"Carslberg, Probably the Best Beer in the World"

Old School Carlsberg Delivery Truck

This past Sunday was one of the more accomplishing days Ive had in a while seeing as I left my room before 1pm. My motive for leaving my bed so "early" was the Carlsberg Brewery Tour. Carlsberg is essentially the Miller Lite of Denmark.

"Probably the Best Beer in the World"


For 70Dkk (12.06 USD) we were granted the privilege of touring the old Carlsberg brewery along with 2 complementary beers. Needless to say we know why most of us went. The tour was somewhat intriguing with a lot more reading than I anticipated. One thing I learned was that a swastika is not always associated with the German Nazis. Carlsberg brewery actually used it as a logo for their beer at one point.  It was also used by many other native cultures to represent sun, power, strength and good luck.

21,239 Beer Bottles in the Collection

Other interesting points of the tour was the Brewery's amazing bottle collection. Supposedly the largest collection of beer bottles in the world. Oddly all the beer was left in the beer bottles. I was somewhat disappointed to not see the amazing Miller Lite, Bud Light, or Coors Light bottles that I hold dear to my hear encased in that display. Along with this display there were many videos and dioramas that explained how the beer went from the fields to the bottle. Did you know that the founder of Carlsberg also donated "The Little Mermaid" to Denmark?? Did you also know that all important decisions in Denmark had to be made before noon, because after noon everyone was too drunk. Workers back in the day were allocated pints of beer as opposed to water... Interesting. No wonder why Denmark holds the happiest people in the world.

Clysdale Horse

Other highlights of the trip were all the Clydesdale horses. They may not have been as well groomed as the Budweiser horses but they were still beautiful. Some of us because a little immature when we saw how "excited" the horses were. Anyone is my family knows what I am saying from past visits to the Zoo and the Zebra. After about 5 minutes of the smell we finally made our way to the highlight of the brewery tour... The Bar. This meant time to redeem our 2 complementary beers. This is where Europe has it right. I was way to excited to get these complementary beers seeing as I am a 20 year old and my past visit to the Leinenkugel brewery tour in Chippewa Falls, WI left me with free soda and some gloating from my of age family members. Well here is where I get to gloat. The beer that they gave us came in big glasses, not mini flutes of beer. Take that Leinenkugel. My choice was the Christmas Beer that they had on tap. This beer is the strongest beer, and has been known to create fights in the city when it hits the shelves. I did not get the urge to fight anyone after having two glasses of this fine ale, I was content.

The bottom of our many glasses marked the end of our brewery tour. Many of us took some wonderful souvenirs back with us ;) This trick I would like to attribute to my brother. I am glad to say I have marked one more trip of my Copenhagen Bucket List. Next up Christiania.

Cheers from Chels :)