Beer in Klaipėda
Beer history, breweries and beer culture in Klaipėda (Lithuania).
Švyturys has brewed in this port city, formerly Memel, since 1784.
Breweries in Klaipėda
Švyturys
Founded by J. W. Reincke. The brewery has used the name Švyturys since 1946; today it belongs to Carlsberg.
Known for: Švyturys Ekstra
Beer history of Klaipėda
- 1784
The merchant J. W. Reincke founds a brewery in Memel, today’s Klaipėda – the origin of Švyturys.
- 1946
The brewery, destroyed in the war, brews again, now under the name Švyturys (“lighthouse”).