When we talk about having some sort of old stuff to collect, it has a very wide range of reference. From old Coins, memorabilia, stamps, antiquities, toys, even signages and bottles. Today, we will be talking about a company who produces Beer way back then. They might not see that their bottle will be worth a fortune in due time, and yet, it did.
Halili Beer was made by F.F. Halili Enterprises, a company established by former Bulacan Governor Fortunato Halili. The company, whose brewery was built along Balintawak in Quezon City, also owned other products and business ventures including Mission Beverages, Goody Rootbeer and Halili Transit. Halili Beer made its popularity in the 1960’s.
Halili Beer and the company's other beverages fizzled out either because of a strategic acquisition or lack of leadership. It is said that when Gov. Halili was afflicted with infantile paralysis, no one from his sons took over the business, hence the death of the brand. It was also speculated that San Miguel Brewery was threatened by Halili Beer, and bought out its stock.
Needless to say, Halili Brewery was short-lived. Nobody knows how many bottles does the company made and where it goes after the closure but one thing is certain, those bottles can be sold quite a price today because of its rarity.
A bottle of Halili Beer, depending on the condition of the bottle can now cost around 35,000 Philippine Peso or roughly around 660 US Dollars as of this writing mid of 2022.
One famous television news magazine show here in the Philippines claims that a group of indigenous people somewhere in Bohol found bottles of Halili Beer inside a cave. These group of people are Farmers and they claimed that they have no enough money to spend in their everyday life.
Someone might wonder how the Beer bottles brought to that side of the country and how it is scattered inside a Cave.
According to those farmers, long ago, old people in their community are using gas lamp or Gasera in our local language while going around inside the cave, one of those gas lamp happens to be Halili Beer bottle.
Farmers found three bottle of Halili Beer but unfortunately, those bottles they found have cracks on the surface, almost at the neck part, still, they managed to sell those bottles at 2,500 Philippine pesos each or roughly around 47 US Dollars.
The farmer decided to go back inside the Cave hoping to find a more decent one. To his amazement, he found another but also have small crack at the surface. One buyer from the Internet offered the farmer to buy his bottle for 11,000 Philippine Peso or around 207 US Dollars.
He said that, that amount can greatly help them to pay their debt due to poverty.
One HistoryCon event in the Philippines sold one Halili Beer at 34,000 Philippine Peso or 642 US Dollars.
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