Opener Bier

Opener Bier is a Dutch microbrewery based in Dongen, North Brabant, founded by Frank Wouters. Wouters earned a beer sommelier diploma from Stibon in 2015 and began experimenting with small brewing kettles that same year. In 2017 he decided to produce on a larger scale and established Opener Bier in a former cattle farm in Dongen; the brewery was officially opened in 2018. The name Opener Bier is derived from a bottle opener and was inspired by an inverted version of Adidas's advertising slogan 'Impossible is Nothing'. The brewery's 500-litre brewing kettles are located in the old milk pit of a cow barn, where the tasting room (proeflokaal) is also housed. Opener Bier has a production capacity of 25,000 litres per year and maintains its own hop field where four hop varieties are grown for use as ingredients. The brewery produces a standard range of beers alongside seasonal and special limited brews. Its core assortment includes Rood-Wit-Brouw (a 4.5% Red Ale), White Now (a 5.0% Hefe Weizen), Hopstakel (a 6.1% American IPA), Simply Blonde (a 7.0% Belgian Blond), Doncker (a 6.5% Dubbel), TripleX (a 9.5% Tripel), Quad Fundum (a 10% Quadrupel) and Scream & Stout (a 10.5% Imperial Stout). Since 2019 the brewery has produced an exclusive beer named 'Hotel de Bottle' (6.5%) for the Efteling Wonder Hotel. Opener Bier presents itself as more than just a brewery: the site in Dongen offers tastings, team outings, beer quizzes, meetings, bachelor parties and weddings, guided by International Beer Sommeliers. The rural and agricultural setting is easily reachable from Breda and Tilburg by car and public transport. The brewery's beer 'Scream en Stout' won the title of Brabants Lekkerste bier in 2022 and a silver medal at the Dutch Beer Challenge in 2023. Opener Bier remains an independent, privately held microbrewery.

Opener Bier was founded by Frank Wouters, who in 2015 obtained a beer sommelier diploma from Stibon, a Dutch institute specialised in beer education. Starting in 2015, Wouters conducted a series of experiments with smaller kettles to brew his own beer. In 2017 he decided to produce on a larger scale and established the Opener Bier brewery in a former cattle farm in Dongen. The brewery was officially opened in 2018. The name Opener Bier is derived from a bottle opener and was inspired by an inverted version of the advertising slogan 'Impossible is Nothing' used by Adidas. The brewing kettles, with a capacity of 500 litres per brew, are located in the old milk pit of a cow barn; the tasting room is also housed there. The brewery has a capacity of 25,000 litres per year and maintains its own hop field where four hop varieties are grown as ingredients for the beer. Since 2019, Opener Bier has brewed an exclusive beer range named 'Hotel de Bottle' for the Efteling Wonder Hotel. In 2022 the beer 'Scream en Stout' won the title of Brabants Lekkerste bier, and in 2023 it received a silver medal at the Dutch Beer Challenge. The brewery continues to operate as an independent microbrewery, producing a standard assortment alongside seasonal and special temporary brews.

• 2023

  'Scream en Stout' wins a silver medal at the Dutch Beer Challenge.

• 2022

  'Scream en Stout' wins the title of Brabants Lekkerste bier.

• 2019

  Starts brewing the exclusive 'Hotel de Bottle' beer for the Efteling Wonder Hotel.

• 2018

  Opener Bier is officially opened.

• 2017

  Wouters decides to produce on a larger scale and founds Opener Bier in a former cattle farm in Dongen.

• 2015

  Frank Wouters obtains a beer sommelier diploma from Stibon and begins brewing experiments with small kettles.

Craft microbrewery and beer experience destination offering tastings, tours and events in a rural setting.

• Rood-Wit-Brouw

• White Now

• Hopstakel

• Simply Blonde

• Doncker

• TripleX

• Quad Fundum

• Scream & Stout

• Hotel de Bottle

1. 1Opener Bier official websiteopener.nl
2. 2Opener Bier - Wikipedianl.wikipedia.org
3. 3Opener Bier - Wikidatawikidata.org