Veos, a processing company from Wingene in West Flanders, has celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special brew. Wingene is the capital of Flemish pig-rearing and appropriately Veos’s birthday beer was made from pig's blood. One of the company’s core businesses is converting pig's blood into potable water. During the open day to mark their anniversary visitors had an opportunity to taste the beer. Many gave it the thumbs up.
Veos specialises in processing by-products from the food industry. The company processes blood, eggs and skin into animal proteins. It then uses these in pet foods, processed meat products and cosmetics. Last year, the company installed a water treatment plant that converts pigs’ blood into potable water. This saves 150,000 litres of water per day. In collaboration with an external brewery, workers at the company developed the Veoske, the beer made from pig's blood.
A spicy blonde
“Our beer team put their shoulders to the wheel and after a lot of tasting came up with a fresh summer beer that still has quite a lot of power. Currently we have no plans to market it, but we are not ruling out another stunt next year," says Veos co-CEO of Robert Slee.
The beer was popular with visitors at the open day. ‘"It is a very tasty, easy-to-drink beer," says Lorenz Lambrecht. "A nice blonde beer that still has some spice, some character. They say it's made from pig's blood, but you don't taste that. It's definitely to my taste, so I can definitely recommend it."