Browar Koszalin is a brewery in

Koszalin Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-stat ...

, Poland that is located in a

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building, built in the second half of the nineteenth century, that brews BROK beer. It belongs to the

Van Pur Browar Van Pur is a limited liability company based in Poland. The company operates 5 breweries in Jędrzejów, Koszalin, Łomża, Rakszawa and Zabrze. The headquarters of Van Pur is located in Warsaw. History Van Pur was launched as a Polish-Ge ...

brewery conglomerate.

History

Koszalin brewery was founded in 1868 year as a craft beer. Beer started to be mass-produced in 1874. In 1883 it joined the Pomeranian brewing company owned by Richard Rückfortha. The plant at this time has been significantly expanded and modernized. After the end of World War I, the brewery passed into the hands of the family Gerlachów. It has been expanded again to 30,000 hectoliters of beer annually. After World War II, the brewery in Koszalin for a short period ceased production while under Soviet management. Most beer was shipped to warehouses of the Soviet Army. After Soviet occupation the Polish plant was renovated. In 1960, the brewery was incorporated into the Koszalin Plant Beer-Słodowniczych company. After privatization in 1990, the brewery has acted as the company Koszalińskie breweries Brok SA. At that time the main shareholder in the brewery was the German company Holsten-Breurei AG. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the company was renamed Breweries Brok SA. In 2002, the brewery merged with Strzelec since both cpmanies were facing financial difficulty. The new firm was called Brok-Strzelec SA and was publicly listed on

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. In 2005, the new firm was bought by the Danish company

Royal Unibrew Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor, Karlens and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Vilniaus Tauras, Kalna ...

. In December 2010, Van Pur bought the Polish branch of the Danish

group. In exchange,

received 20% of shares of Van Pur in Poland with Van Pur retaining buyers options of the shares. In 2011 Van Pur, owned five breweries with the total production capacity of 4 million

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of beer annually. October 15, 2012 Van Pur exercised its buyers option on the 20% shares previously held by Royal Unibrew for 111 PLN. As of now, it owns about 10% of the market share in Poland. The production capacity of the brewery industry in Koszalin are about 650,000 hectoliters of beer per year.

Microbrewery Kowal

Since 2008 in the cellars of the brewery operates a

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as an independent subsidiary. It was built in the 190's as a

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theme called "Disco Pub Brok", but then was converted into "Milton brewery cellars." From here

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Kowal was conceived. BROK bought and brewing still from German company

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with a capacity of over 1,000 hectoliters of beer per year. The brewery restaurant produces several types of beer unfiltered and unpasteurized unique to the restaurant.

Brands

BROK

*Brok Export - alcohol content of 5.2% *Brok Sambor *Brok Strong *Brok Sambor unfiltered *Kanclerz - Euro Pale Lager ABV 6%

Kowal

*Kowal

Bock Bock is a strong beer in Germany, usually a dark lager. Several substyles exist, including: *Doppelbock (''Double Bock''), a stronger and maltier version *Eisbock (''Ice Bock''), a much stronger version made by partially freezing the beer an ...

*Kowal Bright *Kowal Dark *Kowal Honey *Kowal

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References

External links

Brok

Microbrewery Kowal
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Beer brands of Poland Koszalin Food and drink companies established in 1868 1868 establishments in Poland