The Sinebrychoff Brewery (, ) is a Finnish

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company. It was founded in 1819 in

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, by the

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who lived in Finland, and it is the largest brewery in Finland today. By the end of 1999, ownership of the company was completely transferred to the

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Founded in 1819, the Sinebrychoff brewery is the oldest still operating brewery in the

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. Originally located in Helsinki, all of the Sinebrychoff brewery operations are now based in

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. The Sinebrychoff logo consists of two brewery horses beneath a golden crown. Since 2009, the horses are blue, on a white background. The company also uses the logo with colors reversed, white horses on blue background.

Beverages

The most notable Sinebrychoff products are the Koff brand of

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. Sinebrychoff also produces the popular

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brand of

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as well as other special and

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s and a large amount of other beverages. Sinebrychoff owns the

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for manufacturing

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, Sprite,

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, and

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in Finland as well as the licenses to produce

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and

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. Sinebrychoff's own soft drink products include Muumi and Smurffi, the

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energy drink family and the Hyvää Päivää health drink family.

References

External links

Koff Beer HomepageRateBeerSinebrychoff website
Carlsberg brands Breweries in Finland Coca-Cola bottlers {{Beer-stub

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