Macks Ølbryggeri

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AS L. Macks ølbryggeri og mineralvannsfabrikk

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founding 1877
Seat Tromso , Norway
management Harald Bredrup
Branch Beverage manufacturing
Website www.mack.no

Macks Ølbryggeri (in full: AS L. Macks ølbryggeri og mineralvannsfabrikk ) is a brewery in Tromsø ( Norway ). It was founded in 1877 by Ludwig Markus Mack (1842 in Tromsø - 1915 there).

history

Ludwig Mack was a son of Georg Andreas Ludwig Mack (* February 22, 1805 in Braunschweig ; † May 18, 1878 in Tromsø) a baker from Braunschweig who came to Tromsø on a wandering trip and stayed there and married a Norwegian. Ludwig Mack noticed that there was no brewery as most of them made their beer at home. So he decided to start a brewery. Since alcoholism was a big problem at the time ( there was no alcohol tax yet), he wanted people to prefer his low-proof beer to wine or schnapps .

  • 1877 - company foundation
  • May 17, 1878 - The first beer is sold
  • 1894 - additional production of lemonade and mineral water
  • 1919–1922 - Modernization of the brewery / conversion of steam engines to electricity
  • April 9, 1939 - Fire destroying the bottling plant
  • 1955 - new fermentation and storage cellar made of concrete (replaces the old 12 fermentation tanks with a capacity of 2,500 l each)
  • 1963 - Plant expansion and modernization
  • 1990 - Plant expansion and modernization
  • 2012 - The brewery moves to Nordkjosbotn, 55 km away

Northernmost brewery in the world

Mack Øl describes itself as the "northernmost brewery in the world" ( verdens nordligste bryggeri ). As such, it was temporarily replaced on December 10, 2000 by the small Nordkapp Mikrobryggeri brewery from Honningsvåg . She called her first beer Sårry Makk (sounds like: Sorry Mack in Norwegian ). After the closure of Nordkapp Mikrobryggeri, Macks Ølbryggeri temporarily became the northernmost brewery in the world again. After the move from Mack's production facility to Nordkjosbotn in 2012, however, this title was lost to the brewery in the Hotel Icefjiord in Ilulissat in Greenland, which was about 50 m further north. In the meantime, the Hotel Icefjiord has also ceased operations and the facilities have been taken over by Brewery Immiaq (also in Ilulissat), which held the title of northernmost brewery in the world from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, a change in the law led to the opening of Svalbard Bryggeri in Longyearbyen at 78 ° north latitude, which has since held the title.

market

Due to the high alcohol tax, Mack Øl produces almost exclusively for the domestic market. It is only exported to the other Scandinavian countries.

Ølhallen

The Ølhallen, the northernmost beer cellar in the world, is connected to the brewery. It opens in the morning to serve beer, which is unique in Norway. From the beginning it was considered a meeting place for whalers and polar explorers and is now a popular destination for tourists.

Guided tours of the brewery and tastings are also offered for those interested.

ingredients

The beers are brewed according to the German Purity Law and the Pilsner style to this day .

The ingredients come from:

Types of beer

  • Mack Freeze - gluten-free, alcohol-free beer
  • Mack Freeze Premium - dark, alcohol-free beer
  • Mack pilsner - a pilsner with a full-bodied taste
  • Mack Haakon - a strong lager that has won numerous awards
  • Arctic Beer - a little lighter than the Mack Pilsner
  • Mack 1877
  • Mack Bayer
  • Mack Fatol
  • Mack Nordlys
  • Mack Midnattsol
  • Mack Sommerøl
  • Mack Isbjørn
  • Mack Isbjørn lite
  • Mack Isbjørn Boks 0.5 - light pilsner
  • Mack Brown Ale - 4.5% & 6.5%
  • Mack Porter - 4.5% & 6.5%
  • Mack yeast wheat beer - 4.5% & 6.5%
  • Mack Witbier - Belgian wheat beer - 4.5% & 6.5%
  • Mack IPA - India Pale Ale - 4.5% & 6.5%
  • Mack Gull (Gold) - Strong beer - 6.5%
  • Mack Bokøl - dark, strong beer - 6.5%

Soft drinks

  • Mack Brus with lemon flavor
  • Mack Grapesoda
  • Mack Julebrus
  • Rødebillys Rødbrus
  • Fruktsjimpanse
  • Bad Limes

Cider and iced tea

  • Mack Cider Strawberry & Lime
  • Mack Cider Peach & Raspberry
  • Mack Cider Cactus & Lime
  • Mack Cider Pear
  • Ice Tea Lime 4.5%
  • Ice Tea Peach 4.5%

water

  • Arctic Water Sparkling
  • Arctic Water Still
  • Arctic Water apple
  • Arctic water lime
  • Arctic Water raspberry
  • Arctic Water Juice Lemon
  • Arctic Water Juice pear

Web links

Commons : Macks Ølbryggeri  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family tree of the Mack family on sveaas.net
  2. ↑ Nordkapp Mikrobryggeri ( English ) In: RateBeer . Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ Nå flytter Mack til nytt bryggeri i Balsfjord . In: Nordnyt 2012 . Nordnyt. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Et nyt bryggeri åbnede i 2013, mens et andet måtte dreje nøglen om. Beerticker.dk gør status over de gyldne dråber for 2013 ( Danish ) In: Sermitsiaq . Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Renate Pettersen: Mack er ikke lenger verdens northern league bryggeri. iTromsø, March 2, 2016, accessed August 6, 2020 .

Coordinates: 69 ° 38 ′ 44.4 "  N , 18 ° 57 ′ 6.9"  E