That year, Taylorbrands founder David Taylor created a new package design, bottle design, and shape. In 1988, Brouwerij Artois was a founding member in the merger creating Interbrew. Whitbread began to brew it under contract in the United Kingdom in 1976. By 1960, about 100 million gallons of Stella Artois were being produced annually. Production was halted for a period when operations were suspended during World War II. First sold in the winter season, it eventually became available year-round, with exports into the broad European market commencing in 1930. In 1926, Brouwerij Artois launched Stella as a Christmas beer, named after the Christmas star. In 1708, Sébastien Artois became head brewer then, in 1717, purchased the brewery, renaming it Brouwerij Artois. The Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven opened in 1366, when it was a tavern brewing its own beer for sale under the sign of a hunting horn. which is a subsidiary of the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Stella Artois is owned by Interbrew International B.V. The beer is also sold in other countries like the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, where it has a reduced ABV. In its original form, the beer is 5.2 per cent ABV, the country's standard for pilsners. Stella Artois ( / ɑːr ˈ t w ɑː/ ar- TWAH, French: ) is a pilsner beer, first brewed in 1926 by Brouwerij Artois in Leuven, Belgium. Saaz hops, malted barley, maize, yeast, water

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