A pale lager brewed in Singapore since 1932 and the standard hawker centre drink. Malayan Breweries — a Heineken and Fraser and Neave venture — made it the island’s first locally brewed beer.
It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into it
- malted barley
- hops
- lager yeast
- water
How it is made
Malt is mashed, the wort boiled with hops, cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, then cold-conditioned before filtering and bottling. Brewing lager in the tropics was the founding technical problem: every stage needs refrigeration that Singapore in 1932 had to build from scratch.
How long it takes: three to four weeks from mash to bottle
How it is eaten
Very cold with chilli crab, satay and hawker food.
History
First brewed in 1932 by Malayan Breweries, a Heineken and Fraser and Neave venture; it was Singapore’s first locally brewed beer.
Frequently asked questions
What is Tiger Beer?
Tiger Beer is a wine & spirit from Singapore: pale lager brewed in Singapore since the 1930s, the standard hawker centre drink. First brewed in 1932 by Malayan Breweries, a Heineken and Fraser and Neave venture; it was Singapore’s first locally brewed beer.
How is Tiger Beer made?
Malt is mashed, the wort boiled with hops, cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, then cold-conditioned before filtering and bottling. Brewing lager in the tropics was the founding technical problem: every stage needs refrigeration that Singapore in 1932 had to build from scratch. It takes three to four weeks from mash to bottle.
Can I make Tiger Beer at home?
No, and the atlas gives no method for it. It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into Tiger Beer?
Malted barley, hops, lager yeast, water.
How is Tiger Beer eaten?
Very cold with chilli crab, satay and hawker food.
