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To Øl ( Danish for "Two Beers") is an international
craft brewery
Craft beer is beer manufactured by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer than larger "macro" breweries and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as emphasising enthusiasm, ne ...
based in
Denmark
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.
History
To Øl was founded by Tore Gynther and Tobias Emil Jensen in 2010 as a gypsy brewer, with brewing primarily taking place at De Proefbrouwerij in
Belgium
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. In 2016, To Øl opened the brewpub "BRUS" in the
Nørrebro
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district of
Copenhagen
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. It is a combined bar, shop and restaurant with its own brewery. Beers produced at the brewpub are also canned on site and distributed under the brand name "To Øl CPH". A second BRUS bar opened in
Oslo
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,
Norway
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in 2017.
In 2020 production started at its own brewery, known as "To Øl City", in Svinninge, Denmark. The facility spans over 26,000 square metres in an old
Beauvais
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factory, and in addition to housing its own 80
hectolitre
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brewhouse it has become a hub for other craft beverage producers.
Products and collaborations
To Øl cooperates with
Mikkeller
Mikkeller is a craft brewery founded in 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark, that was originally based on the so-called "cuckoo", "phantom" or " gypsy brewer" ethos; that is, the company does not operate an official brewery and, instead pays a brewery in ...
as co-owner of a number of craft beer bars and shops in Denmark,
Iceland
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and the
Faroe Islands
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.
To Øl brews a wide range of different craft beers, including an alcohol-free beer, and exports to over 40 countries. The company has taken part in collaborations with other craft brewers including
Mikkeller
Mikkeller is a craft brewery founded in 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark, that was originally based on the so-called "cuckoo", "phantom" or " gypsy brewer" ethos; that is, the company does not operate an official brewery and, instead pays a brewery in ...
Brewdog
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.
The company is reportedly developing a powdered craft beer in cooperation with a German food processing company.
See also
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Craft beer
Craft beer is beer manufactured by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer than larger "macro" breweries and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as emphasising enthusiasm, ne ...