Spendrups Bryggeri AB, is a Swedish brewery

Brewery

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 and a brand

Brand

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 name. The head office is located in Vårby, Huddinge. Spendrups have breweries in Grängesberg

Grängesberg

Grängesberg is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 3,532 inhabitants in 2005.The town was earlier dominated by iron-ore extraction at Grängesberg ore field from the 16th century to 1989...

, Vårby and Visby

Visby

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 (the experimental Gotlands Bryggeri).

Spendrups had the license rights to Pepsi-Cola in Sweden 1989-2000. When the license was taken over by Pripps

Pripps

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 (who had lost the rights to Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

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) in 2000 Spendrups instead acquired the rights to the British Virgin Cola

Virgin Cola

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, but Virgin Cola never established itself on the market and vanished after a short time. Spendrups is also one of the main bottlers of Julmust

Julmust

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, a soda made with a syrup produced by Roberts AB

Roberts AB

Roberts AB is the company that makes the syrup for the traditional Swedish drink julmust. The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Roberts and his father Robert Roberts . The company is located in Örebro, Sweden and currently has 15 employees. The current owner is Göran Roberts, a grandson of...

 but bottled by various other companies under their own brand names.

History

The brewery was started as Grängesbergs Bryggeri in 1923. The company grew by acquiring Mariestads bryggeri (in 1967), Risingsbo Ångbryggeri (in 1980) and AB Wårby Bryggerier (in 1989). The name became Spendrups Bryggeri in 1983.

Brands

Spendrups Original, Norrlands Guld, Loka, Wisby Klosteröl, Old Gold, Nygårda.

Wisby Pils is a pale lager

Pale lager

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 brewed by Gotlands Brewery in Visby

Visby

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, which is owned by Spendrups. The beer is named after the city .

Mariestads is a beer brand

Brand

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 owned by Spendrups since 1967, when Spendrups bought the Mariestad

Mariestad

Mariestad is a locality and the seat of Mariestad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,448 inhabitants in 2005. It was until 1997 the capital of the former Skaraborg County and an episcopal see in the Church of Sweden between 1583 and 1646....

brewery.