With the adage ‘know what you are selling’ in mind, we set off for Boortmalt in Antwerp to visit their impressive malting plant. Boortmalt leads the world in malt production with a staggering production capacity of 3 million tonnes.
Team Brouwland was welcomed for an external training session at AB Biotek, already a familiar name to many for their innovations for spirits and wine production. Today, we took a look behind the scenes at their impressive Technical Application Centre in the Netherlands.
This Belgian malt house aims to transform the traditional 'malt business' into a progressive and inspiring enterprise ready to address the issues that the new generation of brewers believes in. That sounds like music to our ears!
With over 50 years of experience, at Brouwland, we know the importance of constantly scanning the market for innovation, quality, and opportunities. After all, that’s the essence of every craft beer brewer, big and small. So here we are… presenting a new partnership!
Think Ss Brewtech Pro Brewhouses! The electric 1 bbl and 3,5 bbl nano brewhouses are perfect pilot systems while the bigger steam powered 2-vessel brewhouses are the ideal heart of your craft brewery.
Put the crown on your bottle with a personalised crown cap! Personalised crown caps are possible from as little as 10,000 pieces, with advantageous prices for pallet quantities starting at 400,000 pieces.
Together with partner Inge Du Bois, Filip Meert is the owner of Dok’s Brewery. They have just returned from Tenerife, but even there, their passion for beer wasn’t a secret. They visited a local brewery, which resulted in the plan to make a new beer together.
Ter Dolen Castle in Helchteren has graced the history books since 1282. Its current use as a brewery came about in 1993 when Mieke Desplenter bought the castle. The first beer was brewed shortly thereafter. Brewmaster Hendrick Hanssen is happy to tell you more about the past and the future of Ter Dolen Brewery.
Pieter’s love of beer was (almost) instiled in him from a very young age by his grandfather, Jul Molenberghs. Both man the brewing kettle at home brewery de Vliet in Ten Aard near Geel. They brew various regional beers, two of which have already won prizes. Read on to learn more about the winning beers and the revamped brewery.
After travelling the world from brewery to brewery, Joris Brams started his own in 2017, just a few metres from his parental home. “Braxatorium Parcensis brews atypical beers in an atypical setting. After 200 years, beer is finally being made in Park Abbey again!”
‘Molder’ and ‘Coop’. The brothers-in-law Eddy Sevens and Danny Braeken have long been known by these nicknames in Pelt. But these names were also given a different meaning in 2019. “The Mølder & Coöp. Microbrewery is our passion project,” says Eddy. “But our partners are also cooperating. That’s why the dot is at the end: so ‘Co-op’ is also ‘cooperation’. (laughs)”
Michael Fabian is the division president at Ss Brewtech and tells us about what makes their tools so unique below. “We create professional tools - also for hobby brewers!”
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