The story
Founded by Stinus Lindgreen in 2006.1
The brewery started as a hobby for the brothers Rune and Stinus Lindgreen who began to make their own beer in their mother's kitchen in 2003. After a few years of experimenting, a friend of theirs, Per Olaf Huusfeldt, suggested that they should consider establishing a microbrewery in order to expose the beers to a broader audience.
In June 2006 – on the date 06-06-06 – the brewery was formally established under the name Bryggeriet Djævlebryg Aps. Initially, brewing was carried out at the Danish microbrewery Brøckhouse, and later at the Herslev Brewery. The slogan Satans gode øl – roughly meaning 'devilishly good beers' – can be found on all bottles.
The name of the brewery plays on two things: First of all, the devil in Western mythology represents the passionate (or sinful) things in life including alcoholic beverages, and secondly, there are so many monasteries brewing beers that they need some opposition. Both the name of the brewery and the names they use for the individual beers are tongue-in-cheek.
The brewery has received quite a lot of attention from the media and respect from beer geeks worldwide. As of 2012 the brewery exports to Sweden, Finland, and the US.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bryggeriet Djævlebryg, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4