Who owns the beer on British shelves?
117 of the 150 beers on this site belong to 11 groups. A brand's owner is not always the company that brews it in Britain, and neither is always the country on the label. Each page below lists the brands, the headquarters and the changes of UK brewer we have on record.
The ownership tree
Each group, the British sites its beers are brewed at, and the beers themselves. Names in red are sold under branding from another country. Every name is a link.
76 entries
Every owner
Heineken N.V. · 24
Amsterdam, Netherlands. 10 sold as foreign, brewed here
Carlsberg Group · 21
Copenhagen, Denmark. 9 sold as foreign, brewed here
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV · 19
Leuven, Belgium. 8 sold as foreign, brewed here
Molson Coors Beverage Company · 15
United States / Canada. 7 sold as foreign, brewed here
Asahi Group Holdings · 12
Japan. None sold as foreign
Diageo plc · 7
United Kingdom. None sold as foreign
Aldi Stores Ltd · 5
Germany. None sold as foreign
S.A. Damm · 5
Spain. None sold as foreign
Mahou San Miguel · 4
Spain. 1 sold as foreign, brewed here
St Austell Brewery Co Ltd · 3
United Kingdom. None sold as foreign
CK Asset Holdings Limited · 2
Hong Kong. None sold as foreign
Owners with one beer on the site
A single entry so far, so no page of its own yet.
- Adnams plc: Adnams Ghost Ship
- Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayii A.S.: Efes Pilsener
- Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan: Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
- Bieres de Chimay: Chimay Blue
- Birra Menabrea S.p.A.: Birra Menabrea Bionda
- Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH: Bitburger Premium Pils
- Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd: Singha
- Brasserie d'Achouffe: La Chouffe Blonde
- Brooklyn Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn Lager
- Budejovicky Budvar: Budweiser Budvar Original
- C&C Group plc: Tennent's Lager
- Coopers Brewery Limited: Coopers Original Pale Ale
- Duvel Moortgat NV: Duvel
- Erdinger Weissbräu: Erdinger Weissbier
- Great British Drinks Company: Black Sheep Best Bitter
- Hijos de Rivera S.A.U.: Estrella Galicia Especial
- Kirin Holdings Company Limited: Kirin Ichiban
- Krombacher Brauerei Bernhard Schadeberg GmbH & Co. KG: Krombacher Pils
- Lidl: Perlenbacher Pilsner Lager
- Lucky Drink Co: Lucky Buddha
- Marks and Spencer plc: M&S Spanish Lager
- Paulaner Brauerei Gruppe GmbH & Co. KGaA: Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrub
- Royal Swinkels Family Brewers N.V.: Bavaria Premium
- Sapporo Breweries Ltd: Sapporo Premium Beer
- Shepherd Neame Ltd: Shepherd Neame Spitfire
- Shipyard Brewing Company: Shipyard American Pale Ale
- Super Bock Group: Super Bock
- T&R Theakston Ltd: Theakston Old Peculier
- Thai Beverage plc: Chang Classic
- Timothy Taylor & Co Ltd: Timothy Taylor's Landlord
- Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd: Tsingtao Premium Lager
- United Breweries Limited: Kingfisher Premium Lager
- Warsteiner Brauerei Haus Cramer KG: Warsteiner Premium Verum