Mack Brewery
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| Location | Nordkjosbotn, Norway |
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| Opened | 1877 |
| Owned by | Harald Bredrup |
| Website | www |
Mack Bryggeri (English: Mack Brewery; Norwegian official name: Macks Ølbryggeri AS) is a brewery in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It claims to be the world's northernmost brewery.
It was founded during 1877 in Tromsø by Ludwig Markus Mack (1842–1915).
Claims of the world's northernmost brewery
Mack Bryggeri claims to be the northernmost brewery in the world, a claim that is cited on its bottles. After over 130 years of operation in Tromsø, in March 2012 the company moved production to Nordkjosbotn in Balsfjord Municipality, and lost the title of world's northernmost brewery to the brewery operated inside the Icefiord Hotel in Ilulissat (Greenland) by a margin of a mere 50 metres (160 ft).[1] When Hotel Icefjiord closed their brewery in 2013, the brewery equipment was taken over by Brewery Immiaq (also Ilulissat), who claimed to hold the title of "world's northernmost brewery". In 2015, Svalbard Bryggeri claimed the northernmost brewery in the world at 78 degrees North.[2]
References
- ^ "Nå flytter Mack til nytt bryggeri i Balsfjord". Nordnyt 2012 [. Nordnyt. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Et nyt bryggeri åbnede i 2013, mens et andet måtte dreje nøglen om. Beerticker.dk gør status over de gyldne dråber for 2013". Sermitsiaq (in Danish). Retrieved 2015-02-22.
Related reading
- Sanner, J. Mack's bryggeri gjennom 75 år. 1877–1952 (Tromsø. 1953)
- Høeg, E. I. Bryggerieier Ludvig Macks etterslekt ( Larvik. 1994)
External links
- Mack Brewery home page (in Norwegian)
- Mack Brewery home page - English site
