Bax Beer, a new beer from Groningen

As a northerner I have often used these pages to lament the lack of good brewing from that even flatter part of the country I grew up in. Sure, Us Heit has been around for a long time and with Maallust and Golden Raand two newer ones came, but they never reached the level of brewing in the west. This is about to change. In April Bax Beer was released in Groningen and their two brews have garnered some attention. It is not just the novelty of being the first American-style beer in the north, but they are also really good.

Quality comes from experience

Bax beer is the combined effort of Sepp Jansen and Jeroen Bax. They met while at university in Groningen where they were both members of cycling club ‘Tandje Hoger’. The cycling led to many nights of product research. Not of spokes and gears but beer.

A few years later Jeroen started StiBon (a popular beer course) after already brewing for a little while at home. When he finished StiBon his enthusiasm only grew and he started brewing more

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