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.^{[citation needed]}

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Forst

A FORST Kronen beer (5.2% vol.alc.)
Location	South Tyrol, Algund
Opened	1857, Forst (Algund)
Annual production volume	700,000 hectolitres (600,000 US bbl)
Owned by	Forst AG
Website	www.Forst.it
Active beers
Name Type Forst Luxus Light Forst Premium Forst 1857 Forst V.I.P. Pils Forst Kronen Forst Sixtus Forst Heller Bock
Seasonal beers
Name Type Forst Osterbier Forst Christmas Brew

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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