Hite (brewery)
| HiteJinro Co., Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | KR7000080002 |
| founding | 1924 |
| Seat | Seoul , South Korea |
| management | Park Mun Deok |
| sales | 1.90 trillion won (2012/13) 1.33 billion euros |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.hitejinro.com |
HiteJinro is a South Korean beverage company from Yongsan-gu , Seoul . The company has developed into one of the best-selling breweries in Korea over the past few decades. The company is listed on the South Korean stock exchange.
history
The company goes back to the soju manufacturer Jinro, founded in 1924, and the Hite brewery, founded in 1933 under the name Chosun . According to their own statements, Hite was the first brewery in Korea. In 2005 the two companies merged to form the HiteJinro Group.
Products
Hite's main products are beers, rice wines and mineral water . Whiskey and wine are also produced. The company also imports foreign products and sells them in South Korea. So z. B. Wines from Australia, Chile and Europe, sparkling wine from Henkell , and beers from Kronenbourg , Schöfferhofer and Singha .
beers
- Hite Pale Lager - The brewery's main product is a barley and rice lager with an alcohol content of 4.3%.
- Hite Max - Also a lager that is the only mass-produced beer in Korea that is brewed exclusively with barley and thus resembles European lagers
- Hite Dry d
- Hite S - alcohol-reduced beer
- Black Beer Stout - Guinness- style stout
- Barreal Lager Beer
- The Hite Prime Draft - in the varieties Regular and Green
- J Draft
- Queens ale
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ HiteJinro Results for 2013 at www.hite-jinro-ir.com , accessed on June 14, 2015
- ↑ Converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, March 31, 2013
- ↑ a b History at www.english.hitejinro.com , accessed June 14, 2015