A presentation of Norwegian food and beverages and in which county they are consider a speciality. Norway is divided into 19 countys. Each County is divided into different township / municipality (430 for the whole country). MACK BREWERY This is the most northern brewery, its located in Tromsø. In the darktime the sun is gone for two months, but thanks to the Golfstream is possible to live and work in Tromsø. RIGNES BREWERY At Ringnes Breweries in Oslo they produce Ringnes Pilsner, Lysholmer, Frydenlund and Munkholm. They own local brewery around the country. In the conty of Rogaland Tou Brewery, Mid Norway E.C. Dahls Brewery and in Bodø Nordlandsbryggeriet. They produce approximately 85 million liter beer every year. Ringnes produce beer after the German Renhetsloven from 1516, that means they used malt, humle, gjær and water in the production. Rignes & Co. was established by the brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes and consul Axel Heiberg. In 1858 the two brothers has to leave their farm Ringnes Gård in Krødsherad. They travelled first to Drammen where they went to school, but after a few years the went to the capital and get a job at Christiania Brewery. After some time they met Axel Heiberg and he get down the money to establish the Ringnes Brewery. AASS BREWERY Aass Brewery was established in 1834 and is the oldest brewery in Norway today.It is located in the city of Drammen, approximately 25 km south of our capital, Oslo. You will spot it at the banks of the Drammen River at the very same place as it has been since 1834. The annual production of beer is aproximately 10 mill liter (85 000 barrels), and together with the production of 18 mill liters of soft drinks and mineralwater it gives employment to approximately 200 people. HANSA, BORG, CHRISTIANSANDS BREWERY Hansa Brewery is a modern inustrycompany located in Bergen. They started the brewery almost one hundred years ago. They produce on licrnse Clausthaler and Tuborg. They also have a big company in Olden where the produce water, a naturally springwater.Borg Brewery was started in 1855 in Sarpsborg. They have the slogan "The big taste from the small brewery". Borg Pils is their biggest brand but localy its Fredrikstad Pils which is the market leader. Hansa and Borg Brewery melted together in 1997. Christiansands Brwery (CB) was purchased just a few months ago and its located in Kristiansand. AQUAVIT Aquavit is a tradition several places. The best known is "Løiten" but Drammen has a number of fabrics producing this liquid. Drammen is a city steeped in aquavit traditions. In 1840 the brig "Preciosa" of Drammen crossed the Line (EQUATOR) round Cape Horn. Aquavit was part of the provisions on board, and this was how the Line Aquavit came to town. On return to Drammen after the circumnavigation of the globe it was discovered that the remaining Aquavit had obtained a rare, fine bouquet. Probarly the best known is "Løiten". ELECTION OF THE WORLD´S BEST AQUAVIT During the past five years, a BLIND TEST of the best Aquavits produced in Northern Europe has been organised by Drammen in cooperation with the embassies in Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland. The jury includes about 50 persons who elect the WORLD´S BEST AQUAVIT every year. Following FRANTZ TANDBERG´s old recipe from the 1840s, Arcus A/S (The Wine Monopoly) produced the DRAMMEN AQUAVIT again in 1997. Contained in a sealed OAK BARREL are about 430 litres of Drammen Aquavit designed to be opened for the city anniversary. The oak barrel has been signed by mayor Lise Christoffersen, Rolv Wesenlund and Roald Karoliussen. This oak barrel lies with a number of exclusive aquavit barrels, one donated to King Harald and Queen Sonja and two others to Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Martha Louise. Today we can still see the house in Bergstien where Schwencke had his first distillery. The unique Biedermeier district in Øvre Storgate is another place to see buildings where the best known distilleries were accommodated, e.g. Brodersengården where "golden drops" were produced during a long period of time, and Mossegården where Abraham Moss produced his "Drammen Aquavit" of national fame until the early years of our century. KARSK Karsk is a speciality of Trøndelag, with a number of local variants. Jarlsberg Filled Peppers Marinated Edam Cheese Meatball Snacks Stuffed Eggs Walnuts and Cheese Warm Lobster Salad Almond or Nut Cake Apple Cake with Sabayonne Birthday Kringle Cardamom Cone-Shaped Wafers Cherry Cream Cake The Dairymaid´s Wafers Deer Antlers Goro Fyrstekake Lemon Waffles Mother Monson Rosettes Tiny Almond Pies Tropical Aroma Cardamom Buns Else´s Coarse Bread Flatbread I Lefse Potato Lefse I Potato Lefse II Small Potato Cake Bergen Rumballs Caramel Pudding Cloudberry Cream Cookie Cones with Cognac Cream on Mixed Berries Festive Cream Cake Almond Wreath Cake Lingonberry Cake Madeira Cream Norway´s Grand Fruit Pie Sour Cream Dessert Omelet Strawberry Cake Roll Strawberry or Raspberry Ice Cream Troll Cream I and II Boneless Birds Cabbage Rolls Chicken Fricasseev Cotter´s Kettle Curried Lamb Fish Au Gratin Lutefisk Marinated Trout Meatloaf Nøkkel quiche Norwegian Burgers Norwegian Meatballs Norwegian Pancakes Pork Patties Loin rib of pork Reindeer Roast with Game Sauce Rømmegrøt Smoked Pork Loin Smoked Salmon Quiche Trout Paté with Chive Sauce Lamb in cabbage Fårikål is a national dish. Open-Face Sandwiches Cabbage Soup Fish Chowder Lamb and Cabbage Stew Leek Soup Norwegian Pea Soup Orkdal Soup Sanvik´s Stew Trondheim Soup Sodd is a speciality of Trøndelag, with a number of local variants. The soup is always made with several different kinds of meat. In some places small flour dumplings and meat balls are added, in others just the meat balls. Sometimes neither are used, only the meat cut into small pieces and added to the soup. Cucumber Salad Boiled/Steamed Potatoes Creamed Green Peas Hasselback (Roasted) Potatoes Raw Potato Dumplings Rutabagas