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What we believe
We are
Royal Swinkels
Royal Swinkels is a global family business of brewers and maltsters serving the retail and hospitality industry. We have steered a bold and independent course for over 300 years. We believe in continuous innovation to deliver premium beer and drinks. Our commitment to a long-term outlook inspires us in everything we do: we strive to pass on a smarter, healthier and more sustainable business to future generations.
300 different drinks 130 Countries
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extensive portfolio
Bavaria
Family brewed
Rodenbach
The sour brew for the happy few
8.6
Intense by nature
La Trappe
Taste the silence
CORNET
The taste of oaked
Swinckels
Named with pride
Uiltje
Your moment of escape in a crazy, stressful world
Parranda
United by beer
Habesha
The authentic, golden beer. Brewed for and with thousands of proud Ethiopians
Bavaria Smalt
Sgood
B52 Energy Drink
Loaded with energy
Malta Guajira
El sabor original
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At Royal Swinkels, we build a culture where we encourage people, help them grow and make them feel valued.
Company culture
We are an entrepreneurial family business with an informal, no-nonsense culture and a clear family ambition. You can see and feel this in everything we do. We believe in openness, short communication lines and treating people equally.
Your career development
A warm welcome and a soft landing await you when you start working for Royal Swinkels. During your time with us, we will help you flourish in each role you fulfil. Not just today, but also with an eye on the future.
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Sustainability
As a family business, we think in generations rather than years. Together we are committed to contribute to a more sustainable world and strive to pass on a smarter, healthier and more sustainable business to future generations. Circularity is the cornerstone of our sustainability strategy. We are also committed to continuously reducing our carbon footprint, encouraging responsible alcohol consumption and engaging with communities near our locations.
ESG at Royal Swinkels in 2025
In 2025, the Swinkels Circularity Index (SCI) increased to 65.2% (2024: 64.3%). We once again took concrete steps to use energy more efficiently, reuse more materials, and further reduce our environmental impact.
Infographic Circularity initiatives
As a family business, we don't think in years, but in generations. We understand better than anyone how important it is to pass on a more beautiful company and contribute to a greener world. That's why we focus on circular entrepreneurship: ensuring that we use as few raw materials as possible and that what we use retains as much value as possible.
Holland Malt opens world's first emission-free malthouse
Holland Malt, one of Royal Swinkels' operating companies, officially opened the world's first emission-free malthouse on March 14, 2024. With this step, the Eemshaven-based malthouse goes completely off gas. CEO Jos Jennissen and Groningen's Deputy for Climate, Energy, Water & Mobility, Johan Hamster, personally turned the handle, making the emission-free malthouse a reality. By completely turning off the gas tap, Holland Malt changes its gas consumption of 18 million m³ and about 33,000 tons CO₂ emissions to absolutely zero.
From surplus beer stocks to hand sanitizer for healthcare institutions
The beer stocks we collected from our entrepreneurs, originally intended for delivery to the hospitality sector, have been sustainably repurposed. The alcohol from this beer has been utilized to produce disinfecting hand sanitizer in compliance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization. We are now distributing this hand sanitizer free of charge to healthcare institutions that need it the most.
Glass for glass
Bavaria, one of the beer brands of Swinkels Family Brewers, launched a special fundraising campaign to support entrepreneurs affected by the riots that took place in Eindhoven in 2021. The family brewery calls on everyone to return their empty beer crates with deposits to the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven for the 'Glass for Glass' campaign. The proceeds from this initiative were doubled by the brewery and will entirely benefit the entrepreneurs whose windows were shattered during the riots.
Bavaria christens new brewing installation for new 0.0% that tastes
More than 40 years of 0.0% brewing experience culminate, after an intensive 5-year journey, in the new 0.0% brewing installation. · The new Bavaria 0.0% tastes like pilsner as the innovative brewing installation extracts alcohol from the beer at a very low temperature. · The new 0.0% brewing installation opens doors to even more alcohol-free and low-alcohol beer varieties through a novel brewing method.
Latest news
Palm NV announces its intention to centralise filling operations and future-proof its Belgian brewing activities.
Steenhuffel – Today, Palm NV announced to the works council its intention to transfer the filling operations in Steenhuffel in phases to existing filling lines within the group. Brewing activities in Steenhuffel will continue unchanged. The canning line, the distribution centre, the commercial activities of Swinkels Belgium and operations in Roeselare will also remain unchanged. With this proposed move, Royal Swinkels aims to utilise the available production capacity within the group more efficiently and create room for future investments in its Belgian brands and growth segments. This intention relates exclusively to bottling and keg-filling operations and the associated support services.
Royal Swinkels launches BarLoca and becomes the first brewer with its own alcohol-free wine
Lieshout - Royal Swinkels is introducing BarLoca, its first range of alcohol-free wines, marking its entry into a new category within the alcohol-free beverages market. BarLoca is available as Bianco (white) and Rosso (red), both 0.0% ABV, and is made from wine sourced in Southern Italy. Using Royal Swinkels’ technological expertise, the wine is dealcoholized in Lieshout to create an alcohol-free wine. In doing so, the company builds on nearly five decades of expertise in alcohol-free beverages and leverages the technology it developed for alcohol-free beer. With the introduction of BarLoca, Royal Swinkels becomes the first brewer to introduce its own alcohol-free wine category.
An attic discovery inspires the Trappist monks of Koningshoeven to bring back Ariston soft drinks
Berkel-Enschot – The monks of the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Koningshoeven, known for their La Trappe Trappist specialty beers, are today introducing Ariston: a Trappist soft drink that has been brought back to life after decades of silence.