STAPZWAN

Stapzwan is a craftbeer brewery from Utrecht, the Netherlands, which focuses on brewing craftbeers with a twist... Jeroen van der Zwan and Vincent Stap started Stapzwwan Brouwerij unofficially in 1997 and the official registration at the Chamber of Commerce was in October 2014. Already at the age of 16 these two friends were inspired to brew their own beers. This happened at the attic of the house of Jeroen´s mother. The beers were sold under the name of ¨Biertje¨ to friends, family and teachers (at the school square), before a famous Dutch beer brand ran away with this name. The revenues of the beers were used to finance subsequent batches. The first successes were the Valentijnsbiertje (Valentine beer), the Kerstbiertje (Christmas beer) and the Abrahambiertje (Abraham beer). There were also special t-shirts as merchandise. Back in 1997 the Internet and homebrewing were not so omnipresent as today. The Golden Guide was the key to finding companies that could help the brewers...