Home of Carlsberg
Historic brewery site with an elephant-guarded gate, art-filled villa, and beer-making heritage on display.
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This guide to the Home of Carlsberg traces a family feud on this hill above Copenhagen, from J.C. Jacobsen founding his brewery in 1847 and naming it for his only son Carl, to Carl's return from touring Europe's breweries with a lighter beer of his own. It follows the lawsuit that saw the father evict his son from company property, and the rival brewery Carl built beside his father's within a few years. Look for the four granite elephants at the gate, each named for one of Carl's children.
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