Koff (beer)

{{Short description|Finnish beer brand}} {{no footnotes|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox beverage | name = Koff | image = Koff3 pullo.png | caption = Bottle of Koff beer (330 ml). | type = Beer | abv = 2.5–7.2% | proof = | manufacturer = Sinebrychoff | distributor = | origin = Finland | introduced = 1821 | discontinued = | colour = | flavour = | ingredients = | variants = | related = | website = }}

'''Koff''' is the brand name used by [[Sinebrychoff]] to market a range of [[lager]] type [[beer]]s. Koff, along with [[Karhu (beer)|Karhu]] is one of the most sold beer brands of Sinebrychoff and Finland. Sinebrychoff's beer's biggest market rivals are the products of another large brewery [[Hartwall]], namely [[Lapin Kulta]] and [[Karjala (beer)|Karjala]], as well as the beer of [[Olvi]] brewery: [[Olvi (beer)|Olvi]].

The Koff brand name is used on the shirt of Finnish SM-liiga Ice Hockey clubs [[Ilves]], [[HIFK (ice hockey)|HIFK]], [[HC TPS|TPS]] and [[Espoo Blues]] as part of a marketing sponsorship deal.

In 1995, the [[Spårakoff]] pub tram started operating in Helsinki just after the 175th anniversary of the brewery, that occurred in 1994.

== Beers == * Koff I (2.5%) * Koff III (4.5%) * Koff IVA (5.2%) * Koff IVB (7.5%) * Koff Extra Brew III (4,5%) * Koff Extra Brew IV (5,2%) * Koff Lite III (4,4%)

=== Discontinued beers === * Koff Amber (Amarillo-strain hops beer, which was first sold in 2001) * Koff Draught (a beer sold in red 50cl cans starting from 2004) * Koff Jouluolut ("Jouluolut" meaning Christmas beer, known later than Sinebrychoff Jouluolut) * Koff Red Lager Beer (copper red lager, made using caramelized [[malt]]) * Koff Velvet (dark lager, later sold as Velvet) * Koff Weizze (wheat beer) * Koff Vienti AIII (export variety) * Koff Åland Öl (blond lager for the [[Åland]] market) * Koff Wild Indian (4.4%, made using corn syrup)

== External links == * [http://www.koff.fi/ Official site] * [http://www.kbsinstitute.org/ KBS Beer Bottle Collection]

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