Aass Brewery in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway | Brewery

Aass Brewery, Drammen is Norway's oldest Brewery. Founded in 1834 in Drammen, Norway, the Brewery's primary products are beer and aquavit. Aass Brewery also produce a wide range of soft drinks. The Brewery's products are exported to North America.

Originally a company dealing in timber, groceries, baking and brewing, the Brewery was bought by farmer's son Poul Lauritz Aass in the 1860s. The Aass Brewery is still owned by the Aass family, which makes it one of Norway's few remaining independent breweries. As an independent Brewery, it has built up a reputation for high quality products and tasty beers, brewing strictly according to the German Purity Law (reinheitsgebot).  Drammensolets venner (the Friends of the Beer from Drammen) is an association that supports the Brewery, arranging various events and publishing a newsletter about 4 times a year. It is the world's 2nd largest such association, currently boasting about 35,000 members.