Saku Brewery is an Estonian brewery and soft drinks company based in Saku. It was founded in 1820 by the local Baltic German landlord Graf Karl Friedrich von Rehbinder. Since 2008 Carlsberg Group has been the sole owner of Saku Brewery.
A view of the Saku Brewery (2004)
Saku Originaal, the brewery's flagship beer
Carlsberg A/S is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. The company's flagship brand is Carlsberg. Other brands include Tuborg, Kronenbourg, Somersby cider, Holsten, Neptun, Belgian Grimbergen, Fix, one of Greece's oldest brands and more than 500 local beers. The company employs around 41,000 people, primarily in Europe and Asia.
Carlsberg is currently the 6th largest brewery in the world based on revenue.
Carlsberg's headquarters (left) in Copenhagen, Denmark
J.C. Jacobsen standing in his winter garden known as Pompeji, next to a table with laboratory equipment, a bottle of lager, a beer glass, and books by Louis Pasteur and Emil Christian Hansen. Painting by August Jerndorff (1886).
Diplome d'Honneur Antwerp 1885 expo
Carl Wiibroe
