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Tanduay traces its origins to a distillery in Hagonoy, Bulacan, originally owned by Elías Menchatorre. In 1856, the distillery was acquired by Valentín Teus e Yrisarry and brought into Ynchausti y Compañía. Although the Hagonoy distillery was already operational by the time of the acquisition, Ynchausti y Compañía decided to use its own foundation date (1854) as the distillery's founding date. Six years later, a rectifying plant was built on Isla de Tanduay (since connected to the city), bordering the Quiapo and San Miguel districts of Manila, becoming the original Tanduay distillery. To this day, the Ynchausti Family coat-of-arms remains on every bottle of Tanduay.
Early products of the two distilleries have no recorded of brand names or distinctive labels, and were likely sold under generic names: "aguardiente" (Spanish for firewater), "tubâ" (palm wine) and "ron" (Spanish for rum). Other early distillery records list its rum simply as "ron de destillería de Hagonoy y Tanduay" (literally, “rum from the distillery of Hagonoy and Tanduay”).
By the 1900s, production would shift to the Manila distillery. By the 1930s, the rum it produced became branded as Tanduay Rhum, repackaged in smaller 375 mL and 750 mL glass bottles, replacing the 10 gallon damajuanas (demijohns).
Tanduay Distillery, Inc.
In 1934 and 1935, Elizalde & Company, a new company established by the grandchildren of Joaquín Marcelino Elizalde e Yrisarry (one of the original minority partners of Ynchausti y Compañía) acquired some major business assets of Ynchausti & Compañía including the Tanduay distillery, after Manuel de Ynchausti divested key assets of Ynchausti y Compañia. Under the Elizalde group, the Tanduay distillery successfully operated under the corporate name Tanduay Distillery, Inc., producing quality rum and other distilled spirits for both domestic and international markets.
Tanduay Distillers, Inc.
On May 18, 1988, Twin Ace Holdings Corporation, a company owned by Lucio Tan, acquired the Tanduay trademark and related assets of Tanduay Distillery, Inc. from Elizalde & Company, Inc. The new management launched a plant modernization and expansion program that increased distillery production capacity by almost 50 times. On July 30, 1999, Twin Ace Holdings changed its corporate name to Tanduay Distillers, Inc. Aside from rum, Tanduay Distillers, Inc. also produces gin, vodka, brandy, and whiskey.
Subsidiaries:
Asian Alcohol Corporation
Absolut Distillers, Inc. (formerly, Absolut Chemicals, Inc.)
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LT Group, Inc.
On July 8, 1999, Asian Pacific Equity Corporation (PSE: APEC), a company also owned and controlled by Lucio Tan, acquired 100% ownership of Twin Ace Holdings Corporation via a share swap with Twin Ace's existing shareholders. On November 10, 1999, APEC changed its corporate name to Tanduay Holdings, Inc. (PSE: TDY) and increased authorized capital from ₱1 billion to ₱5 billion at a par value of ₱1.00 per share. In October 2012, Tanduay Holdings, Inc. was renamed LT Group, Inc. (PSE: LTG).
The original Tanduay distillery
The original Tanduay distillery located on Calle Tanduay (now J. Nepomuceno Street) in Quiapo, Manila, has been Tanduay's prime production facility until it was decommissioned in April 2013. Tanduay Distillers, Inc. announced that production will be relocated to a larger facility located in Cabuyao, Laguna, capable of producing 100,000 cases a day, over triple the original distillery's daily production capacity of 30,000 cases. Parts of the original distillery will be converted into a museum to showcase the history and heritage of Tanduay. The distillery may also be reopened to serve as backup production facility.
From Wikipedia’s article on Tanduay Distillers, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4