West End Draught, commonly referred to as red tins, is a South Australian lager brewed by Lion, a subsidiary of Japanese company Kirin.
In 2015, Lion announced the completed, $70-million upgrade of the West End Brewery with an augmented production capacity of 120 million liters/year and a 1930s restored copper kettle.
[6] In October 2020, Lion announced the closure of the Thebarton plant in June 2021, with production of West End Draught being transferred to breweries in Victoria.
[13] West End Bitter was extensively shown and consumed in the 1971 Australian feature film Wake in Fright.
[14] West End red tins feature in the 2023 film Emotion Is Dead, written and directed by Pete Williams.