Royal Unibrew

Brewing and beverage company in Faxe, Denmark

Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor,
Karlens and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Vilniaus Tauras, Kalnapilis (both in Lithuania), and Lāčplēša Alus (in Latvia). As of 2018 it owns the brewery in France that produces the Lorina soft drink brand. It also brews and markets Heineken in Denmark.

The company was founded in 1989 through the merger of the breweries Faxe, Ceres and Thor under the name Bryggerigruppen. Odense based Albani merged with the company in 2000. In 2005, the name of the company was changed to Royal Unibrew.

Royal Unibrew is the second largest beer company in Denmark with a market share of about 25%. It was followed by the acquisition of Browar Łomża in 2007. In December 2010, Van Pur Breweries bought the Polish branch of the Danish Royal Unibrew group. In exchange, Royal Unibrew received 20% of shares of Van Pur in Poland with Van Pur retaining buyers options of the shares. In 2011 Van Pur, owned five breweries with the total production capacity of 4 million hectolitre of beer annually. October 15, 2012 Van Pur exercised its buyers option on the 20% shares previously held by Royal Unibrew for 111 PLN.

In 2018 the soft drink brewery that produces the brand Lorina was acquired.

Brewery Country Albani Bryggeriene A/S DenmarkAmsterdam Brewing Company CanadaBryggeriet Alliance DenmarkBryggeriet Fuglsang DenmarkBryggeriet Slotsmøllen DenmarkBryggeriet Vendia DenmarkCarlsminde Bryggeri Denmark Ceres Bryggeriet Denmark Christiania Bryghus, The Lab Denmark Cido Latvia Etablissements Geyer Frère France Faxe Denmark Graffs Bryggeri Denmark Hansa Borg Bryggerier Norway Hartwall Finland Indslev Bryggeri Denmark Kalnapilis Lithuania Karlsens Denmark Lāčplēša Alus Latvia Lemonsoda Italy Līvu Alus Latvia Lolland Falsters Bryggeri Denmark Maribo Bryghus Denmark Nørrebro Bryghus Denmark Odin Bryggeriet Denmark P. Pedersen Bryggeriet Denmark Slotsbryggeriet Denmark Svendborg Bryggeri Denmark Sønderborg Eksportbryggeri Denmark Tauras Lithuania Tanker Estonia Thor Bryggeri Denmark Urban Denmark

The largest brand of Unibrew is Royal. It is based on Ceres' Ceres Royal Export and Faxe's Faxe Pilsner/Classic. Royal Export was also brewed by the other breweries in the group, but later the Pilsner and Classic were added to make a complete family of beer as is traditional in Denmark.