Mack Brewery

Macks Ølbryggeri AS
Location	Nordkjosbotn, Norway
Opened	1877
Owned by	Harald Bredrup
Website	www.mack.no

Mack Bryggeri (English: Mack Brewery; Norwegian official name: Macks Ølbryggeri AS) is a brewery in Balsfjord, Norway. It was the world's northernmost brewery, producing in Nordkjosbotn since 2012.

History

Mack Bryggeri was founded during 1877 in Tromsø by Ludwig Markus Mack (1842–1915), son of a German immigrant, businessman and local politician. He had been educated as a baker, like his father, but several trips to visit his brewmaster uncle in Bavaria led him to pursue construction of a brewery in northern Norway. As a result, Mack beers were, and still remain, particularly German in character.

A large portion of the shares are presently owned by Ludwig Mack's descendants. Mack Bryggeri claims to be the northernmost brewery in the world, a claim that is cited on Mack's beer bottles. After over 130 years of operation in Tromsø, in March 2012 the company moved production to Nordkjosbotn in Balsfjord municipality, and subsequently lost the title of world's northernmost brewery to the brewery operated inside the Hotel Icefiord in Ilulissat (Greenland) by a margin of a mere 50 meters.^[1] When Hotel Icefjiord closed their brewery in 2013, the brewery equipment was taken over by Brewery Immiaq (also Ilulissat), who since then holds the title of "world's northernmost brewery". In 2015 Svalbard Bryggeri filled their fermentors and subsequently are the northernmost brewery in the world at 78 degrees North. ^[2]

Beers

Mack Freeze – gluten-free, alcohol-free beer
Mack Freeze Premium – dark, alcohol-free beer
Mack pilsner – a pilsner with relatively much ground
Mack Haakon – a stronger lager which has won several awards
Arctic Beer – a slightly lighter pilsner than Mack Pilsner
Mack 1877
Mack Bayer
Mack Fatøl
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 Hefe Weissbier – 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%

Softdrinks

Mack Brus with lemon flavor

Mack Grapesoda

Mack Julebrus

Rødebillys Rødbrus

Fruktsjimpanse

Bad Limes

Cider and IceTea

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

Gallery

Close-up of the company logo over the main office entrance
Mack Brewery beer truck outside the company's main office entrance
Mack Brewery western and eastern buildings seen from the south
Mack Brewery located in Nordkjosbotn from bird's-eye-view

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References

^ "Nå flytter Mack til nytt bryggeri i Balsfjord". Nordnyt 2012 [. Nordnyt. 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.

External links

Mack Brewery home page (in Norwegian)
Mack Brewery home page - English site

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[1] "Nå flytter Mack til nytt bryggeri i Balsfjord". Nordnyt 2012 [. Nordnyt. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

[2] "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.

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