What did the second largest brewing company in Europe buy in 2008?
Baltika Breweries Baltika Brewery (Russian: Пивоваренная компания "Балтика" ) is the second largest brewing company in Europe, leader of the Russian beer market with over 38% market share. Company headquarters is located in St.Petersburg and owned by the Danish brewing company Carlsberg.
List of breweries in Australia Beer production in Australia has traditionally been dominated by regional producers. Since the 1980s there has been a steady stream of takeovers and amalgamations, and now the two major producers (who were once Australian owned) are Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) and Lion. In December 2011, CUB became a subsidiary of British multinational SABMiller (the then world second largest international brewing company) and in October 2016 CUB became 100% owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) the world's largest brewing company based in Belgium. Since October 2009, Lion has been a subsidiary of Japanese brewer, Kirin Holdings Company Limited a brewing company established in 1885. The largest remaining Australian owned brewer is Coopers Brewery with a market share of about 4% of total beer volume sales in Australia.