It was in the late 1920s that L. Farrugia & Sons, commonly known as Farsons, first ventured into the brewing industry, with the building of a brewery in Hamrun. Lewis Victor Farrugia, visionary entrepreneur and architect by profession, was diversifying the activities of an industrial gas business. The first locally brewed beer, Farsons Pale Ale was launched on 19th April 1928, only a few months after the Hamrun brewery was completed.