Røros Bryggeri og Mineralvannfabrikk

Røros, october 1670. The people starves and the workers at Røros mine company haven’t recieved their sallary in several years. Spell-Ola has to og to the king in Copenhagen again. Maybe their complaint will work this time? But the director gets news about the plans and Spell-Ola gets throw in chains in Mørkstuggu. In anger the workers surrounds the home of the director. It is working class against upper class, axe against chord. After a swift, but hard fight the workers triumphs after taring Mørkstuggu apart. Spell-Ola are freed from the chains and the workers can finally celebrate their sallary.

Area of use: Light lager with a certain hint of hop. This beer is base on german and czech beer traditions. Goes well with courses of fish, light meat, salt food, flavorful and strong food, as well as light cheese.

Box of 12 bottles

Kølfogden Hedstrøm is An-Magritt’s strict, but at the same time loving and always present guardian. He is a figure that has been resurrected from the dead. He has escaped for Kalmar through Falun and over to the area around Røros and Ålen. He has come to guard the roads that is beeing used to transport coal to the mines. His dreadful appearance makes him close his eyes so he can’t see his own face in the water reflection in the rivers. Kølfogden is said to be the voice of the writer in «The Bread of the Night, and Falkberget has announced that «I don’t know if Kølfogden is born, but I doubt that he ever died».

Area of use: Dark and rich beer with roots from United Kingdom. Goes well with grilled meat and vegetables, as well as pink fish, seafood and soft cheese.

Box of 12 bottles

Johannes Konstknekt has a dream. He dreams of building the perfect waterwheel. After being expelled from Freiberg Hüttenschule after to many visits in the pubs of the town, he arrives the develish landscape around the smelter of Cornelia in Ålen. The young and visionary scientist meets the love of his life, An-Magritt. Together they fight through bad years, injustice and unhappiness. With his life at stake he learns how to handle the mysteries of the waterwheel. A mad man kills Johannes Konstknekt, but his dreams becomes real and lives on long after his death.

Area of use: A german inspired weat beer with light sweetness and a hint of citrus and bitterness. This beer goes well with fish, seafood, chicken, salads and fruit desserts.

Box of 12 bottles

The bull Hovistuten is more like a half-human with four hooves and the loyal friend and servant of An-Magritt. With raw power he pulls the plows through the old swamps while he tub and groan. He rolls over big stones and rotten roots while his red eyes stares into the ground. This is how the people make a living in the harsh enviroment in and around the mines. Strong wind, snow and hail whips against the skull of Hovistuten, but not even he can live without sunshine. The places where he plows the shiny plow through the fields and in the light from the full moon, that is where the crop grows best.

Area of use: Inspired by English types of beer with less carbonation and a distinct, aromatic hop. This beer goes well with heavy meals such as red meat, pizza, lasagne and barbeque.

Box of 12 bottles

Bersens Bayer has its name from miners that for forced upon to live by the mines in the mountain from monday to friday throughout the hole year. After ten hours of hard work in darkness they were stowed into small barracks with hundreds of men. In the crowded barracks they har the opertunity to rest and make some food over a small fire in the middle of the barrack. Most of them also runned a small farm so that they could secure themself against bad years and to supply the mine company with horses and bulls for transportation. The Bayer came to Norway around the middle of the 19th century, and was something a hardworkin miner would appriciate when a long and hard week was over.

Area of use: Dark lager that goes well with dark meat, beef, lamb, roasted meat, sausage, meat balls and pasta. Bayer is a good alternative to wine.

Box of 12 bottles

An-Magritt grew up among men in a harsh and cold enviroment minted by hate and brutality. She knew how to take care of her self and fought against injustice and suppression. With her loyal companion Hovistuten, she fights a hard and unyielding fight against the harsh weather, while she takes the copper over the mountain. Behind the brutal reality she has a glimp of a better life. Her love for Johannes Konstknekt melts the ice in her veins and wakes up a need for rebellion that none can stop. Through a storm of pain and suffering An-Magritt keeps on fighting and never gives up her dreams and hope of a better life.

Area of use: Light and aromatic beer that’s low on bitterness and well suited for food such as chicken, fish, pork, salads and sour courses.

Box of 12 bottles