Swedish Alcoholic Beverages - Beer and Breweries in Sweden, Swedish Distilled Beverages, Swedish Wine, Beer in Sweden, Krnleins, Akvavit (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Beer and Breweries in Sweden, Swedish Distilled Beverages, Swedish Wine, Beer in Sweden, Krnleins, Akvavit, Alcoholic Beverages in Sweden, Nils Oscar Brewery, Jmtlands Bryggeri, Dugges Ale Och Porterbryggeri, Malrt, Kopparbergs Brewery, Pripps, Bryggeri Ab Falken, Mackmyra Whisky, Spendrups, Nynshamns ngbryggeri, Ahlafors Bryggerier, Norrlands Guld, Grebbestads, Herrljunga Cider. Excerpt: Krnleins Brewery (Appeltofftska Bryggeri AB) is a Swedish brewery founded in 1836 by Anders Julius Appeltofft in Halmstad, Sweden. Krnleins Brewery was founded on February 15th 1836 when grocery businessman Anders Julius Appeltofft bought an old half-timbered hospital, or "curhuset", at Stora Torg in Halmstad, Sweden, and converted it into an office and a bar. The beer was brewed in the building next door. For the first ten years he made Svenskl, a traditional sweet, low alcohol Swedish beer. Today the house is a caf and is in excellent condition due to a complete renovation in 2004. In the beginning the business was quite modest. Every step in the production process was done manually. For instance the malt mill and the waterpump were worked manually which must have been very hard work. In 1849 new ground was bought, situated a couple of hundred meters from the brewery. On the new ground there was an old bastion from early 17th century, placed next to the old moat. The purpose of the bastion was to protect the town from enemies from the west - hence the name "Wester Katt". Remains of the old city defense wall can still be seen in Krnleins's Pub. The purchase of the ground had two purposes. An ice cellar was built and control was gained over the water supply. A malting for the production of malt was also built. Below the bastion was a well with sp... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4273803