History
In 1877, brothers Nicholas Fitzgerald and Edward Fitzgerald bought the site of a failing distillery and created a brewery, which they named after an existing brewery that they owned in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Victorian goldfields. They began to brew beer there in the following year and the brewery continues production to this day. Castlemaine Perkins is the home of the XXXX beer brand.
The company restricted its operations entirely to brewing by 1916. Castlemaine Perkins was acquired in 1992 by drinks conglomerate Lion Nathan.
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