Anheuser-Busch InBev

AB InBev is a modern brewing group with an unusually deep Belgian thread. Its present identity dates from 2008, when InBev combined with Anheuser-Busch, but its Belgian lineage reaches back through Interbrew to the Leuven brewery traditionally recorded as Den Hoorn. The result is a company whose heritage joins centuries-old local brewing places with a succession of international combinations. A Leuven beginning AB InBev traces part of its brewing heritage to Den Hoorn in Leuven, recorded by the company from 1366. The Leuven tradition later became associated with Sébastien Artois, who took over the brewery in 1717. This is heritage context for the group’s Belgian roots, not the founding date of AB InBev itself. From Belgian merger to global group The corporate line that led to AB InBev took shape in 1987, when Brouwerijen Artois and Piedboeuf merged to form Interbrew. Interbrew then combined with Brazil’s AmBev in 2004, creating InBev. In 2008, InBev combined with Anheuser-Busch and adopted the name Anheuser-Busch InBev, commonly shortened to AB InBev. Heritage in the glass The Belgian Beer Glass Museum’s Stella Artois history page places the Leuven brewery within this same sequence: Artois and Piedboeuf became Interbrew in 1987, followed by InBev in 2004 and AB InBev in 2008. That page also connects the group’s Belgian identity with Stella Artois and Leuven, offering a glass-and-brewery view of the corporate heritage. AB InBev’s distinctive heritage is the meeting of Leuven’s long brewing tradition with the global mergers that created a modern brewing group. Leuven, Belgium, through the Den Hoorn and Artois brewing tradition; AB InBev itself was formed through international corporate combinations. 2008 1366: Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven is recorded in AB InBev’s heritage history. 1987: Brouwerijen Artois and Piedboeuf merge to form Interbrew. 2004: Interbrew and AmBev combine to create InBev. 2008: InBev combines with Anheuser-Busch and becomes Anheuser-Busch InBev, or AB InBev.