Beer production in Australia has traditionally been dominated by regional producers. Since the 1980s, there have been a steady stream of takeovers and amalgamations, and now the two major producers (who were once Australian-owned) are Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) and Lion.
In December 2011, CUB became a subsidiary of British multinational SABMiller (the world's then-second-largest international brewing company) and in October 2016 CUB became 100% owned by AB InBev the world's largest brewing company, based in Belgium. AB InBev then sold CUB to Japanese company Asahi Breweries on 1 June 2020.[1]
Since October 2009, Lion has been a subsidiary of Japanese brewer, Kirin Company a brewing company established in 1885. The largest remaining Australian owned brewer is Coopers Brewery[2] with a market share of about 4% of total beer volume sales in Australia.[3]
The two foreign-owned companies accounted for 89% of beer volume sales in 2011, with CUB's market share at 48% (declining from a 55% market share in 2006)[4] and Lion at 41% (increasing from 37%).[5]
In May 2012 the dominant Australian-produced beers were XXXX Gold, which accounted for 12.4% of all beer consumed in Australia, VB, with 12.3%, Carlton Draught 9.3%, Tooheys New 7.1%, Tooheys Extra Dry 4.4% and Carlton Mid 3.8%.[6]
^"AB InBev completes sale of Carlton & United Breweries to Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd" (PDF). AB InBev. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^"Coopers to become Australia's largest brewer" (PDF). Coopers' (Press release). 22 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012.
^Gibson, Rory (10 December 2011). "Lager louts are out in this ale nation" (PDF). The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^Bryant, Robert (25 May 2011). "Brewing up a storm". IBISWorld. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^Wilson, Neil (27 January 2012). "Fight is brewing between the Boutique Beer Brigade and CUB's and Lion". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^Greenblat, Eli (30 May 2012). "VB:the second best cold beer". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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