Location:
Gamle Carlsberg Vej 11
DK-2500 Valby
Architects:
J.C. Jacobsen/H.C. Stilling
Built:
1847/1878
J.C. Jacobsen founded Carlsberg in 1847. The Old Brewery was constructed in collaboration with the architect HC Stilling. It comprised a brewhouse, a storehouse and a half-timbered stable block. Since the brewery was situated on a hill, J.C. Jacobsen named it Carlsberg after his son Carl and the Danish word for hill, i.e. "berg".
Various extensions were added up until 1867, when the brewery and the granary burnt down. The whole complex was rebuilt the same year, this time using iron in the supporting structures.
The last brew left The Old Brewery in 1906 while the production was moved to New Carlsberg Brewhouse, only the malting process continued here until 1965.
The buildings and industrial plant were renovated in 1982 and the brewery was opened to the public. In 1999, Carlsberg Visitors Centre became part of this site and in 2005 brewing of beer in the original buildings was revived with the establishment of Jacobsen Brewhouse.