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Grolsche Bierbrouwerij

Netherlands · Regional · Known for a full range of stylesWebsite
Known for a full range of styles

Grolsche Bierbrouwerij, commercially known as Royal Grolsch, was founded in 1615 in Groenlo (then called Grol) by Willem Neerfeldt, making it one of the oldest breweries in the Netherlands. The brewery relocated to a modern facility near Enschede, which has been its operational home since 2004. Grolsch received the Royal designation in 1995. In 2016 it was sold by AB InBev to the Japanese company Asahi Breweries as part of a regulatory divestment linked to the AB InBev–SABMiller merger. The brewery is internationally recognised for its swing-top bottle.

13Beers
3Styles
6.4%Avg ABV
1615Founded

Beers by Grolsche Bierbrouwerij

13 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Grolsche Bierbrouwerij brew across 3 style families.

Signature · 13 beers
Strong 5Lager 4Wheat Beer 4

Across these 13 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

malty
9 of 13 beers
refreshing
8 of 13 beers
caramel
6 of 13 beers
full-bodied
6 of 13 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:

They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.

How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 90%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 2
beers above the median
#10104
best ranked beer
Grolsch Premium Lager

Their beers place in the Top 90% of the catalogue on average, across 2 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Grolsche Bierbrouwerij

Grolsche Bierbrouwerij, commercially known as Royal Grolsch, was founded in 1615 in Groenlo (then called Grol) by Willem Neerfeldt, making it one of the oldest breweries in the Netherlands. The brewery relocated to a modern facility near Enschede, which has been its operational home since 2004. Grolsch received the Royal designation in 1995. In 2016 it was sold by AB InBev to the Japanese company Asahi Breweries as part of a regulatory divestment linked to the AB InBev–SABMiller merger. The brewery is internationally recognised for its swing-top bottle.

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Location
Enschede · Overijssel · Netherlands
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