Gweilo Beer

Gweilo Beer (Chinese: 鬼佬啤酒) is a craft brewery founded in July 2014 in Hong Kong. It released its first beer in June 2015.^[1]

History

Gweilo Beer was established by Ian and Emily Jebbitt and Joseph Gould in July 2015.^[2] The three founders are from Britain.^[3][4] 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".^[3] Gweilo Beer became Hong Kong's largest craft-beer brewery in 2018 after opening a factory in Fo Tan.^[5] The venue used a canning device from Italy that cost US$1.2 million and had an hourly manufacturing capacity of 6,000 cans.^[5]

Products

Gweilo Beer produces a pale ale and an IPA. Gweilo Beer's recipes were created for the Hong Kong market, and both beers are English-style session beers with 4.5% and 4.8% ABV, respectively. The Gweilo IPA won Best British Style at the 2015 Hong Kong International Beer Awards.^[6] They also produce Betsy for Cathay Pacific, which is exclusively served aboard long-haul flights and in the Cathay lounges at Hong Kong International Airport.^[7]

See also

• Beer in Hong Kong
• Gweilo