Carlsberg Polska

The main Carlsberg Polska brewery, Okocim

Carlsberg Polska is the Polish subsidiary of the Danish multinational brewing company Carlsberg. Carlsberg has 1/3 control of the Okocim Group, which included the Okocim Brewery, in 2004.^[1]

The subsidiary owns four brewing plants and employs 1,250 staff. It is the third largest brewing company in Poland with a 14.4% market share.^[2]

History[]

The Okocim Brewery was founded in 1845. Carlsberg beer was imported into Poland until Carlsberg acquired a stake in the Okocim Brewery in 1997 in exchange for giving Okocim a license to produce Carlsberg.

Carlsberg expanded its presence in Poland in 2001 by becoming a majority shareholder of Okocim and purchasing the Bosman, Kasztelan and Piast breweries; the operation was named the Carlsberg Okocim Group. The Carlsberg brand was re-launched that year and became the fastest growing international brand in Poland, with a sales increase of 671%.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 Carlsberg purchased the remaining shares of Okocim and renamed the group, Carlsberg Polska. Carlsberg Polska is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group and is the third largest brewing company in the Polish beer market, which is one of the world's top 10 by volume.^{[citation needed]}

Brewing plants[]

Okocim Brewery[]

Okocim beer

Okocim Brewery was established in 1845 by Johann Evangelist Götz,^[1] who was born in Wirtemberg in 1815. His son Jan Albin expanded the family business, married a Polish aristocrat, and changed his name to Goetz-Okocimski. In 1945 the brewery was nationalised, then reprivatised in the 1990s.^[3] Carlsberg first acquired an interest in 1996, eventually acquiring 1/3 control.^[1]

Brands produced are mainly pale lagers of varying strengths ranging from 0.5% abv to 7% and include Carlsberg, O.K. Beer, Signature, Mocne, and Karmi. The brewery produces two dark lagers, Palone (5.5%) and Porter (8.3%).^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Climbing up Poles to sniff the first hops
^ Carlsberg - Poland Archived March 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ STAWSKI DISTRIBUTING – Okocim Beer Archived January 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

[beerhunter-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Climbing up Poles to sniff the first hops

[2] Carlsberg - Poland Archived March 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] STAWSKI DISTRIBUTING – Okocim Beer Archived January 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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