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Norwegian brewery From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nøgne Ø is a Norwegian brewery founded in January 2002 by Gunnar Wiig and Kjetil Jikiun. The name is Norwegian for "Naked Isle" and was selected from the 19th-century Norwegian poem Terje Vigen by Henrik Ibsen. In most years since 2006, the brewery has been on RateBeer's list of top 100 breweries in the world.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Type | Brewery | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Grimstad, Agder, Norway Lunde 8 | ||
| Opened | 2002 | ||
| Key people | Tore Nybø, Tom Young, Arne Edvard Rosland Hortemo, Martin Houge, Sverre Orm Øverland, Astrid Grov, Kamil Krystjanczuk, Joachim Tellefsen, Morten Kittelsen, Alf Reidar Robstad | ||
| Annual production volume | 20.000hl (2021) | ||
| Employees | 10 | ||
| Parent | Hansa Borg Bryggerier | ||
| Website | https://www.nogne-o.com/ | ||
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The brewery has grown from a 300 hl production in 2003 to an estimated 20000 hl production in 2015. They make more than 30 different styles of ales, and have an export to more than 40 markets. On November 25, 2013 Hansa Borg Bryggerier acquired a majority share in Nøgne Ø.[12] This enabled them to export their beer to more countries.
Kjetil Jikiun left the brewery in July 2015. They moved to a new brewing facilities next to their old brewery in Grimstad in June 2017.[13]
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