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Albani Brewery

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Brewery in Odense, Denmark

Albani Bryggerierne A/S (lit. 'Albani Breweries') is a brewery located in Odense, Denmark, and the vast majority of its customers live on the island of Funen. The brewery was founded by MPharm Theodor Schiøtz in 1859. In 2000, the brewery merged with Bryggerigruppen with the Brewery group (now known as Royal Unibrew), a group of Danish regional breweries.2 It ceased to exist in 2002.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1859Founded1
  • Industrybrewery1
  • HeadquartersOdense1
  • Websitealbani.dk
  • Legal formaktieselskab1

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Odense-Albani Bryggerierne
Photo: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Albani Bryggerierne A/S (lit. 'Albani Breweries') is a brewery located in Odense, Denmark, and the vast majority of its customers live on the island of Funen. The brewery was founded by MPharm Theodor Schiøtz in 1859. In 2000, the brewery merged with Bryggerigruppen with the Brewery group (now known as Royal Unibrew), a group of Danish regional breweries.2

The story

Founded by Edvard Ferdinand Esmann and Theodor Schiøtz in 1859.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • beer

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

At the turn of the twentieth century there was a large consolidation in the Danish brewing industry, where the larger city breweries typically bought the smaller countryside breweries. Albani was part of this development, buying smaller breweries in Odense and around the island of Funen. Later, when Albani had a near monopoly on beer distribution on Funen, Albani started acquiring breweries in other parts of the country; Sønderborg Bryghus, Bryggeriet Slotsmøllen, Baldur, and Maribo Bryghus, in each case, Albani taking control of the other company. Albani Breweries A/S merged with the Royal Unibrew group in 2000.

Other names used by the group are:

From Wikipedia’s article on Albani Brewery, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. May 28, 2002Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1859Founded Founded1

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