Brewery

South African Breweries

Est. 1895

South African Breweries is a South African brewery, founded in 1895 in Johannesburg.

Type: Brewery
Founded: 1895
Location: Johannesburg
Region: Gauteng
Owner: AB InBev (since 2016)
Website: sab.co.za

Ownership history

Charles Glass's Castle Brewery (Johannesburg, 1886) became the HQ of SAB, formed 1895; first industrial company listed on the JSE (1897); bought Ohlsson's Cape Breweries (1956); bought Miller Brewing in 2002 to form SABMiller; SABMiller taken over by AB InBev in 2016.

Archivist's note

SAB's own heritage page gives 1895 for both the founding and the launch of Castle Lager. Castle Brewery founding is given as 1886, 1888 or 1894 by different sources.

Sources

Bottles in the archive 11

Brutal Fruit Ready-to-drink South African Breweries 2002 In production

Carling Black Label Beer South African Breweries 1966 In production

Castle Lager Beer South African Breweries 1895 In production

Castle Lite Beer South African Breweries 1994 In production

Castle Milk Stout Beer South African Breweries 1912 In production

Flying Fish Beer South African Breweries 2014 In production

Hansa Marzen Gold Beer South African Breweries 2007 Discontinued 2015

Hansa Pilsener Beer South African Breweries 1975 In production

Lion Ale Beer South African Breweries Discontinued

Redd's Original Ready-to-drink South African Breweries 1996 Status unconfirmed

Sterling Light Lager Beer South African Breweries Discontinued