A landowner of German origin, Foight named the brewery Bergschlösschen, meaning a small castle on the hill.

[2] Kalnapilis was taken over by Baltic Beverages Holding (established by Pripps of Sweden and Hartwall of Finland) in 1994.

[1] Ownership passed to Royal Unibrew in 2001, which merged the Kalnapilis with Tauras brewery in Vilnius into AB Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupė.

[2] In April 1996, new fermentation and storage equipment enabled significantly different processing, the result being the introduction of three new brands.

[4] In 2007, "Kalnapilis" became the major sponsor of the basketball club "Žalgiris", but already in 2008, after reducing the support, it lost this name.