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. West End Draught was formerly brewed by the
South Australian Brewing Company on
Port Road,
Thebarton, which was taken over by Lion in 1993. The company continued to trade as SA Brewing until 1 May 2019. Lion continues to use the name West End Brewery for its current brewery and website, which was the name of
a former brewery on
Hindley Street, taken over by SA Brewing in 1888. In 2015, Lion announced the completed, $70-million upgrade of the West End Brewery with an augmented production capacity of 120 million liters/year and a 1930s restored copper kettle. At this point, the brewery produced other beers of Lion's portfolio (
Hahn,
Tooheys,
Guinness,
Kilkenny). A cidery was also integrated to the brewery. In October 2020, Lion announced the closure of the Thebarton plant in June 2021, with production of West End Draught being transferred to breweries in
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