List Of Breweries In Australia
Beer production in Australia is traditionally dominated by a few major brewing companies, the Foster's Group, Lion Nathan and Coopers Brewery. Foster's Group, since December 2011, is a subsidiary of British multinational SABMiller (the second largest international brewing company). Lion Nathan, since October 2009, is a subsidiary of Japanese brewer, Kirin Holdings Company Limited (the ninth largest international brewing company in the world). These two companies account for 89% of beer volume sales in 2011, with Foster's market share at 48% (declining from a 55% market share in 2006) and Lion Nathan at 41% (increasing from 37%). Coopers is the largest Australian owned brewing company, with a market share of about 4% of total beer volume sales in Australia.
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%.
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