Mack Brewery Explained

Macks Ølbryggeri AS
Location:Nordkjosbotn, Norway
Owner:Harald Bredrup
Opened:1877

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 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 .[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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nå flytter Mack til nytt bryggeri i Balsfjord . 11 June 2012. Nordnyt 2012 [|publisher=Nordnyt |accessdate=22 February 2014].
  2. Web site: Et nyt bryggeri åbnede i 2013, mens et andet måtte dreje nøglen om. Beerticker.dk gør status over de gyldne dråber for 2013 . 2015-02-22 . Sermitsiaq . Danish.