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Münchenbryggeriet is one of the most characteristic features in Stockholm’s cityscape today. It is also a much appreciated monument of Stockholm’s industrial past. Here beer was produced for over a hundred years, to the delight of thirsty Stockholmers. Today we have resumed old traditions and have a microbrewery with our own production of organic craft beer. But above all else, we act as a meeting space for people.

It was a wholesaler, C C Brusell & Co who in April 1857 began producing and selling beer under the name of Münchens bryggeri-bolag “Munich Brewing Company”, named after the Bayern brewing city. The brewery stood where it still stands, next to the important docking and loading site of Skinnarviken on the South Banks of Riddarfjärden. It is just here that the high cliffs open up enough to allow access to the shoreline and thus became an important loading place for ships, waiting to transport goods.

The location of the brewery beside the water also provided an excellent source of ice during wintertime. A vital resource when making beer. Great quantities of ice were sawed out of the lake and used to cool the beer during the fermentation and whilst when stored. It was quite common that when working on the ice, each worker received a “sup”, or a quick drink, before each shift, at lunchtime and at the end of the day. If you were unfortunate enough to have fallen through the ice, you of course would receive another drink to protect against the cold.

Münchenbryggeriet has a long history of working sustainably and has been a Nordic Swan Ecolabled facility since 2012. The business and industry have a negative influence on our climate which they take responsibility for. In order to do so they are aiming to make their climate footprint as small as possible.

Their goal is to be at the forefront of sustainable conference facilities in Sweden.