Description
Koninklijke Grolsch NV is a Dutch brewery based in Boekelo near Enschede. The company originally comes from Groenlo and therefore has its name. Due to increasing demand, a second brewery was opened in Enschede.
Setting up a brewery during the Dutch Revolt was a daring move, but that didn’t stop Willem Neerfeldt, our founder, who opened a brewery in the Dutch town of Grolle in 1615.
Peter Kuijper, an ambitious apprentice, started work at the brewery around 1650. As the story goes, Peter fell in love with Willem’s daughter, Jenneken and was tasked with brewing the finest tasting beer from her father’s brewery to win her hand in marriage. His third attempt triumphed. It included a second variety of hops, revolutionary for the time.
The taste of Grolsch beer was born.
