Forst (brewery)
Forst is an Italian brewing company, based in Forst (Italian: Foresta), a frazione (municipal subdivision) of Algund (Italian: Lagundo), South Tyrol. The brewery was founded in 1857 by two entrepreneurs, Johann Wallnöfer and Franz Tappeiner, from Meran (Italian: Merano). Later in 1863, the company passed to the entrepreneur Josef Fuchs, who enlarged the plant in Forst. In 2004, Forst opened a small microbrewery in Forst, Germany.
 A FORST Kronen beer (5.2% vol.alc.) | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | South Tyrol, Algund | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1857, Forst (Algund) | ||||||||||||||||
| Annual production volume | 700,000 hectolitres (600,000 US bbl) | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Forst AG | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.Forst.it | ||||||||||||||||
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Operations
Forst has an annual production of 700,000 hl, serving primarily the domestic market. In 1991, it acquired the Menabrea brewery in Biella, Piedmont and also maintains a bottling plant in Palermo, Sicily. The company also produces mineral water and other non-alcoholic drinks, through a subsidiary named Kaiserwasser.[1]
A FORST Premium
4.8% vol.alc.
The FORST Biergarten next to the brewery
The entrance gate of the brewery at Algund
