WE ARE A COOPERATIVE BREWERY: A SMALL, INDEPENDENT AND SOCIALLY-RESPONSIBLE COLLECTIVE DEDICATED TO CRAFT BEER.
Yes, we are small and that’s our greatness – for us, this is personal.
You think we don’t cut and save newspaper articles about us? We do.
You think we will not spill hectoliters of beer if it doesn’t meet our expectations? We do.
We are still small enough to play on passion and that is why there’s no room for mediocrity.
FIRST BEERS FROM THE BALCONY
Brlog was born when Ana Teskera and Maja Šepetavec decided to leave their jobs and their hometowns to move to the small coastal city of Zadar and establish a craft brewery.
In these triple impossible conditions, they brewed their first beers on the balcony in a rented apartment. Now, is it passion or optimism or stubbornness or perfectionism or youth?
Probably a little bit of everything.
CONTEMPORARY CRAFT BEER
Beers we create today should be classified as contemporary craft beers with character:
‘Blonde’ (a.k.a. Plavuša) is an American blonde ale type of light beer, while ‘Disobedient’ (a.k.a. Neposlušna) is a hoppy red ale.
And there are dozens of new products constantly being added to the portfolio!
COOPERATIVE – it’s the ‘we’, not ‘me’
Aaaand a few investment cycles later….. Brlog operates as a cooperative – the only one of its kind in Croatia.
A collective that brings together lovers of premium beer and like-minded people that put Community before individual selves. We believe in trust, social justice and sustainability and with our approach to production, business, financing and product design, we always strive to break down social and economic prejudices.
Our vision is – to be an independent and socially-engaged cooperative brewery, owned by cooperative members, a place for networking, culture, high quality food and drinks from the portfolio of our members.
It is a big step, but we can do it because #passion is on our side – and optimism and stubbornness and patience and perfectionism and youth. A little bit of everything!
OUR TEAM
Ana
Co-founder
Spokesperson. She talks about what’s happening inside and she exaggerates with ideas. The last thing she insisted on is the toboggan in the brewery, but it didn't quite work out and now this is written here. #ihaveanidea
Maja
Co-founder
Mom of the brewery. She knows everything about everything in our factory, and has a special quality-control laboratory installed in the middle of her head: a nose for beer. Because of that super power, we branded the hashtag #askmaja
Zach
Head brewer
Experienced brewer whose longtime dream came true when he moved to Croatia. Skilled and enthusiastic in beer industry, passionate about our cooperative model and he loves to create and design the future, just like we do. #American
Daniel
Storekeeper and delivery man
Beer lover and homebrewer, who also likes carpentry, cars, various tools and beer tasting... You will meet him everywhere in the city with the colorful Brlog van! #vopi
Krešimir
Production worker
A curious and patient family man with a desire to learn anything and everything in the brewery. It comes to us from the island that has the most Brlog employees and cooperative members :). #Ižanin
Marija
administrator
God bless Marija and all the weird circumstances that brought her here. She keeps us sane from book keeping madness. An IT girl for web shop, books and much more. #finally
WHO ARE OUR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS?
People who think like us (about beer and life) are always welcome! The more of us, the stronger we are. We know it because we started as a couple, then grew to 15, then to 90+ members and, “who would have thought” – we really are stronger and we can do so much more now!
If you are into our cooperative spirit and you think that Brlog could be the right place for you, but you don’t know how to start with all that – well, this is the beginning.
Contact us to learn how to join!