To Øl

Why it is renowned

To Øl is known abroad for its unusual recipes, pun-based beer names and hard-to-read labels; the American beer site Good Beer Hunting interviewed its owners in 2020 and called it one of the favourites of the movement of brewers who brewed on other breweries' equipment.¹ It exports to more than 30 countries.² It has worked with brewers abroad, among them Estonia's Põhjala, Norway's Lervig and Scotland's BrewDog, and co-owns bars and shops in Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands with Mikkeller.³

The story

To Øl, Danish for "two beers", was founded in 2010 by Tore Gynther and Tobias Emil Jensen, who began as "gypsy" brewers making their beer mainly at De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium.²³ In 2016 To Øl opened the BRUS brewpub in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen.³ Jensen left the company in 2017.² In 2019 it bought the old Beauvais ketchup factory at Svinninge in west Zealand, and production began there in 2020 at its own brewery, To Øl City, which brought all its brewing home to Denmark.²³

What to know it by

• BRUS³2016Its brewpub, bar and shop in Copenhagen
• To Øl City³2020Its own brewery in Svinninge
• 45 Days Organic Pilsner³A slow-fermented organic pilsner