It was designed by Vilhelm Klein and completed in 1901, replacing a smaller brewhouse still to be seen on the opposite side of the road.

The new brewhouse complex also included a straw storage house to the east and a hops store with a yeast cellar to the west.

In 2008, the year beer production on the site was discontinued, the brewhouse became a listed building.

On the roof stands Carl Johan Bonnesen's large group sculpture "Thor's battle against the Jötunns".

The group of figures was originally a competition proposal for a monument at Langelinie which was won by Anders Bundgaard's Gefion Fountain.