Innovation and digitisation: Marduk Brewery.
Marduk Brewery was established in March 2013 based on an idea by Mauro Loddo and Giuseppe Murru. The two young men decided to devote themselves to the production of craft beer, setting up a company and creating a small workshop for the production of 'agricultural beer', a drink made from their own barley malts. The farm in Orosei covers an area of 10 hectares, mostly planted with barley and wheat, with the remaining part dedicated to grazing and breeding. Other farmland is used for the production of hops, vegetables and fruit. The land is worked by programming rotation cycles to replenish the soil without the use of herbicides or pesticides, in an approach that respects the environment and principles of sustainability. All processing is carried out with close monitoring of the growth phases of the crops and using raw materials that are 95% produced on the farm. At present, Birrificio Marduk constitutes a reference point in the Sardinian brewing industry and distributes its craft beers to the regional market as well as to some national and European segments, working in synergy with numerous other local breweries.
Thanks to support from the RDP, the two young farmers started the business and purchased a brewing plant and other machinery. The interventions also supported the brewery in the purchase of a van to facilitate deliveries of the finished product. Overall, these interventions have enabled the Marduk Agricultural Brewery to improve and manage the entire production chain at all stages: from cultivation to harvesting and storage, from processing to sales and marketing. The brewery also collaborates with the regional laboratory of Porto Conte Ricerche in Alghero, where the grown hops and barley are studied.
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