Makers
vandeStreek: from a Kanaleneiland kitchen to Utrecht's leading brewery
5 August 2026 · 4 min read
Brothers Sander and Ronald started home-brewing in 2010 and built a brand around Broeders and alcohol-free Playground.
Every big brand starts somewhere small, but few as small as a kitchen in Kanaleneiland. That's where brothers Sander and Ronald started brewing in 2010, without grand plans - just curiosity about how good beer is actually made.
What followed is a growth story you can trace across the city: from hobby brewers to a leading Utrecht brewery, with a range that now goes well beyond those first test batches from the kitchen.
Broeders, their wheat blond beer, proves the basics still hold up: fresh, approachable, exactly the beer you'd expect to find in any Utrecht pub.
Playground shows a different side: an alcohol-free beer with just as much flavour as the original, made for anyone who'd rather skip the alcohol without giving up on character.
In our Lombok Box and Weerdsingel Box, vandeStreek represents exactly that story: started in a kitchen, grown into a brand the whole city knows, with and without alcohol.
