On this episode of the Brewer to Brewer podcast Matthias Trum of Schlenkerla interviews Berith Karlsson of Närke Kulturbryggeri.
It is a conversation that examines the difference between inheriting the family business versus beginning a modern brewery from scratch.
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About Berith Karlsson
Berith Karlsson started Närke Kulturbryggeri together with her husband Håge in 2003, making it one of 12 breweries that founded the Swedish Independent Small Scale Breweries Association. Today, the groups has roughly 150 members.
She has been working full time in the brewery for the last ten years now doing ”everything but brewing” and today runs the business with the two brewers Emil Arvidsson & Jörgen Hjerling.
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