Davo brewery

HISTORY
The three owners of DAVO, Jos, Marijn and Arnoud, know each other from the beer café De Heks in Deventer. As youngsters, all three of them stood behind the bar there in 2007. They were at the end of their student years and full of ambition..

Arnoud's father was a home brewer and gave Arnoud his old home brewing set for his 18th birthday. So Arnoud already knew quite a bit about brewing. Marijn had previously set up his own catering business and wanted to do so again. Josh? Jos who worked at the Witch to drink a lot of beer. Finally, the three friends got together and made beer. And that beer? That was tasty too. They didn't go along with the hype, but made what they liked. Even then they brewed according to the Three-Pint-Rule.

These beers were first drunk by themselves, by friends and family. Eventually they noticed that there was some interest and they brewed 1000 liters, or in the worst case they drank it all themselves. That wasn't necessary, because they sold out quickly. In 2012, Jos, Marijn and Arnoud decided to register with the Chamber of Commerce. DAVO was born.

They made beer, sold beer and still dreamed of more. In 2016 their dream came true, with the help of a very successful Crowdfunding they opened DAVO Deventer. In an old mill factory on the edge of the center they found a building where they could make their beers and have them tasted directly by guests. A place where Arnoud could brew, Marijn could run catering and Jos could drink a lot of beer. The tasting room in Deventer still exists. In the meantime, DAVO has grown into an organization with approximately 100 employees and four tasting rooms. The tasting room opened in Arnhem on the Rijnkade in 2018. In 2020, DAVO Zwolle opened in the heart of the city and in 2022 DAVO opened Twello at Buitenpost. A tasting room on the sustainable Buitenpost estate in Twello, in the middle of a green greenhouse.