Founded in 1820 by Count Karl Friedrich von Rehbinder as the brewhouse of Saku manor. In 1849 the manor passed to the Baggehufwudt family; in 1876–1877 Valerian Baggehufwudt built a new steam brewery. From 1899 the joint-stock company Saku Õlletehase AS. Nationalised in 1940; from 1976 the experimental brewery of Soviet Estonia. In 1991 a joint venture with Baltic Beverages Holding, from 1995 AS Saku Õlletehas, fully owned by Carlsberg since 2008. The oldest and largest brewery in Estonia. unverified info