West End Draught

West End Draught, commonly referred to as red tins, is a South Australian lager brewed by Lion, a subsidiary of Japanese company Kirin.

History

The Lanfear brothers were three British siblings who developed the West End breweries in Australia during the 19th century. At that time, the company's shareholders were British too. Albert Lanfear left West End in 1893 to develop Lion Brewery.[1]

West End Draught was formerly brewed by the South Australian Brewing Company on Port Road, Thebarton, which was taken over by Lion in 1993.[2] The company continued to trade as SA Brewing until 1 May 2019.[3][4][5] Lion continues to use the name West End Brewery for its current brewery and website, which was the name of

Description

West End Draught is a full-strength beer with an alcohol percentage of 4.5%.[9]

Other beers formerly brewed under the West End brand were West End Export,[10] West End Gold,[11] and West End Light,[12] but these are no longer manufactured.

Sponsorship

West End are the original sponsors of the AFL "Showdown" and the "Slowdown" charity game in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The company is actively involved with the South Australian National Football League. In 1954, the annual tradition of painting the colors of the SANFL grand finalist teams on the brewery chimney began. The company also sponsors the West End State Team and the West End Country State Team; and cricket including the South Australian Cricket Association, the West End Redbacks, Adelaide Strikers, and Bowls South Australia.[13]

In popular culture

West End Bitter was extensively shown and consumed in the 1971 Australian feature film Wake in Fright.[14]

West End red tins feature in the 2023 film Emotion Is Dead, written and directed by Pete Williams.[15]

Bibliography

See also

• Beer in Australia
• List of breweries in Australia
• West End Brewery

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