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Omnipollo

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Omnipollo AB
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
Founded2011
Founder
  • Henok Fentie
  • Karl Grandin
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Websitehttps://omnipollo.com/
A can of Omnipollo Marbles pale ale, showing the vivid can design typical of Omnipollo.

Omnipollo is a Swedish microbrewery known for its innovative style of beers and vivid, imaginative beer can design.

Omnipollo started as a "gypsy brewery", but as of 2020 Omnipollo has its own brewery, located inside an old church in Stockholm, Sweden.[1][2] The company also operates bars in Stockholm, Hamburg and Tokyo.[3]

The name Omnipollo comes from a portmanteau of the words "Omnipotent" and the Spanish word for chicken "Pollo".[4]

History

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Omnipollo was founded in Stockholm by brewer Henok Fentie and artist Karl Grandin in 2010. A common friend of Fentie's and Grandin's saw that the pair had similar visions and introduced them to each other. They first discussed art more than beer but soon moved to creating their first beer product, a Belgian-style beer called Leon.[5] The brewery has won several awards, for example their double IPA Nebuchadnezzar won the award for Best Beer of the Year at the Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival 2012.[6]

Bars

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In 2015, the brewery opened the pub "Omnipollos hat", which in addition to mainly their own produced beer, also serves pizza.[7][8] In 2018, the bar "Omnipollo - Gothenburg" was also opened in Gothenburg which closed again in 2020 during the corona pandemic.[9] In the summer of 2019, "Omnipollos Flora" opened in German Biergarten style in Humlegården in Stockholm.[10] In autumn 2019, Omnipollo opened its first bar abroad, "Omnipollos Hamburg" in Hamburg, Germany.[11] In 2020 Omnipollo opened a bar in Tokyo, Japan.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Omnipollo's Art-Filled Brewery in Stockholm". COOL HUNTING®. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ Church of Omnipollo: not just a Pastry Pilgrimage | The Craft Beer Channel, retrieved 2022-05-13
  3. ^ Karlsson, Ronny (2019-09-03). "Dags för Omnipollo att öppna i Tyskland". Beernews (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  4. ^ "Brill". 2018-02-28. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Hentunen, Mikko (2020-01-04). "Omnipollon olutpunkkarit venyttävät hyvän maun rajoja". Olutposti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  6. ^ "Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival — Tävlingar". www.stockholmbeer.se. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  7. ^ "Omnipollos Hatt". www.visitstockholm.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  8. ^ "Omnipollos Hatt - Simon Klenell". simonklenell.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  9. ^ "Omnipollos Gothenburg Bar in Göteborg - Reviews, Beer & Craft Beer, Location & Contact - Brewver". brewver.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  10. ^ "Omnipollos Flora". www.visitstockholm.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  11. ^ Soulpicks. "Omnipollos Hamburg". Soulpicks. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  12. ^ Swinnerton, Robbie (2020-08-15). "Omnipollos Tokyo: A bold, boozy newcomer to the craft beer scene". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
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