Brouwkamer

Brouwkamer (formally Bierbrouwerij de Brouwkamer) is a small, young craft brewery based in Baarn, Netherlands. It began in 2014 as a hobby project by Jiek Weishut and Justin Gerritse, who started brewing in a Baarn kitchen using purchased ingredients. In 2016 they began growing their own hops and herbs in an allotment garden, and in 2019 the brewery officially opened on an industrial estate in Baarn. Since then its beers have been available in a range of liquor stores and beer shops. The brewery is listed internationally as a 'nano brewery'. The brewery is known for its focus on self-cultivated hops. Its hop field started with a single hop cutting and grew into a passion for hop growing. Young hop plants were imported from Germany, including Cascade and Bramling Cross. By 2021 there were twelve hop plants, including Baarnse Hop and Centennial, and in 2022 ten more were added, bringing the total to 22. The company and hop field can be visited by appointment. Brouwkamer brews several beers, including Baarns Blondje (6.5%), Brouwkamer Tripel (8%), Brouwkamer Royal Dark (7.5%) and Saisonnetje (5%). The brewery has received recognition in international beer competitions. In 2021, its Saisonnetje won gold at the Meiningers Craftbeer Award, an international competition held in Germany since 2014. Since then, Saisonnetje and other beers have received awards at various international beer competitions, such as the Dutch Beer Challenge, Frankfurt International Trophy and Concours International de Lyon. In 2025, Baarns Blondje won a silver medal at the Concours International de Lyon in the Abbey Trappist Blond category, and in 2026 Tripel won a Grand Gold medal at the Frankfurt International Trophy in the Dubbelwit category.

Brouwkamer was started in 2014 as a hobby by Jiek Weishut and Justin Gerritse in a kitchen in Baarn, Netherlands. At that time, all ingredients were purchased. In 2016, they began growing their own hops and herbs in an allotment garden. In 2019, the company officially opened on an industrial estate in Baarn, and since then the beers have been available in a range of liquor stores and beer shops. The hop field began with a single hop cutting and grew into a passion for hop growing. Young hop plants were imported from Germany, including Cascade and Bramling Cross. In 2021, there were twelve hop plants, including Baarnse Hop and Centennial. In 2022, ten more plants were added, bringing the total to 22. The company and hop field can be visited by appointment. The brewery brews several beers: Baarns Blondje (6.5%), Brouwkamer Tripel (8%), Brouwkamer Royal Dark (7.5%) and Saisonnetje (5%). In 2021, Brouwkamer won gold for the first time with its Saisonnetje at the international beer competition Meiningers Craftbeer Award, held in Germany since 2014. The name Saisonnetje is based on the beer style Saison, a golden-blond seasonal beer with top fermentation. Since then, Saisonnetje and the other beers have received awards at various international beer competitions, such as the Dutch Beer Challenge, Frankfurt International Trophy and Concours International de Lyon. In 2025, Baarns Blondje won a silver medal at the Concours International de Lyon in the Abbey Trappist Blond category, and in 2026 Tripel won a Grand Gold medal at the Frankfurt International Trophy in the Dubbelwit category.

• 2026

  Tripel won Grand Gold at Frankfurt International Trophy in Dubbelwit category.

• 2025

  Baarns Blondje won silver at Concours International de Lyon in Abbey Trappist Blond category.

• 2022

  Added ten more hop plants, bringing total to 22.

• 2021

  Won gold at Meiningers Craftbeer Award with Saisonnetje; had twelve hop plants.

• 2019

  Officially opened on an industrial estate in Baarn.

• 2016

  Began growing own hops and herbs in an allotment garden.

• 2014

  Started as a hobby by Jiek Weishut and Justin Gerritse in a Baarn kitchen.

Small-scale artisanal brewery focused on self-grown hops and award-winning beers.

• Baarns Blondje

• Brouwkamer Tripel

• Brouwkamer Royal Dark

• Saisonnetje

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