Simonds Farsons Cisk Brewery
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Simonds Farsons Cisk is a brewery founded on Malta in 1928.
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[edit] History
"The Malta Export Brewery" was created when the first privately-owned Maltese bank, established in 1840 by Giuseppe Scicluna, took over one of their client's operations in 1928. They were granted a temporary exclusive licence to manufacture lagers and from this take-over was born Malta's first beer, the 'Cisk Pilsner'.
The Malta Export Brewery eventually merged with Simonds Farsons Limited in 1948. This company had itself been formed in 1929 by the merger of the local brewing firm, L. Farrugia & Sons (alias 'Farsons') and the Maltese branch of the Simonds' Brewery based in Reading, Berkshire in the United Kingdom. The new company became Simonds Farsons Cisk Limited.
[edit] Brief details
Simonds Farsons Cisk plc produces the following beers : Cisk (Lager), Cisk Export (Premium Lager), Hopleaf (Pale Ale), Hopleaf Extra (Premium Pale Ale), Blue Label (Ale), Lacto (Milk Stout), Traditional and Lemon & Lime shandies, as well as Carlsberg and Skol under licence. The company also has a "Smooth 'n' Creamy" draught variant of Hopleaf and Blue Label, and also produces a variety of soft drinks, table waters, juices and juice drinks.
[edit] Beer
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Cisk Lager is a golden-coloured, bottom-fermented lager. It is notable as a refreshing drink due to the climate of Malta and hence served chilled. Fruit and malt flavours can be noted. It's alcohol content is 4.2%. The name "Cisk" originates from Giuseppe Sicluna's nickname "Il-Cisk" or in English, "The Cisk". Sicluna was notable for his use of checks. Due to the unpopularity of the payment method in Malta at that time, some of his Maltese clients had the habit of referring to the payment method as "cisk".
[edit] Awards
- Cisk Lager was awarded top prize in the International Lager Category at the 1995 Australian Beer Awards and was presented with the Pfizer Food Science Trophy for the lager obtaining the highest number of votes in the same competition.
- Cisk Lager had achieved a similar dual championship recognition during the 1980 Brewex Competition held in the UK when it had been awarded gold medals for both the "Lager" and the "Best Overall" categories.
