Lapin Kulta
{{Short description|Finnish beer brand}}
{{Infobox Beer
| name = Lapin Kulta
| image = Image:Lapin Kulta in a glass.JPG
| caption = Lapin Kulta III beer
| origin = {{FIN}}
| brewery = Hartwall
| style = Lager
| year = 1963
| abv = 5.2% IVA
4.5% III
2.7% I
| og =
| fg =
| ibu = 21 (IVA)
18.5 (III)
14 (I)
}}
Lapin Kulta (in English, Lapland Gold) is a Finnish beer brand. Lapin Kulta was also the name of the brewery in the Lapland town of Tornio, where the beer was originally brewed. The brewery was founded in 1873 under the name Torneå Bryggeri Aktiebolag (i.e., Tornio Brewery Limited Company). The brand is now owned by Hartwall, which is in turn owned by Royal Unibrew.
The brand name Lapin Kulta is used for a variety of lagers of varying strengths. In 2009 the Lapland brewery was closed and since then Lapin Kulta has been brewed in the southern Finnish town of Lahti.
History
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The brewery was founded in 1873, but the name Lapin Kulta was not adopted until 1963. The brewery had to acquire a gold mining company with an identical name in order to rightfully use the name. The company's articles of association still state the line of business to be "prospecting for gold and the manufacture and sales of beer".
Lapin Kulta's focus is on high-quality ingredients (malt barley, clear water, and the company's own yeast strain). This, coupled with successful marketing, made it the most popular beer brand in Finland for a long period. In the 21st C., the competitors Karhu and Olvi have overtaken it, leaving Lapin Kulta in 4th place.{{Cite web |url=http://www.alko.fi/fi/EE93ABE62F8AB324C22572A500370399/$File/Myydyimmat_panimotuotteet_2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725191830/http://www.alko.fi/fi/EE93ABE62F8AB324C22572A500370399/$File/Myydyimmat_panimotuotteet_2009.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 |url-status=dead }}
After a merger with the Hartwall beverage company in 1980, the brand name entered the export market and eventually became available in most European countries.
In October 2009 Hartwall announced the closure of the Lapin Kulta brewery in Tornio,[http://www.hartwall.fi/en/News/Press-Releases/Hartwall-optimizes-efficiency---plans-to-close-Tornio-brewery-reorganize-sales-and-invest-in-new-canning-line-/]{{dead link|date=April 2013}} and moved production to its Lahti brewery.
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References
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External links
- [http://www.lapinkulta.fi/ Official site]
- [http://www.lapinkulta.nl/ Dutch site]
- [http://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/hartwall-(scottish-&-newcastle)/814/ RateBeer]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050401105456/http://www.hartwall.fi/index.asp?id=D8AE6B172FE147059E8D0996D5C3271B Hartwall]
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1873