Föroya Bjór is a Faroese

brewing company A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of beer ...

based in

Klaksvík Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The first ...

. Apart from beers the company also produces soft drinks. It was established in 1888 in

History

In 1883 Símun F. Hansen went to Denmark to learn the art of brewing and baking. Upon his return in the Faroe Islands in 1888, he established his own brewery in

, the second to be established in the country. The first brewery was

Restorffs Bryggjarí Restorffs Bryggjarí was a Faroe Islands, Faroese brewing company established by the Danish-German immigrant Martin Christian Restorff in 1849. Restorffs Bryggjarí was situated in the capítal Tórshavn, where the majority of its beer produc ...

. In 2009 Föroya Bjór opened an office in

Reykjanesbær Reykjanesbær () is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula (''Suðurnes'') in Iceland, though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years. The municipalit ...

and started exporting its products in Iceland.

Name and symbol

The name of the brewery means ''The Beer of the Faroes''. The ram is the symbol of Föroya Bjór since its establishment.

Product line

* Veðrur - 4,6% A

pilsner Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (german: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Bre ...

with a combination of malt and hops. * Gold Export Lager - 5,8% A fruity flavour, balanced with a combination of malt and hop flavour. * Jólabryggj - 5,8% * Páskabryggj - 5,8% * Ljóst Pilsnar - 2,7.% * Maltöl - (malt beer) is under 2% abv, and quite malty and sweet. * Jólaöl - (literally Christmas beer) is a dark, sweet maltöl (white beer) which is sold around Christmas time. * Sluppöl - 5,8% An amber-coloured beer with malt, caramel and first-class hops taste (1984). * Black Sheep - 5,8% A dark all-malt lager. Caramel, hops and roasted malt flavours (2001). * Classic - 4,6% A dark pilsner with malt- and caramel flavour, balanced with first-class hops (2002). * Rockall Brown Ale - 5,8%. Brewed with the English variety ''East Kent Golding'' of Noble hops (2006). * Rockall Wheat Beer (2006) * X-mas 1888 - 5,8% (2007) * Green Islands Stout - 5,8% A dark beer with a sweet and bitter aroma. Brewed with a touch of coffee, liquorice and chocolate notes (2008). * Green Islands Special - 5,8% (2008) * Sct. Brigid Ale - 4,6% An amber-coloured ale brewed with a selection malts and hops (2008). * Sct. Brigid Abbey Ale - 5,8% Abbey ale / Belgian

dubbel The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861.Jef van de ...

* Sct. Brigid Boheme (2008) * Sct. Brigid Blond (2008) * Sct. Brigid IPA (2008)

Gallery

Image:Föroya Bjór 2.jpg, The company's factory in Klaksvík File:Old Faroese beer bottles.jpg, Old beer bottles File:Einar Waag.jpg, Föroya Bjór boss Einar Waag Image:Föroyar Bjór 3.jpg, Truck of Föroya Bjór

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