
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