{"entityTuid":"TB-7198A29R","entitySlug":"white-rabbit-brewery","entityType":"brewery","lastVerified":"2026-09-07","effectiveFrom":"2012-10-08","effectiveTo":null,"directOwner":null,"ultimateParent":"Kirin Holdings Company, Limited","timeline":[],"relatedAnswerIds":[],"revision":1,"previousRevisionId":null,"createdAt":"2026-09-07T00:00:00Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-07T00:00:00Z","id":"TBU-ANSWER-00000139","questionId":"TQ-011","questionSlug":"ultimate-owner","question":"Who ultimately owns this brewery?","answerType":"ULTIMATE_OWNERSHIP","canonicalAnswer":"Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, through its Australasian subsidiary Lion.","answerStatus":"YES","verification":"VERIFIED","evidenceStrength":"A","howTallyKnows":"Lion Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, and Lion acquired Little World Beverages — the group that held both breweries — in October 2012. The ultimate parent is established even though the rung immediately above the brewery is not; a chain can be known at the top and open in the middle.","uncertaintyNote":"The rungs between the brewery and Lion are not fully resolved. This answer states the top of the chain only.","publicCitations":[{"sourceId":"src-answers-pass04-0001","whatItProves":"That Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd holds the registered business names and is a current Australian company","accessedDate":"2026-09-07","public":true},{"sourceId":"src-answers-pass02-0018","whatItProves":"That Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of Lion Pty Ltd","accessedDate":"2026-09-07","public":true},{"sourceId":"au07-au-src-174","whatItProves":"That Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd is the named liquor licensee of the Little Creatures breweries","accessedDate":"2026-09-07","public":true},{"sourceId":"src-answers-pass04-0006","whatItProves":"That Little World Beverages Limited was acquired by scheme of arrangement and delisted from the ASX on 9 October 2012","accessedDate":"2026-09-07","public":true},{"sourceId":"src-answers-pass04-0007","whatItProves":"That Lion agreed on 18 June 2012 to acquire the 64 per cent of Little World Beverages it did not already own","accessedDate":"2026-09-07","public":true}],"researchGaps":[{"gapType":"DIRECT_OWNER_UNRESOLVED","description":"The current direct legal owner of the brewery business is not established. Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd is proven as trading company and liquor licensee, which is operator evidence; no share register, transfer instrument or ASIC extract proving ownership is publicly available.","status":"OPEN"}],"publicationStatus":"PUBLIC","publicationReason":"YES + VERIFIED, all named entities resolve","entityResolution":{"resolved":[],"unresolved":[]},"claims":[{"claimId":"TBU-CLAIM-00000225","subject":{"id":"TB-7198A29R","tuid":"TB-7198A29R","name":"White Rabbit Brewery","type":"brewery"},"predicate":"ULTIMATELY_OWNED_BY","object":{"name":"Kirin Holdings Company, Limited","type":"company","ownerType":null},"validFrom":"2012-10-08","validTo":null,"verification":"VERIFIED","evidenceStrength":"A","citationIds":["src-answers-pass02-0018","src-answers-pass04-0006"],"note":"Through Lion Pty Ltd.","archiveClaimRef":null}],"hasInternalEvidence":false,"indexing":{"index":true,"reason":"YES + VERIFIED"},"canonicalRoute":"/answers/ultimate-owner/white-rabbit-brewery","apiRoute":"/api/answers/ultimate-owner/white-rabbit-brewery"}