UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

COMPAÑIA CERVECERIAS UNIDAS S.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

UNITED BREWERIES COMPANY, INC.

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Republic of Chile

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Vitacura 2670, Twenty-Third Floor, Santiago, Chile

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F X Form 40-F ___

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ___ No X

Attached is a press release of the Company dated October 6, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:

Rosita Covarrubias / Macarena Gili

Investor Relations Department

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.

www.ccu-sa.com

(56-2) 427-3581 or 427-3416

CCU ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2008 VOLUMES

(Santiago, Chile, October 6, 2008) CCU reported today preliminary third quarter consolidated volumes.

The preliminary volume breakout by segment in hectoliters is as follows:

	Third Quarter		Year 2008
Chile:	Volumes	% Change	Volumes	% Change
Beer	1,072,733	6.6%	3,553,961	6.4%
Soft Drinks	837,772	3.5%	2,769,702	10.1%
Fruit Beverages	174,623	6.3%	509,551	7.0%
Waters	213,541	4.8%	832,719	8.9%
Wine Domestic	151,751	-0.5%	377,753	0.8%
Wine Export1	100,198	-8.1%	262,527	-11.3%
Spirits	61,338	-6.3%	155,793	-0.7%
Total Chile2	2,611,954	4.0%	8,462,005	6.8%
Argentina:
Beer	794,786	46.0%	2,432,105	34.3%
Wine1-3	14,500	0.1%	35,649	-8.2%
Total Argentina	809,287	44.8%	2,467,754	33.5%
TOTAL	3,421,241	11.3%	10,929,759	11.9%

CCU plans to release its consolidated third quarter results by the end of October.

CCU is a diversified beverage company operating principally in Chile and Argentina. CCU is the largest Chilean brewer, the second-largest Argentine brewer, the third-largest Chilean soft drink producer, the second-largest Chilean wine producer, the largest Chilean mineral water producer, one of the largest pisco producers and also participates in the rum and confectionery industries in Chile. The Company has licensing agreements with Heineken Brouwerijen B.V., Anheuser-Busch Incorporated, PepsiCo Inc., Paulaner Brauerei AG, Schweppes Holdings Limited, Guinness Brewing Worldwide Limited and Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. For more information, visit www.ccu-sa.com.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.

(United Breweries Company, Inc.)

/s/ Ricardo Reyes

Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 6, 2008