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| ] ] has a long history in ], predating written records. It is known, through old writings such as ] and others, that the ] culture used brewing to produce ale and ]. Through the centuries since and up until the ], brewing was mostly a matter of production for household needs. The beer was usually weak in alcoholic content and used as an everyday beverage. For celebrations and feasts, stronger "feast-beer" and potent mead was brewed. With the advent of ], all this changed. As the cities grew, home brewing became impossible for most people, and so the Swedish brewing industry arose. | |||
| In the mid-], a multitude of small breweries had grown into existence in all the larger cities of Sweden, and every town had to have at least one brewery, if nothing else for sating the local patriotism. In the beginning of the 20th century, a trend of consolidation with mergers and buyouts began, which culminated in the late 1970s and the beginning of 1980. This led to the formation of three large brewery conglomerates; ], ] and ], and pushed the smaller breweries to the very verge of extinction. This lead to a strong stereotyping of the Swedish beers available as easily drinkable ]s, more often than not lacking in taste and character. | |||
| In the late 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, largely through consumer awareness, a new generation of small breweries began to grow alongside the large companies. These companies offer customers more in the way choice and many of the beers now produced in Sweden are of the very highest international quality, produced with carefully cultivated ]s (often imported from ], ] or ]). | |||
| ==Breweries== | |||
| '''Åbro bryggeri''' is a ] located in ] founded in 1856 by ].<ref>, retrieved on November 9, 2006 {{sv icon}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
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I can't believe it's not urine.