Föroya Bjór is a Faroese

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

 brewing company founded in 1888 by Símun F. Hansen. The name of the brewery means The Beer of the Faroes. In 1883 Símun F. Hansen went to Denmark to learn the art of brewing and baking. When he returned to the Faroes a few years later he established his own brewery in 1888, the second to be established in the country. The first brewery was Restorffs Bryggjarí

Restorffs Bryggjarí

Restorffs Bryggjarí was a Faroese brewing company established by the Danish-German immigrant Martin Christian Restorff in 1849.Restorffs Bryggjarí was situated in the capítal Tórshavn, where the majority of its beer production was sold. The brewery was family owned until 2002, when it was sold on...

. Since August 2007, when Restorffs Bryggjarí went out of business, Föroya Bjór has been the only producer of beer and soft drinks in the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

, and as such the brewery is a popular tourist destination.

Product line

• Veðrur - 4,6% A pilsner with a combination of malt
  Malt
  Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting". The grains are made to germinate by soaking in water, and are then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air...
  
   and hops
  Hops
  Hops are the female flower clusters , of a hop species, Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine...
  
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• Gold Export Lager - 5,8% A fruity flavour, balanced with a combination of malt and hop flavour.
• Jólabryggj - 5,8%
• Páskabryggj - 5,8%
• Ljóst Pilsnar - 2,7.%
• Maltöl - (malt beer) is under 2% abv, and quite malty and sweet.
• Jólaöl - (literally christmas beer) is a dark, sweet maltöl (white beer) which is sold around Christmas time.

• Sluppöl - 5,8% An amber-coloured beer with malt, caramel and first-class hops tast (1984).
• Black Sheep - 5,8% A dark all-malt lager. Caramel, hops and roasted malt flavours (2001).
• Classic - 4,6% A dark pilsner with malt- and caramel flavour, balanced with first-class hops (2002).
• Rockall Brown Ale - 5,8%. Brewed with the English varietie East Kent Golding of Noble hops (2006).
• Rockall Wheat Beer (2006)
• X-mas 1888 - 5,8% (2007)
• Green Islands Stout - 5,8% A dark beer with a sweet and bitter aroma. Brewed with a touch of coffee, liquorice and chocolate notes (2008).
• Green Islands Special - 5,8% (2008)
• Sct. Brigid Ale - 4,6% An amber-coloured ale brewed with a selection malts and hops (2008).
• Sct. Brigid Abbey Ale - 5,8% Abbey ale / belgian dubbel
  Dubbel
  The dubbel is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. The origin of the dubbel was a beer brewed in the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle in 1856. The abbey had, since 10 December 1836, brewed a witbier that was quite sweet and light in alcohol for consumption by the paters. The new beer, however,...
  
  
• Sct. Brigid Boheme (2008)
• Sct. Brigid Blond (2008)
• Sct. Brigid IPA (2008)

External links

• Föroya Bjór official website