# Brasserie du Cardinal

Brewery page of DA Caps, a collection of beer bottle caps. Web page: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery/984

- Country: [Switzerland](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/country/ch/info)
- Years under this name: 1788–2011
- Status: closed (no longer brewing)
- Homepage: https://cardinal.ch
- Location: Passage du Cardinal 1, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
- Caps in the collection: 19 (https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery_caps/984)

## About

Traces back to a brewery founded in 1788 by the innkeeper François Piller in the Lower Town of Fribourg. Paul-Alcide Blancpain took it over in 1877 and called it Brasserie du Cardinal in 1890, when Bishop Gaspard Mermillod became a cardinal; it moved to the Pérolles plateau in 1904 and became a joint-stock company in 1907. The Sibra holding was formed around it and the Beauregard brewery in 1970 and Feldschlösschen bought Sibra in 1991. A closure announced in 1996 was dropped, but Carlsberg decided in 2010 to close it and Cardinal moved to Rheinfelden in 2011; the canton and city of Fribourg bought the site on 1 June 2012 for CHF 21.5 million.

_Not verified yet._

## Brands

- [Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/1398.md) — 6 caps
- [Cardinal Blonde](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/5718.md) — 4 caps
- [Cardinal Draft](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/1400.md) — 3 caps
- [Cardinal Lemon](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/5660.md) — 1 cap
- [Cardinal Sans Alcool](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/4945.md) — 1 cap
- [Cardinal Speciale](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/1399.md) — 4 caps

## Caps (19)

- [#1923 Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/1923.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1000/1923-b.jpg)
- [#1924 Cardinal Speciale](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/1924.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1000/1924-b.jpg)
- [#1925 Cardinal Draft](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/1925.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1000/1925-b.jpg)
- [#6339 Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/6339.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/6000/6339-b.jpg)
- [#8213 Cardinal Sans Alcool](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/8213.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/8000/8213-b.jpg)
- [#9547 Cardinal Lemon](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/9547.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/9000/9547-b.jpg)
- [#9696 Cardinal Blonde](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/9696.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/9000/9696-b.jpg)
- [#10170 Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/10170.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/10000/10170-b.jpg)
- [#11607 Cardinal Speciale](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/11607.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/11000/11607-b.jpg)
- [#11927 Cardinal Draft](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/11927.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/11000/11927-b.jpg)
- [#12147 Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/12147.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/12000/12147-b.jpg)
- [#12542 Cardinal Draft](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/12542.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/12000/12542-b.jpg)
- [#20861 Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/20861.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/20000/20861-b.jpg)
- [#20915 Cardinal Speciale](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/20915.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/20000/20915-b.jpg)
- [#20916 Cardinal Speciale](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/20916.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/20000/20916-b.jpg)
- [#20922 Cardinal Blonde](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/20922.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/20000/20922-b.jpg)
- [#20924 Cardinal Blonde](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/20924.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/20000/20924-b.jpg)
- [#29064 Cardinal Blonde](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/29064.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/29000/29064-b.jpg)
- [#30982 Cardinal](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/30982.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/30000/30982-b.jpg)