Archive record · Brewery
White Rabbit Brewery
Geelong, VIC, Victoria, Australia
- Founded
- 2009
- Archive ID
- TB-7198A29R
- 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?
- White Rabbit 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. White Rabbit 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 ultimately owns this brewery?
- Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, through its Australasian subsidiary Lion.Verified
From the record
Summary
Founded to explore dark ales and open fermentation. Absorbed by Lion alongside Little Creatures and moved to Geelong.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A beautiful dive into the art of open fermentation. Their Geelong barrel room offers a moody, atmospheric escape for travelers looking for complex, old-world styles.
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
- 2012To Lion with Little World Beverages
Changes hands in 2012 as part of Lion's acquisition of Little World Beverages, the parent it shared with Little Creatures.
The Beer Library
Beers
White Rabbit Dark Ale
Year-RoundDark Ale
Open-fermented in Geelong, which very few Australian breweries do. Part of the Lion group by way of Little World Beverages.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 2009Founded
- 2012To Lion with Little World Beverages
Changes hands in 2012 as part of Lion's acquisition of Little World Beverages, the parent it shared with Little Creatures.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
White Rabbit 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 White Rabbit Brewery
- Who owns White Rabbit Brewery?
- White Rabbit 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 Geelong, VIC, Australia.
- Is White Rabbit Brewery still independent?
- No. White Rabbit 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 White Rabbit Brewery acquired?
- 2012. Changes hands in 2012 as part of Lion's acquisition of Little World Beverages, the parent it shared with Little Creatures.
- When was White Rabbit Brewery founded?
- White Rabbit Brewery was founded in 2009 in Geelong, VIC, Australia.
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