Aart van Bergen
Founder
Walhalla is an Amsterdam based microbrewery that brews powerful, exciting and always thirst-quenching beers. The ‘family of gods’ ranges from the seductive LOKI Golden IPA and the fruity ELIXER NEIPA to the powerful ZEUS Double IPA. Walhalla has its own tasting room right next to their brewery in Amsterdam North.
About the Maker
Walhalla was founded by Aart van Bergen. After a career as a jazz musician, he decided to convert his passion for beer brewing into a startup company. After a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2017, the brewery and tasting room opened in the dynamic area of Amsterdam North in early 2018.
The Productie Process & Sustainability
Walhalla brews specialty beer using traditional methods. This means that they brew on a small scale, without unnecessary additives and the beer is not filtered. The process is largely manual and stems from a passion for and in-depth knowledge of brewing.
Brewing is done in the brewhouse. This consists of 3 barrels, where grain is mixed with warm water. Then the liquid is boiled with hops and placed in a fermentation tank. The intermediate product needs approximately 24 days in the fermentation tank. During that time, a number of processes take place: fermentation, secondary fermentation, adding hops and maturing. When the beer is ready, it is poured into cans. Cans were chosen instead of glass bottles because cans are better quality for the beer, lighter in weight and a lot more sustainable.
'We zijn er trots op dat we al ons bier met eigen apparatuur en vakmanschap zelfstandig brouwen!'
