Kirin Brewery

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited. is a Japanese beer and beverage holding company. It is known for brands such as Kirin Beer, Kirin Lemon, Mets, and Gogo no Kōcha. The predecessor of the company, the Japan Brewery Company, was founded in Yokohama in 1885 by William Henry Talbot and Edgar Abbott. In 1888, they launched Kirin Beer. By 1907, the Japan Brewery Company was run almost entirely by Japanese, and was incorporated under the name Kirin Brewery Company. In 2007, it became Kirin Holdings Company, a holding company, with Kirin Beer Company, Kirin Beverage Company, and Mercian Corporation as its main subsidiaries. As a result, the brewery division was taken over by the second incarnation of Kirin Brewery. Kirin is a core member of the Mitsubishi Group.

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