Stallhagen

Stallhagen Ab is a craft brewery in the municipality of Finström on Åland (Finland).[1] The brewery was founded in 2004 as Ålands Bryggeri Ab and got its current name in 2009.[2] Jan M. Wennström has served as the company CEO since 2010.[3] Stallhagen was the only brewery in Åland before the founding of the Open Water Brewery craft brewery in 2016.[4]

Stallhagen's production premises are located in the village of Grelsby in the municipality of Finström, about 18 kilometres from Mariehamn.[1] In connection to the production premises is also Pub Stallhagen which serves as a pub, a restaurant and an event centre. With about 50 thousand visitors per year the pub is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Åland.[5]

In 2018 Stallhagen's product line included 23 different beers.[2] In July 2014 the brewery introduced a beer called Stallhagen Historic Beer 1842. Its recipe is based on a Belgian beer from 1842 that was found in 2010 in the so-called Föglö wreck.[6]

Beers

The brewery is known for its "hand-made slow beer" approach, using traditional methods and longer maturation times to prioritize flavour and craftsmanship over rapid production.[7] Many core beers, such as Baltic Porter, Bock, and IPA Original, are made with classic brewing ingredients: malt, hops, water, and yeast, while seasonal and experimental brews incorporate diverse local elements, including honey, wild berries, mushrooms, and juniper.[8]

Stallhagen is also known for its historic and event-oriented beers. The brewery garnered international attention with the scientifically guided reconstruction of Stallhagen Historic Beer 1843, based on 1840s bottles recovered from a shipwreck in Åland waters. This project, realized through collaborations with research institutes in Finland and Belgium, involved detailed chemical analysis of the original beer's residues, including yeast and lactic acid bacteria, and experiments with open fermentation to recreate the unique flavour profile of a nineteenth-century mixed-culture ale.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Vällkommen till Stallhagen, Stallhagen. Accessed on 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Årsberättelse 2018 Archived 2019-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, Stallhagen. Accessed on 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ Kullman, Annika: Det här är Stallhagens nya vd, Nya Åland 27 October 2010. Accessed on 17 August 2019.
  4. ^ Open Water Brewery, Suomen pienpanimot 5 August 2017. Accessed on 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ Nieminen, Heli: Pub Stallhagen on yksi Ahvenanmaan suosikkikohteista: Olut on uusi viini! Archived 2019-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, Turun Sanomat 27 July 2016. Accessed on 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ 1800-luvun olut pian valmis nautittavaksi Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Turun Sanomat 28 May 2014. Accessed on 9 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Ruokamatka Ahvenanmaalle - älä ohita näitä". Rantapallo (in Finnish). 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  8. ^ "Våra öl - Stallhagen". www.stallhagen.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  9. ^ Stayner, McKenna (2015-05-23). "The Quest to Reproduce the World's Oldest Shipwreck Beer". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  10. ^ Selby, Gaynor (2014-10-13). "Belgian scientists recreate 150-year-old shipwrecked beer". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
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