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A group poses indoors in front of an International Beer Day 2026 backdrop with promotional signs.

Oriental Brewery spotlights Icheon craft beer ahead of International Beer Day

The beer maker held a staff brewing event featuring a new craft offering made with Icheon rice, peaches and cornelian cherries.

2026.8.6

OB to acquire Jeju Soju as beer maker seeks to expand exports

Oriental Brewery, best known for its Cass beer brand, will buy Jeju Soju from Shinsegae for an undisclosed amount as soon as within the year.

2024.9.12

Cass becomes Olympics' first Korean beer sponsor with Paris Games

Oriental Brewery's (OB) Cass beer has become the first Korean alcohol brand to partner with the Olympics as a sponsor of the upcoming 2024 Paris Games set to begin next month.

2024.6.26

Oriental Brewery (OB) increased the price of its beer products, including Cass and Hanmac, by an average of 6.9 percent on Wednesday. It has been 19 months since OB made a price increase last March. [YONHAP]

Beer pressure

Oriental Brewery (OB) increased the price of its beer products, including Cass and Hanmac, by an average of 6.8 percent on Wednesday. It has been 19 months since OB made a price increase last March.

2023.10.11

A customer picks up a soju pack at a discount store in Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

No plans to raise prices, Korean beer and booze companies say

Several spirit and beverage companies announced that they have no plans to raise prices amid government scrutiny suggesting the industry could be targeted by anti-inflation measures.

2023.2.28

Hite Jinro's Terra and Cass beers are displayed at a discount mart in Seoul, Wednesday. Hite Jinro raised the factory prices of its beers by an average 7.7 percent Wednesday, the alcohol maker's first price rise since 2016. Oriental Brewery also jacked up its beer prices by 7.7 percent on February 8. [YONHAP]

Pricey pints

Hite Jinro raised the factory prices of its beers by an average 7.7 percent Wednesday, the alcohol maker's first price rise since 2016.

2022.3.23

Oriental Brewery CEO Ben Verhaert at a press event held in Gangnam, southern Seoul, on Friday to announce the release of All New Cass. [OB]

All New Cass, repackaged, rethought and aged, coming soon

Oriental Brewery (OB) is releasing an updated beer made with a new aging process.

2021.3.12

New brew

Oriental Brewery (OB)'s Gwangju factory employees celebrate the release of the brewing company's brand new beer Hanmac on Jan. 28.

2021.2.1

From left, Aeonus CEO Hur Eun, Oriental Brewery CEO Ben Verhaert and Kepco Energy Solution CEO Bae Sung-hwan pose after signing a memorandum of understanding last year. [ORIENTAL BREWERY]

OB plans to use solar energy to power its breweries

Oriental Brewery (OB) is doing its part to help the environment by brewing beer using solar energy.OB signed a memorandum of understanding with Kepco Energy Solution and Aeonus as the first step toward realizing the project, part...

2021.1.12

Oriental Brewery is doing its part by helping and protecting local businesses. [ORIENTAL BREWERY]

[SPONSORED REPORTS] OB offers wholesalers a helping hand

On Sept. 3, Oriental Brewery (OB) announced that it was allowing all of its wholesalers to postpone payment on outstanding invoices as a way of sharing the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic.OB said the decision was made following...

2020.9.11

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oriental brewery

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Oriental Brewery spotlights Icheon craft beer ahead of International Beer Day

OB to acquire Jeju Soju as beer maker seeks to expand exports

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