Oriel Beer

The story of Oriel goes back to 2010, when curiosity met passion. More precisely, the founders discovered that they have in common the passion for Belgian style beers like Orval, Rochefort and other Trappists, and decided to join their forces and brew beer as a hobby. For five years Oriel, back then Uriel, went through all the stages of amateur brewing, from beer kits in a can, to partial mash beers, all grain beers and even wood barrel aged beers. Twenty litres of beer, the same recipes brewed and improved over time and out of nowhere the acknowledgement appeared, the amateur beers began to win prizes at amateur, but important, competitions all over Europe, in countries like Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
Ioana Coca and Laurentiu Mandrila, back then with totally different professional backgrounds started to lay the foundations of the plan of a microbrewery.Both with a diploma in economics and management, but with jobs in high end fashion sales and music production, Ioana and Laurentiu decided in 2015 to register Oriel as a trademark and began to build from scratch what was to become the future Oriel microbrewery.
It took almost two years to complete the construction and obtain all operating permits, but in the meantime the future beers were decided, being tested before, still in the 20 litres kettle. In December 2017 was the official launch and Oriel Beer came out with two Belgian style beers, Oriel Blond and Oriel Dubbel.The inspiration for the name came out from the seven archangels, Uriel being one of them. It doesn’t matter if someone is a believer or an atheist, Oriel is the proof of guidance, patience and creativity. Uriel is the archangel of light, wisdom, illumination and sun, he is a patron of arts and science for his ability to inspire and he inspired these two souls in crafting their extraordinary beers.
Since the end of 2017, Oriel is proud to be an independent brewery, fully operated only by the two founders, brewing small – scale batches of unique beers and creating an enticing experience for all those who are eager to discover the world of craft, artisanal beer.