Beer
The San Miguel Range
The Philippines' brewer since 1890, brought to the Maldives — a complete draught-to-bottle beer programme for resort bars, beach clubs and pool decks.
2026 / 2027
San Miguel · Red Horse
We are pleased to bring the full San Miguel range to our resort base — a beer programme that covers every moment of the guest's day, from a lunchtime light lager to a Belgian-style wheat we think will surprise your bar team.
San Miguel has brewed in Manila since 1890 and has been exported since 1914; it is now enjoyed in more than forty countries. Alongside it sits Red Horse — the same brewer's Extra Strong Brew and, on 2023 GlobalData figures, the number-one selling strong beer in the world. Between them they give a property one flagship pilsen, one light lager, one wheat ale and one statement strong beer.
The range covers the whole of the guest's day — the Pale Pilsen in 330 ml bottle, 330 ml can and 30 L keg for draught, and San Mig Light, Cerveza Blanca and Red Horse in 330 ml bottle — with serving and pairing notes written for the tropics.
The beer we would most like your team to taste is the new Cerveza Blanca — a hazy, citrus-and-coriander wheat ale that gives a bar something to talk about beyond a standard lager.
We would be glad to arrange a sample drop and a tasting at your property. Speak to your account manager.
San Miguel was first brewed in Manila in 1890 and exported from 1914 — one of the oldest and most travelled beer brands in Asia. Today it is sold and enjoyed in more than forty countries, and its Pale Pilsen carries a tradition of excellence recognised by over ninety Monde Selection, Australian International Beer Awards and other quality honours.
The house style is a clean, European-style pale golden lager: smooth, full-flavoured and perfectly balanced, brewed from select row malt varieties out of Australia and Europe with German-variety hops that carry woody, herbal, citrus and green-grassy notes. It is a beer built to be poured all day in a warm climate.
Around that flagship sit two new arrivals — San Mig Light, a low-calorie lager at only 100 kcal per 330 ml serving and the number-one light beer across Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines; and Cerveza Blanca, a Belgian-style wheat ale that gives a bar team something to talk about.
Formats we hold: the Pale Pilsen in 330 ml bottle, 330 ml can and 30 L keg for draught; San Mig Light and the new Cerveza Blanca in 330 ml bottle.
Red Horse is San Miguel's high-alcohol lager — a big, bold 8% beer, perfectly balanced with mildly bitter notes and a hint of fruit. On 2023 GlobalData figures it is the number-one selling strong beer in the world, sold in over seventy countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Most strong beers make you work for them. Red Horse doesn't. A special fermentation process and a dedicated yeast strain give a high-alcohol beer that is more balanced, less filling and more drinkable than its strength suggests — clean and crisp rather than heavy.
It is built on select Australian and European malts and choice hop varieties, and it has the medals to back the reputation: a Gold Medal at the Australian International Beer Awards and consistent Gold in the Monde Selection Awards.
On a resort list it is the statement pour — the one guests recognise and ask for by name. We hold it in 330 ml bottle.
Store all beer cold and out of direct light — light and heat are the enemies of a clean pilsen. Rotate stock first-in-first-out and pour within the printed best-before window. Cerveza Blanca is unfiltered and hazy by design; a light sediment is correct, not a fault. Kegs should be kept chilled and lines flushed to keep the draught pour clean.
A beer pours better when the team behind the bar knows why it's there. The SIMDI Beverage Academy is the Maldives' approved education centre for resort F&B — internationally certified courses in wine, structured bar training from Diageo, and a tailored in-house beer & draught module built around the range you've just seen.
A bespoke programme written for your property using the San Miguel & Red Horse range on your list. We cover what your team actually pours: serving temperatures, the perfect head, glassware, keg and draught line care, food pairing, and the language that moves a guest from a standard lager to the wheat or the strong pour.
SIMDI delivers the Diageo Bar Academy curriculum to resort bar teams — guest engagement, classic cocktail families, spirits provenance, responsible service. Practical, accredited, and directly relevant to the brands on your back-bar.
The fastest route to a credible wine floor. The main grape varieties, principles of food pairing, and the language to recommend confidently. Closed-book multiple-choice exam, internationally recognised certificate.
The benchmark qualification for resort sommeliers and senior bar staff. Major and regional grape varieties, key producing regions, sparkling and fortified wines, structured tasting in the WSET Systematic Approach.
We'll drop a chilled sample set to your bar — the new Cerveza Blanca and San Mig Light alongside the Pale Pilsen flagship — and pour through the range with your team. Bottle, can, keg and draught, all held locally in Hulhumalé.