Beschreibung
It was 2012 when Hans, the head brewer decided to start brewing beer. Local beers, with a lot of hop and with inspiration from the area he drank his own first beer. Special beer with a stubborn character: low in alcohol, lots of flavour. Beer from the Land of Leeghwater.
This began somewhat amateuristic, as many hobbies do. Every guitar player remembers the blisters on their fingers from endless practice, every professional football player once tripped over the ball instead of kicking against it. Where others were perfecting their guitar play or football skills, Hans was goofing around with a big pan on a stove and a wooden spoon in hand.
Many beers later the recipes started to evolve. The beer got better with each brew and the technology and brewing installation improved along the way. The dreams became more realistic, the amount of barrels more impressive. A group of friends raised in the Land of Leeghwater became a devoted and strong entrepreneurial team drawing their inspiration from the Land of Leeghwater: the area, the technology, the nature and of course the water. A team that joined forces for one common goal: turning water into beer.
In the summer of 2017, Brouwerij Leeghwater officially became a BV (limited liability company). Innocent words and terms turned into lively product names. Names that define their heritage, their cultural background, their legacy. Labels were designed and a collaboration with the Jopen brewery in Haarlem was established where their recipes are now being brewed extensively.
Brouwerij Leeghwater produces beer that is brewed with attention to detail and a good dose of quirkiness (and hop!). And the best news is, as long as there’s water in the Land of Leeghwater they’ll continue to turn that water into craft beer.
