Greenland Brewhouse was Greenland's first brewery. It was located in Narsaq in Southern Greenland and was founded in December 2004. The beer was brewed from water derived from melted icebergs. Melt water was collected from icebergs and transported to the brewery by local fishermen on their fishing boats.[1] Greenland Brewhouse pioneered 'ice beer', brewed from 2000-year-old natural Arctic ice harvested from glaciers.[2]
Prior to 1954, alcohol sales were heavily restricted in Greenland, thus home brewing presented problems.[3]
Bankruptcy edit
The microbrewery filed for bankruptcy in October 2008.[4] A month later—in November 2008—the main shareholder, Greenland Ventures, decided against further investment in the company and the brewery was declared bankrupt. The main Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq reported the brewery left behind four million kroner in debt.[5]
See also edit
- Godthaab Bryghus, in Nuuk, Greenland
- Icefiord Bryghus, in Ilulissat, Greenland
- Microbrewery
References edit
- ^ "Greenland Brewhouse – The first brewery in Greenland". Colin Devroe. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Greenland ice cap beer launched". BBC News. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Kleivan, Helge. (1984). "Greenland Eskimo: Introduction." David Damas, volume ed. Handbook of North American Indians: Volume 5, Arctic. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-004580-0.
- ^ "Greenland Brewhouse i betalingsstandsning". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Greenland Brewhouse konkurs". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-07-17.
External links edit
- Image: Ice collection for the brewery's water source Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
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