This article deals with the former brewery Interbrew before its merger into InBev

Leffe was one of the beer brands of Interbrew, and is now continued as an InBev brand. For the proposed merged company see Proposed merger of Anheuser-Busch and InBev.

Interbrew was a large Belgium-based brewing company which owned many internationally known beers, as well as some smaller local beers. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those In 2004 Interbrew merged with Brazilian brewer AmBev to form InBev, which is the now largest brewer in the world by volume, with a 13% global market share (as of 2004). |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld AmBev, formally Companhia de Bebidas das Américas (Beverage Company of the Americas is a subsidiary of global brewing company Inbev and is the biggest Brewery For the proposed merged company see Proposed merger of Anheuser-Busch and InBev.

Some important Interbrew brands are Stella Artois, Boddingtons, Beck's, Staropramen, Bass, Leffe, Labatt and Hoegaarden. Stella Artois (ˈstɛlə ɑrˈtwɑː is a 52% ABV global Lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew Boddingtons is an English Beer, originally from Manchester, United Kingdom that has been brewed for more than 200 years Beck's is a brand of the Brewery Brauerei Beck & Co in the north German city of Bremen. Staropramen Brewery (Pivovary Staropramen as is the second largest Brewery in the Czech Republic, situated in the Smíchov district of Prague Bass (ˈbæs is the name of a former Brewery and the brand name for several English Beers originally brewed in Burton upon Trent at Bass This article is about Leffe the beer brand For the Italian commune see Leffe (BG. Labatt Brewing Company Ltd is a Canadian beer company founded by John Kinder Labatt in 1847 in London Ontario. Hoegaarden Brewery (Brouwerij de Kluis was founded in 1966 by Pierre Celis in Hoegaarden (/huχardən/ huːɡɑrdən in English in Flanders Before the merger with Ambev, Interbrew was the third largest brewing company in the world by volume, Anheuser-Busch was the largest, followed by SABMiller in second place. Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc ( (ˈænhаɪzər bʊʃ is the largest Brewing company in the United States with a 48 SABMiller, an abbreviated form of SABMiller plc, ( is one of the world's largest brewers Heineken International was in fourth place and AmBev was the world's fifth largest brewer. Heineken International is a Dutch Brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.

Having its roots in Leuven, Interbrew was formed when the Flemish brewers of Stella Artois merged with Walloon-based brewer Piedboeuf. Leuven ( French: Louvain, often used in English German: Löwen) is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Stella Artois (ˈstɛlə ɑrˈtwɑː is a 52% ABV global Lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew Wallonia, or Wallonie, (Wallonie Wallonien Wallonië Waloneye is the Meridional part of Belgium belonging to the Romance linguistic field The move onto the international scene only happened when Interbrew acquired the Canadian beer brand Labatt. Labatt Brewing Company Ltd is a Canadian beer company founded by John Kinder Labatt in 1847 in London Ontario. The transaction also included Labatt's assets, which included the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club, the Toronto Argonauts football club, and The Sports Network (the latter being immediately resold to NetStar Communications due to Canadian media ownership regulations). The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel and is Canada's leading The latter at the time was not much smaller than Interbrew, and since then the company had been considered a multinational with both Canadian and Belgian roots.

See also

• Paul De Keersmaeker

External links

• (1) Main page of the company
• (2) Interbrew buys AmBev and becomes world number one