Forst (brewery)

{{Short description|Brewing company based in Forst, Algund, South Tyrol, Italy}}

{{primary sources|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox Brewery

| name = Forst

| image = Ein frisches Forst 2.jpg

| caption = A FORST Kronen beer (5.2% vol.alc.)

| location = South Tyrol, Algund

| owner = Forst AG

| opened = 1857, Forst (Algund)

| production = {{convert|700000|hL|usbeerbbl|lk=on}}

| url = {{URL|www.forst.it/en/welcome|www.Forst.it}}

| active_beers =

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Luxus Light|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Premium|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst 1857|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst V.I.P. Pils|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Kronen|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Sixtus|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Heller Bock|style=}}

| seasonal_beers =

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Osterbier|style=}}

{{brewbox beer|name=Forst Christmas Brew|style=}}

| other_beers =

}}

Forst is an Italian brewing company, based in Forst (Italian: Foresta), a frazione (municipal subdivision) of Algund (Italian: Lagundo), South Tyrol. The brewery was founded in 1857 by two entrepreneurs, Johann Wallnöfer and Franz Tappeiner, from Meran (Italian: Merano). Later in 1863, the company passed to the entrepreneur Josef Fuchs, who enlarged the plant in Forst. In 2004, Forst opened a small microbrewery in Forst, Germany.{{citation-needed|date=August 2022}}

Operations

Forst has an annual production of 700,000 hl, serving primarily the domestic market. In 1991, it acquired the Menabrea brewery in Biella, Piedmont and also maintains a bottling plant in Palermo, Sicily. The company also produces mineral water and other non-alcoholic drinks, through a subsidiary named Kaiserwasser.[http://www.kaiserwasser.com/en/company.html Kaiserwasser official website]

File:Forst 01.JPG|A FORST Premium
4.8% vol.alc.

File:StabilimentoForst1.JPG|The FORST Biergarten next to the brewery

File:Spezialbierbrauerei Forst.jpg|The entrance gate of the brewery at Algund

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