City Brewery De Vleeghel (Hospitality at De Noordkade)

In 2014, Stadsbrouwerij De Vleeghel was founded at the Noordkade in Veghel. The Veghel city brewery is located inside restaurant Wittern, where you can enjoy lunch and dinner in an industrial yet atmospheric setting. One of the brewers is Marijke Hendriks from Boerdonk. After a week of working in heels, she regularly puts on her steel-toed work shoes for a Friday brew day. She says: "Precision is essential for consistent quality — after all, we’re working with natural products. During brewing, starch is converted into sugar, and sugar into alcohol. After a full day between the brewing kettle, fermentation and lagering tanks, and the bottling line, we sit back and relax on the terrace. Quality control, we call it. That’s also when we see trays of our beer passing by, served to other guests. That’s the best part — that’s what we do it for."

A childhood dream
Founding the brewery was a boyhood dream of the initiators Lucas Timmers, Ardie van Lankveld, and Marc Biemans. Five years after its founding, Marijke joined as a brewer and board member.
"Every year we produce at least 10,000 liters of beer — usually, it’s much more."

Jonge and Oude Vleeghel
Working with local ingredients as much as possible — that’s one of De Vleeghel’s goals. "Of course, our hop blend includes Schijndel-grown hops. We brew beers like Jonge Vleeghel (blonde), Oude Vleeghel (dark), California Vleeghel (IPA), Weizen Vleeghel, and Dark Tripel. We bottle in both bottles and kegs — the same goes for our seasonal beers such as Vleeghel Bock and Zomer Vleeghel. Our champagne beer comes in large bottles. It’s a hit on sunny terraces in summer and around New Year’s Eve in winter. Another special one is the Duistere Vleeghel, inspired by the dark beer once brewed here and shipped in barrels via the Veghel inland harbor."

White Buffelo
In addition to brewing its own range of beers, the city brewery also brews on request — for example, for companies celebrating anniversaries or special monastery beers for the Franciscan nuns.
Exclusively for the Buffelrun in Boerdonk, De Vleeghel brews its own beer: White Buffelo. For Marijke, it was a long-held wish to create a real Boerdonks beer. "Together with two other women from the village, we created a great recipe — with buckwheat, hops, bog myrtle, elderflower... All ingredients from Boerdonk soil. The light beer is a perfect match for this sporty local event."

Noordkade Veghel
The brewery’s home base is the Noordkade in Veghel — a former industrial complex by the harbor. Today, it’s a vibrant cultural and culinary hotspot, home to a theater, cinema, and restaurants. This is also the place to enjoy De Vleeghel beers. At restaurant Wittern, you can join a tasting, and the beers are also on tap at other bars and venues across the Noordkade.

Stadsbrouwerij De Vleeghel is a non-profit foundation. Its delicious beers are made possible thanks to the tremendous efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. Interested in a brewery tour or a beer brewing workshop? Contact: info@devleeghel.nl.

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