Tiger Beer is a Singaporean brand of beer first launched in 1932. It is currently produced by Heineken Asia Pacific, formerly known as Asia Pacific Breweries. The company is a joint venture between Heineken N.V. and Singaporean multinational food and beverage company Fraser and Neave.

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Tiger

Logo of Tiger Beer
Manufacturer	Heineken Asia Pacific Fraser and Neave
Region of origin	Singapore
Introduced	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Alcohol by volume	5% pilsner
Style	Lager
Website	www.tigerbeer.com

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The Tiger Brewery Tour is a tourist attraction located in the Tuas district of the country, which offers guided visits as to how the beer is brewed.^[1] According to a Brand Finance report, Tiger is among Singapore's 10 most valuable brands.

Launched in 1932, Tiger beer became Singapore's first locally brewed beer.^[2] It is a 5% abv bottled pale lager. Heineken Asia Pacific's flagship brand, is available in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Tiger Brewery is open for public tours and tastings.^[1]

The "It's Time for a Tiger" slogan for Tiger Beer has run for decades since its inception in the 1930s.

The writer Anthony Burgess named his first novel Time for a Tiger (the first part of the Malayan trilogy The Long Day Wanes) as the beer was popular in Malaya in the 1950s, where Burgess was working.

Burgess reveals in his autobiography that, when his Time for a Tiger was published, he asked the manufacturer, then Fraser and Neave, for a complimentary clock with the Tiger beer slogan. The brewery declined to offer this or any other gift to him. But, fourteen years later, when Burgess was more famous, it relented. In 1970, the company offered Burgess the privilege to consume any of their beers free of charge while in Singapore. However, in his own words, Burgess wrote in response: "But it was too late, I had become wholly a gin man."

The Tiger Sky Tower operated in Sentosa until 2018.

Tiger Beer has entered several beer-tasting competitions and has performed well. At the 2011 World Quality Selections, organised by Monde Selection, the brand won a Gold Quality award.^[3]