Editing Foster's Lager (section)

==History==
Foster's was created by two [[Americans|American]] brothers, William M. and Ralph R. Foster, who arrived in Melbourne from New York in 1886.<ref name=Oliver2011/> The brothers began brewing Foster's Lager in November 1888. It was made available to the public from February 1889.<ref name="Deutsher1999"/> The product was first exported in 1901, when bottles were sent to Australian combatants in the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]].<ref name="Derdak1988">{{cite book |last=Derdak|first=Thomas |title=International directory of company histories |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9aDyJeMgE5kC |year=1988 |publisher=St. James Press |isbn=978-0-912289-10-6 |page=228}}</ref>

In 1907, the company merged with five other brewing companies to form [[Carlton & United Breweries]] (CUB). Then only available in bottles, Foster's Lager was considered to be CUB's [[Beer#"Premium"_beers|premium]] brand.<ref name=Oliver2011/>

In 1958, steel cans were introduced.<ref name="auspostalhistory.com">[http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/1570.shtml Foster’s Lager Beer, Bitter Ale & Extra Stout, Melbourne], auspostalhistory.com</ref> Foster's Lager was first imported into the UK in 1971, and was launched in the US in 1972.<ref name="Oliver2011" />

Commencing 1981, the brand was brewed under licence in the UK by Watney Mann and Truman Brewers.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} In 1986, [[Courage Brewery]] obtained the rights to brew and distribute Foster's alongside Watney Mann and Truman Brewers, which Courage took over in 1990.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

In 2011, CUB and its product lines, including Foster's, were bought by the South African and British conglomerate [[SABMiller]], which in turn was incorporated into the multinational (Belgian, Brazilian, and American) [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 December 2016|title=BRIEF-AB InBev says SABMiller Holdings changes name to Anheuser-Busch North American Holding Corp|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL5N1EG2KU|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> In 2019, [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] agreed to sell CUB including Fosters to [[Asahi Breweries]]. The deal was completed in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/japanese-brewer-asahi-has-bought-the-maker-of-vb-and-carlton-draught-for-16-billion-and-the-deal-could-revive-australias-sluggish-beer-market-2019-7 |title=Japanese brewer Asahi has bought the maker of VB and Carlton Draught for $16 billion — and the deal could revive Australia's sluggish beer market |work=Business Insider |date=22 July 2019 |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019004712/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/japanese-brewer-asahi-has-bought-the-maker-of-vb-and-carlton-draught-for-16-billion-and-the-deal-could-revive-australias-sluggish-beer-market-2019-7 |url-status=dead }}</ref>