Archive record · Brewery
Little Creatures Brewery
Fremantle, WA, Western Australia, Australia
- Founded
- 2000
- Archive ID
- TB-V3T2P8WC
- Last checked
- 2026-08-05
Who owns this brewery?
The ultimate parent is recorded. The company directly above the brewery is not yet resolved.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Little Creatures Brewery is part of the Lion group, ultimately owned by Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, and is operated by Lion Beer, Spirits & Wine. The exact current direct legal owner has not been established.Verified
- Is this brewery independent?
- No. Little Creatures Brewery has been part of the Lion group, ultimately Kirin Holdings, since Lion's acquisition of Little World Beverages was implemented on 8 October 2012.Verified
- Who operates this brewery or site?
- Little Creatures Brewery is operated by Lion Beer, Spirits & Wine, the named liquor licensee of both the Fremantle and Geelong breweries.Verified
- Who ultimately owns this brewery?
- Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, through its Australasian subsidiary Lion.Verified
From the record
Summary
A foundational western brewery whose iconic Pale Ale helped kickstart the Australian craft revolution before their acquisition by Lion in 2012.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A cornerstone of the West Coast craft revolution. Wandering through their massive Fremantle warehouse with a fresh Pale Ale in hand is an essential Western Australian experience.
Ownership & corporate history
- Subsidiary of Kirin Holdings Company, LimitedOctober 2012
What the sources say
GROUP AFFILIATION, not a direct owner. Control passed indirectly: Lion already held about 36 per cent of the ASX-listed Little World Beverages Limited and acquired the rest by scheme of arrangement, agreed 18 June 2012 and implemented 8 October 2012, with the shares taken by Anglo-Gaelic Investments Pty Ltd (ACN 085 204 182), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lion Pty Ltd. LWB delisted 9 October 2012. What changed hands was the parent company's shares, not the brewery's assets, so no acquired_by event is recorded against the brewery. The current direct legal owner is unresolved. INDIRECT_CONTROL_CHANGE; TRANSACTION_VEHICLE_MODEL_GAP — the archive has no representation for an acquisition vehicle distinct from a continuing owner, so Anglo-Gaelic Investments Pty Ltd is preserved here as evidence rather than forced into an ownership predicate.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
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Timeline
- 2000Founded
Little Creatures Brewery begins brewing in Fremantle, WA.
- 2012Milestone
A foundational western brewery whose iconic Pale Ale helped kickstart the Australian craft revolution before their acquisition by Lion in 2012.
- 2012Bought by Lion
Lion agrees on 18 June 2012 to buy the 64% of Little World Beverages it did not already own, valuing the company at around A$380 million; the deal completes that October. Australia's most influential craft brewery joins a Kirin subsidiary.
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Beers
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Year-RoundAmerican Pale Ale
Brewed in a former crocodile farm shed on the Fremantle waterfront from 2000. It was the beer that convinced Australians a pale ale could be a everyday drink rather than an import curiosity.
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How it changed hands
2 recorded moves- 2000Founded
- 2012Milestone
A foundational western brewery whose iconic Pale Ale helped kickstart the Australian craft revolution before their acquisition by Lion in 2012.
- 2012Bought by Lion
Lion agrees on 18 June 2012 to buy the 64% of Little World Beverages it did not already own, valuing the company at around A$380 million; the deal completes that October. Australia's most influential craft brewery joins a Kirin subsidiary.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
Little Creatures Brewery is controlled by Public company.
Kirin Report 2025 · Kirin Holdings · 2025
PrimaryHigh reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-05Claim last checked 2026-08-05
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Little Creatures Brewery
- Who owns Little Creatures Brewery?
- Little Creatures Brewery is part of the Kirin Holdings Company, Limited group. The exact current direct legal owner has not been established in this archive. It is based in Fremantle, WA, Australia.
- Is Little Creatures Brewery still independent?
- No. Little Creatures Brewery is part of the Kirin Holdings Company, Limited group and is not independent, though its direct legal owner has not been established.
- When was Little Creatures Brewery acquired?
- 2012. A foundational western brewery whose iconic Pale Ale helped kickstart the Australian craft revolution before their acquisition by Lion in 2012.
- When was Little Creatures Brewery founded?
- Little Creatures Brewery was founded in 2000 in Fremantle, WA, Australia.
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