Albani Brewery

It has been brewed since 1934 and was originally not part of the Albani Brewery's portfolio, but was introduced to the product line with the acquisition of Bryggeriet Odense.

Alcohol by volume: 4.6% Odense Classic is a pilsener, though it has a more dark colour than ordinary beers of the same type.

Red: Alcohol by volume: 7.3% Black: Alcohol by volume: 10.0% HC Andersen is a strong ale-type beer, first brewed in 1988 when the Albani Breweries decided to create a special beer to celebrate Odense's 1,000th anniversary.

Each year's labels depict a different paper cutting by Hans Christian Andersen.

Denmark's first Christmas beer was produced by the Carlsminde brewery and had been introduced the previous year.

Blålys: Alcohol by volume: 7% Rødhætte: Alcohol by volume: 5.6% Påskebryg (Danish for Easter Brew), is a strong pilsener, and the Albani Breweries' traditional beer for the Easter season.

Odense Light: Alcohol by volume: 2.6% Odense Extra Light: Alcohol by volume: 0.05% 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.

Other names used by the group are: Denmark's best known poet and author, Hans Christian Andersen, was very fond of Albani beers.

In a letter to a friend he described Albani beer as: Jeg kan ikke rose denne øl højt nok.

Albani's front towards Albanigade in Odense.
Albani beer in a wagon.