The Reuzenbieren Brewery was founded by Jos van Breda and Bernard Smits, best friends since their childhood in The Netherlands. Reuzen means "giants" and Bieren means "beers", and they do in fact make giant, aromatic, flavorful beers under the brand name ReuZ. Once each recipe is perfected in their small home brewery, it is brewed to their specifications in commercial volume by their larger brewing partners.