Grebbestad Bryggeri is a brewery in the town

Grebbestad Grebbestad () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010, there were 1,401 inhabitants, though this number can increase by as much as ten-fold during the summer. The town is als ...

on the Swedish west coast. It is a relatively small and local brewery producing their products mainly for the use of the local county

Bohuslän Bohuslän () is a Provinces of Sweden, Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the ...

. Their main products are two lager beers called Koster and Granit, but other brews occur as well.

Products

Koster is a

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beer with 3.5%

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and is available for purchase mostly in local

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s. The name comes from the local islands of Koster. Granit ( Swedish for

Granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

) is a

beer . It is sold in local

s at 3.5%

and at 4.8% at

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. The name is inspired by the cliffs of

, where Grebbestad lies, which are made of granite. For Christmas a special Christmas beer is made, following Swedish brewer traditions. The beer is like most other Swedish Christmas brews, a

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-like dark

Beers produced for others

Grebbestad produces some beers on behalf of the Gothenburg brewery Göteborgs Nya Bryggeri. Grebbestad also produces the beer Alberget 4A on behalf of Djurgårdshjälpen. This beer is not part of the Grebbestad brand but is sold to support the sports club

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

References

Breweries in Sweden Companies based in Västra Götaland County Tanum Municipality {{Beer-stub