Coopers Brewery Sold 82.5 Million Liters of Beer in Fiscal 2026

Coopers Brewery sold 82.5 million liters of beer in fiscal 2026, up from 80.6 million liters a year earlier, according to figures reported by Food & Drink Business on Monday, November 9. The increase of 1.9 million liters amounts to 2.36% and points to stronger momentum in keg sales than in packaged beer across the Australian market.

The Adelaide-based brewer’s reported beer volumes exclude nonalcoholic beer. The publication, citing Coopers, said keg sales rose 7.4% in FY26, compared with 5.9% growth in FY25. That means growth in the draft channel accelerated by 1.5 percentage points from the prior year.

Packaged beer also increased, but at a slower pace. Food & Drink Business said packaged volumes rose 1.7% and represented 87% of total beer sales in FY26. The company did not publish comparable liter figures for keg and packaged formats, so the available data does not show exactly how many liters each channel added over the year.

Even without that breakdown, the figures indicate that draft beer was the main engine of growth. Keg sales are closely tied to bars, pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues, while packaged beer is more exposed to retail and take-home consumption. The gap between 7.4% growth in kegs and 1.7% growth in packaged beer suggests demand in on-premise channels improved more quickly than in packaged formats during the year.

Coopers markets ales, lager, stout and associated brands in Australia. Based on the published beer volume, packaged products remain the company’s core business by scale, but the latest results show kegs gaining traction faster. For distributors and hospitality operators, that matters because draft growth can affect production planning, logistics, and the mix of products moving through pubs and bars compared with bottle shops and supermarkets.

The reported data is limited to volumes and growth rates. No comparable beer revenue figure was disclosed, which means the results cannot separate the effect of higher volumes from any effect tied to pricing, product mix or inflation. The publication also did not specify the exact start and end dates of FY26 and FY25, only that the comparison covers those fiscal years.

Food & Drink Business was the secondary source for the figures and attributed them to Coopers. A corporate statement referenced in reporting was not fully accessible for independent verification. The numbers therefore describe annual beer sales volumes as reported for FY26 rather than sales for November.

The latest performance gives Coopers another year of volume growth in beer, with the clearest gains coming from kegs. While packaged beer still accounts for most of the brewer’s output, the stronger rise in draft volumes points to a more active hospitality channel in Australia over the fiscal year.