Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Brewery with shop and city taproom in Kastrup and Nørreport, Copenhagen
Amager Bryghus
Born in a Bomb Shelter
Two school friends from Amager, Morten and Jacob, decided in 2007 that their island needed its own brewery. They had no money, so they started in a borrowed former nuclear shelter in Tårnby, a stone's throw from the local church. The brewery now sits in a grey industrial estate at Kirstinehøj, rubbing up against the airport fence, with thirty fermentation tanks and a lot of oak barrels.
Amager is a brewery for curious drinkers. The core range is ten to fifteen beers, plus seasonals and twenty to thirty new ones every year. Barrel aging is the house obsession, and they have filled casks that once held Scotch, Irish and American whiskey, red wine, tequila, mezcal, port, cognac and Grand Marnier. Their guest brewers read like a beer geek's wish list: Jester King, 3 Floyds, Cigar City, Trillium and plenty more.
Most visitors should go to the Taproom Nørreport, a hundred metres from the station, with fifteen taps, ten of them usually Amager. You can order a tray of five tasters, except on Fridays and other busy times. There is no kitchen, but you can bring your own food, and dogs are welcome. Beer nerds can book a tour out at Kastrup instead, then walk across to the terminal for the most scenic way to miss a flight.
- Order this
- A tasting tray of five from the taps, Anything barrel-aged, Whatever collaboration is pouring, A mixed box from the brewery shop
- The damage
- $$
- Go
- A weekday afternoon at the Nørreport taproom, when the tasting trays are on
- Find it
- Kirstinehøj 38B, 2770 Kastrup (brewery); Taproom Nørreport, Nørre Voldgade 27, 1358 København K
- Website
- amagerbryghus.dk