Aass
Brewery - (en)
Aass Brewery (Aass Bryggeri) is Norway's oldest brewery. Founded in 1834
in Drammen, Norway, the brewery's primary products are beer and aquavit.
However, they also produce a wide range of soft drinks.
Their products are
exported to North America.
Originally a company dealing in timber, groceries, baking and brewing, the
brewery was bought by farmer's son Poul Lauritz Aass in the 1860s. The
brewery is still owned by the Aass family, which makes it one of Norway's
few remaining independent breweries.
As an independent, it has built up a
reputation for high quality products and tasty beers, brewing strictly
according to the German Purity Law (reinheitsgebot).
Drammens Olets Venner (the Friends of the Beer from Drammen) is an
association that supports the brewery, arranging various events and
publishing a newsletter about 4 times a year.
It is the world's 2nd
largest such association, currently boasting about 35,000 members.
Beers
Juleol (strong seasonal Christmas beer), Pilsner, Classic (amber), Bock
Beer and a dark Munich-style lager called Aass Bayer.
