Carlsberg Polska is the
Polish
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* Polish language
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subsidiary of the
Danish
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multinational brewing company
Carlsberg. Carlsberg has 1/3 control of the Okocim Group, which included the Okocim Brewery, in 2004.
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The subsidiary owns four brewing plants and employs 1,250 staff. It is the third largest brewing company in Poland
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with a 14.4% market share.
History
The Okocim Brewery was founded in 1845. Carlsberg beer was imported into Poland until Carlsberg acquired a stake in the Okocim Brewery in 1997 in exchange for giving Okocim a license to produce Carlsberg.
Carlsberg expanded its presence in Poland in 2001 by becoming a majority shareholder of Okocim and purchasing the Bosman, Kasztelan and Piast breweries; the operation was named the Carlsberg Okocim Group. The Carlsberg brand was re-launched that year and became the fastest growing international brand in Poland, with a sales increase of 671%.
In 2004 Carlsberg purchased the remaining shares of Okocim and renamed the group, Carlsberg Polska. Carlsberg Polska is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group and is the third largest brewing company in the Polish beer market, which is one of the world's top 10 by volume.
Brewing plants
Okocim Brewery
Okocim Brewery was established in 1845 by Johann Evangelist Götz,
Carlsberg first acquired an interest in 1996, eventually acquiring 1/3 control.
Brands produced are mainly
pale lager
Pale lager is a very pale-to- golden-colored lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness.
The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid-19th century, when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brew ...
s of varying strengths ranging from 0.5%
abv
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...
to 7% and include ''Carlsberg'', ''O.K. Beer'', ''Signature'', ''Mocne'', and ''Karmi''. The brewery produces two dark lagers, ''Palone'' (5.5%) and ''Porter'' (8.3%).
See also
*
Polish beer
Beer in Poland has been brewed for well over a thousand years and has a significant history of tradition and commercial beer production. Poland is Europe's third largest beer producer, producing 36.9 million hectolitres, coming after the United K ...
*
Carlsberg
References
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External links
Carlsberg Group in Polandcarlsbergpolska.pl (Polish)
Breweries of Poland
Food and drink companies established in 2001
Polish companies established in 2001
Carlsberg Group