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Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo produced its first beer in 1877. The brewery was founded by brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes (Amund was the brewer, Ellef the administrator and salesman) together with financial director Axel Heiberg.
Tou merged in 1990 with Nora Industrier and became part of beverage company Ringnes. In June 2003, the board of Ringnes decided to close down the brewery, despite strong local protests. The last bottle rolled off the assembly line on 15 August 2003, and the production was moved to Oslo, where beer branded "Tou" is still being produced. [1]
U.S. microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita, by state At the end of 2017, there were total 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries.
Corona Extra is the No. 1 imported beer, followed by Heineken. 2009 figures show an overall decline in beer consumption from previous years, with only craft beer sales rising at a rate of 7–10%. [47] [48] Overall U.S. beer consumption was calculated at 205.8 million barrels. [48] Light beer constitutes a 52.8% share of US beer sales. [49]
It originally brewed beer only, from 1882 soda as well. In 1918 the brewery relocated, changed its name to Nora Fabrikker and made soda its main product. It was owned by the beer breweries Frydenlund, Schou and Ringnes. In 1978 Nora Fabrikker was the largest soda producer in Norway. Since 1953 the company was also involved in other foodstuffs. [1]
The Norwegian beer market is dominated by two large brewers: The major Carlsberg-Ringnes based in Oslo and Copenhagen, Denmark, and the smaller Hansa Borg Bryggerier, based in Bergen and Sarpsborg. Each produce beer branded in a variety of traditional Norwegian beer brands, as well as foreign brands bottled on licence.
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Apple Beer: Apple Beer: Utah: Non-alcoholic and uncaffeinated, this Salt Lake City brew is an American variant of the Bavarian Fassbrause. It is commonly used as a non-alcoholic alternative for celebratory toasts (in Utah, religious abstinence [6] from both alcohol and caffeine is not uncommon). Birch Beer: Birch beer: Northeastern United States