Local brewery in Braås, Växjö, Småland
Under the slogan “Redig beer from Småland”, Kvarnagårdens Bryggeri brews tasty and well-made craft beer in Braås, Växjö, Småland. With our beer, our passion and our know-how as a base, we create taste experiences and the spread of knowledge around beer in the form of beer tastings, brewery visits and beer brewing courses, among other things.
OUR HISTORY
The brewery started in 2014 and is located just outside Braås, north of Växjö, in the middle of Småland’s deep forests.
For many years, we have been interested in the exciting beer that is now available in Sweden. Throughout his job and his studies, Stefan had long thought the idea of starting his own brewery at home on the farm. He managed to sow a seed with the rest of us and that’s how it happened. We crafted beer together for a while and then felt it was time to start Kvarnagården’s Brewery. This way we could start sharing our beer.
We hope that through our beer and our work we can make more Småland people open their eyes to how fantastic beer can taste and smell.
We want to create something unique and we want to be good fellow human beings. We use organic raw materials as far as we can, the dregs/malt residues are eaten by the local farmer’s cows and the brewery’s electricity comes directly from the rapids in Mörrumsån, a stone’s throw from the brewery.
OUR BREWERY
The brewery is located on the Old Sawmill area in Kvarnagården, just outside Braås, and the brewery itself consists of the sawmill workers’ old dining room and changing room. Old historic premises that were well suited for a brewery start-up.
Beer brewing is also an ancient activity and all our brewing and bottling is done by hand, while we like to use modern technology whenever possible to guarantee the best possible beer quality.
Today, the brewery houses a 500-liter custom-made brewing unit, 2 pcs. 1000-liter yeast tanks, 3 pcs. 500-liter yeast tanks and 4 pcs. 200-liter yeast tanks. We also have a smaller prototype brewery and smaller yeast tanks. We have so far brewed around 1,000 liters of beer a month.
WHO WE ARE
Kvarnagården’s Brewery was founded and run by the brothers Stefan Varde and Urban Bergquist.
Stefan is a beer-interested MSc engineer in biotechnology who on a daily basis works with the professional production of glucose syrup from wheat at Lantmännen Reppe in Växjö. A job that has a lot in common with beer brewing. Alongside his work, Stefan combines the brewery with family life, horses, bird hunting and all kinds of activities in the forest and land.
Urban is a former engineer and electrician who now works with business development of start-up growth companies at Företagsfabriken in Kronoberg. Beer brewing and business development are combined with an active country life and the care of sheep, chickens and houses at home.