Little Creatures Brewery

Little Creatures Brewing Pty Ltd
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Founder
  • Howard Cearns
  • Nic Trimboli
  • Phil Sexton
Headquarters
Fremantle, Western Australia
,
Australia
ProductsBeer
OwnerLittle World Beverages
ParentLion (owned by Kirin)

Little Creatures is a brewery based in Fremantle, Western Australia, operating as a subsidiary of the Japanese firm Kirin Company. It is owned by Little World Beverages, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lion which is itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirin.[1]

Little Creatures was originally established in 2000 by the original brewers of the Matilda Bay Brewing Company. The name Little Creatures is inspired by a song lyric from Talking Heads' album Little Creatures and refers to the live yeast cells that turn the sugars in malt wort into ethanol.

  1. ^ Spooner, Rania (19 September 2012). "Little Creatures shareholders drink to success". The Age. Retrieved 15 February 2013.