The supply chain
Founding Contributors
The unsung heroes of the industry — the yeast, hops, malt, steel, glassware, and software that every brewery depends on. This is the B2B map no rating app bothers to build.
Category
Malt
Boortmalt
Antwerp, Belgium
Global maltster owned by the French agricultural cooperative Axéréal, with plants on five continents.
Tally's TakeOwned by a farmers' cooperative, which means the barley growers own a piece of the maltings. That structure is rarer than it should be.
Boortmalt — official site ↗ · checked 2026-08-23
Château Malting (Castle Malting)
Beloeil, Belgium
Belgium's oldest malting house, supplying the specialty malts behind many Belgian ale styles.
Tally's TakeBelgium's oldest maltings, and the quiet reason Belgian-style ales brewed elsewhere can get close to the real thing.
Château Malting (Castle Malting) — official site ↗ · checked 2026-08-16
Category
Guild / Association
Brewers of Europe
Brussels, Belgium
Umbrella body representing national brewing associations across Europe on EU policy, labelling and taxation.
Tally's TakeMost of what a European beer label must say was negotiated in Brussels, not decided by the brewery.
Brewers of Europe — official site ↗ · checked 2026-08-16