Mythos Brewery
Sindos, Greece · Est. 1997
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Why this matters
The lager you will be handed at every taverna in Greece — built deliberately for the heat and the holiday.
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Timeline
- 2008To Carlsberg with Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle took majority control in 2004; when S&N was carved up between Carlsberg and Heineken in 2008, Mythos went to Carlsberg. Greece's best-known lager, twice sold without ever being the thing on sale. Merged with Olympic Brewery in 2015.
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Beers
Mythos
Year-RoundPale Lager
The company that eventually created Mythos started out as the local distributor for Henninger, a German beer brand, in 1968. It took until 1997 to launch Mythos itself — marketed from day one as the first truly Greek beer, built by a business that spent its first three decades selling somebody else's.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1997Founded
- 2008To Carlsberg with Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle took majority control in 2004; when S&N was carved up between Carlsberg and Heineken in 2008, Mythos went to Carlsberg. Greece's best-known lager, twice sold without ever being the thing on sale. Merged with Olympic Brewery in 2015.
Today the chain tops out at Carlsberg Group.
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Sources
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Mythos Brewery is controlled by Foundation / nonprofit.
Carlsberg Group Annual Report 2025 · Carlsberg Group · 2026-02
PrimaryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-05Reviewed 2026-08-05
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Mythos Brewery
- Who owns Mythos Brewery?
- Mythos Brewery is owned by Carlsberg Group. Mythos Brewery is based in Sindos, Greece.
- Is Mythos Brewery still independent?
- No. Mythos Brewery is owned by Carlsberg Group and is no longer independent.
- When was Mythos Brewery acquired?
- 2008. Scottish & Newcastle took majority control in 2004; when S&N was carved up between Carlsberg and Heineken in 2008, Mythos went to Carlsberg. Greece's best-known lager, twice sold without ever being the thing on sale. Merged with Olympic Brewery in 2015.
- When was Mythos Brewery founded?
- Mythos Brewery was founded in 1997 in Sindos, Greece.
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