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Encyclopedia > Ceres Brewery

The Ceres Brewery is a brewery located in Aarhus, Denmark. Today, it is part of Royal Unibrew. The entrance of a brewery. ... The cityhall of Ã…rhus. ... Royal Unibrew is the second largest brewery group in Denmark, selling under the brands Ceres, Faxe and Albani, although their best selling beer is marketed as Royal. ...


It was founded by a grocer named M. C. Lottrup, with help from the chemists A. S. Aagard and Knud Redelien, as the city's seventh brewery. It was named after the Roman goddess Ceres, and its opening was announced in the local newspaper, Stifstidende, in 1856. A grocer is a dealer in staple foodstuffs -- meats, produce, dairy products, etc. ... A chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... A goddess is a female deity in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases even hermaphroditic (or gender neutral) deities. ... For other uses, see Ceres (disambiguation). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


The brewery was successful, and Lottrup became one of the most prominent people of Aarhus. After ten years, he extended the brewery, adding a grand building as his own private residence, where he entertained other local figures.


Lottrup's son-in-law, L. Christian Meulengracht, took over the running of the brewery after that, and was in charge for nearly thirty years, expanding it further. He then sold it to another brewery, Østjyske Bryggerier A/S.


The brewery gained more esteem in 1914 when it was made "Purveyor to the Royal Danish Court". 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...


External links

  • The official web-site of the Ceres Brewery

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CERES (482 words)
The brewery was situated “outside the Western Gate of Aarhus”, and has been there every since, although it is now considered centrally located in modern Aarhus.
Ceres was founded by a grocer and vendor of distilled spirits, M.C. Lottrup, and the chemists, N.S. Aagaard and Knud Redelien.
Ceres became a modern brewery with a reputation that reached far beyond the limits of Aarhus.
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