Boer Bier Water

Mouttorens

Royal Swinkels and Lieshout have been connected for generations. Not only through the brewery and malt house that call this place home, but also through something less visible: the water beneath the ground. Water is essential to both brewing and farming. That is why Royal Swinkels returns purified wastewater from its brewery and malt house to local farmers. On their agricultural land, this water is given a new purpose. It helps maintain groundwater levels and contributes to healthy soil. And that is more than welcome, especially when you think back to last summer’s drought!

The light artwork BOER. BIER. WATER. brings this special connection to life. A static projection appears on the malt towers of Royal Swinkels. Overlaid on it, a time coded, full colour laser moves across the surface, writing the story piece by piece on the very site where barley is transformed into malt. How special is that?