South Africa - Breweries

South African Breweries ltd (informally SAB) is a brewing and bottling company in Johannesburg, South Africa and a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller. It is the dominant brewing company in South Africa, with a market share of around 89 per cent. It was founded in 1895 as Castle Breweries. In 2002, South African Breweries bought Miller, forming SABMiller, then in 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev acquired SABMiller.
Some of the Brewery's Range
Castle Lager- The Flagship beer first introduced in 1895
Castle Lite - Introduced in 1994
Castle Lite Lime - Introduced in 2014
Castle Milk Stout -
Castle Milk Stout Chocolate Infused -
Castle Free - A non-alcoholic beer introduced in 2017
Hansa Pilsener - Launched in 1975
Hansa Marzen Gold - Discontinued in 2015
Lion Lager -
Lion Ale - Discontinued in the 1980's

Over the years the brand identity is updated and re-launched with subtle changes, a change of Logo or a new font.
Sometimes this brand update is done by the new owners after a brewery has been sold, other times just to give the brand a fresh new look on the ever growing market.

Below are some notes to help identify some of these changes and an aid to reference the year of the glass.