beer: its awards include the Gold Award in the World Beer Cup 2012. Švyturys beer is exported to more than 20 countries worldwide, including Australia, Belarus, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Ukraine, and the US. Beers brewed in Švyturys „Švyturio Baltas“ (Hefeweizen); „Švyturio Baltijos“ (Oktoberfest/Märzen); „Švyturio Ekstra“ (Dortmunder/ European Export); „Švyturio Ekstra Draught“ (Dortmunder/ European Export); „Švyturio Gintarinis“ (Pilsner); „Švyturio Memelbrau“ (beer of special technology); „Švyturys Švyturio“ (Pale Lager); „Švyturio Stipriausias“ (German-StyleBock); „Švyturio Nealkoholinis“ (Lager); „Švyturio Old Port Ale“ (Scottish Ale); „Švyturio Keltų“ (English Pale Ale); „Švyturio 20 statinių“ (Stout); „Švyturio J. W. Reincke“ (Lager); „Švyturio Korio“ beer (Honey Lager, limited edition); „Švyturio Tradicinis“(MaiBock). Key facts about Švyturys In 1784, merchant J. W. Reincke founded a brewery in Klaipėda. In 1871, the breweries of Theodor Preuss and Reincke's descendants merged into the shareholder-owned brewery of Memel, which became leader among the region's beer makers for many years to come. In 1883, the shareholder-owned Klaipėda brewery won its first gold medal for the quality of its beer in the trade and crafts fair of the Klaipėda region (Klaipėda was then known as Memel). In 1927, the beer of the shareholder-owned Klaipėda brewery was one of Lithuania's most popular and received a medal in the Agricultural Exhibition in Klaipėda. During the war, the Klaipėda brewery was called Ostquell. It was almost completely destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt in the following years. In 1960, the Švyturysbrewmasters developed the recipe for Baltijos, a Märzen-style beer. Baltijos became the market leader among the beers produced by Švyturys. In 1973, Švyturys started making pasteurised beer, one of the first in Lithuania. In 1995, brewmaster Džuljeta Armonienė developed Švyturys Ekstra beer in Klaipėda. It became a standard among Lithuanian beer and won numerous international awards in the Dortmunder/European Export class. In 1996, the Švyturys Brewery had a new filtering system installed, which was the most modern of its kind in the beer industry at the time. In 1998, Švyturyswas the first Lithuanian brewery that set out to reorganise its production processes according to international quality standards. This helped the development and productionof beer that both meets international quality standards and retains the characteristics of a true Lithuanian beer. In 1999, the shares of Švyturys were bought by Denmark-based Carlsberg A/S. In 2000, Švyturys Ekstra won silver in the World Beer Cup