‘Almirante do Atlântico’ offers a rare combination of a turnkey craft beer brewery with a taproom/bar, including an outdoor terrace, and a prestigious property, providing the opportunity to enjoy life to the full on Madeira, the paradise in the Atlantic.

The property is set in a secluded location on the sun-drenched terraced slopes of Calheta – Madeira’s premier luxury area.

The Property

The total property is about 1.400m², which has different parts:

• The main part is a 350 m² factory building (the beer factory with the production machinery of a fully-fledged craft beer brewery [10hl brew-house] incl. a 50 m² bar/tasting room for 30 VIP guests)


• This building has an additional license to build a second floor (350 m²).


• Additionally a spacious sun terrace with 70 m² overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, with room for 40 people.


• A parking space of 4-8 cars


• Some outdoor space with a ramp for building extension possibilities


• 600m² farm land behind the brewery for possible solar extension

Extension option: Production or Penthouse

The crowning glory of the property is the planning permission that has already been granted for the extension of an upper floor. There are even two approved options:

1. a) an industrial extension of the brewery with another floor of 350 m², or


2. b) the construction of one big or two smaller luxurious penthouse apartments, each measuring 170 m² and featuring three bedrooms, with panoramic views of the valley and the sea.

Turnkey

By acquiring 100 % of the shares in ‘Hartfiel & Hartfiel, Lda.’ an investor avoids the lead times acquiring the necessary paperwork on Madeira for construction work and approvals from various governmental authorities to license the building as industrial production site for a complete and fully operational brewery, including a customs-approved beer storage.

The company already has their own trademark as well “Almirante do Atlântico” which can be used in any way.  

Independent solar system

Electricity costs are reduced by a three-phase solar power system (15 kW_peak with a 15 kWh battery). The property for sale also includes a hillside plot of over 600 m² above the brewery, which could be used, for example, to expand the solar power system.

Existing Licenses

The following licences allow for multiple business operations:

• Production of beer incl. custom-warehouse


• Production of soft drinks


• Trade (import and export of goods)


• Distribution of goods


• Operating bars/restaurants


• Consulting

Trademarks

The acquisition includes the registered EU trade mark ‘Almirante do Atlântico’

And the company has the license to sell their products with the official ‘Produto da Madeira’ seal.

The Craft Beer Brewery

The centre piece of the brewery is the 10 hl brew-house. It consists of 3 vessels (mash, lauter and boil) and an additional 2 0hl hot water tank with a steam coil inside;
Mash tun and boiling kettle/whirlpool have their independently controlled steam heating system. 
The high-speed steam generator is powered by 8 big 35 kg LPG bottles stored outside.
This gives the brewing a possible opportunity of pipelining and producing a double batch (2x 10 hl) in just 12 hours.

With the possibility of five double batches per week (100 h/week), this could results in an annual capacity of up to 5.000 hl.

The tank farm currently has the following tank capacities:

• 2 x 20 hl CCT fermentation tanks


• 4 x 10 hl CCT fermentation tanks


• 1 x 10 hl open fermentation tank


• 2 x 10 hl lying storage tanks

There are two cooling units, with the secondary unit serving as a backup for the primary unit. The cooling system has a 2000 l buffer tank for the glycol storage and circulation.

The brew house and the cooling system are controlled by a central SIEMENS control unit.

The following filling equipment is available:

• 1 x keg washing and filling system for 20-litre kegs (by Gruber)


• 1 x keg washing and filling system for 10-litre kegs


• 1 x semi-automatic bottle/can filler with a double filling stations (by Gruber)

The purchase of the company includes numerous kegs and a large number of empty bottles with crates. (All in blue and with our company branding)

There is a walk-in 16 m² cold storage for the filled kegs and bottles, which is licensed as a customs and tax warehouse.

Types of beer

To date, a wide variety of beers have been brewed at the brewery in accordance with the German Purity Law, ranging from a light summer beer with 3.5 % alcohol by volume to a strong wheat beer bock with 7.0 % alcohol by volume.

Range of non-alcoholic drinks

The rapidly growing global demand for non-alcoholic beer can be met in two ways: firstly, the existing brewery can be expanded with the appropriate equipment to produce non-alcoholic beer; secondly, the company holds a licence for global import and export, which enables it to immediately source high-quality non-alcoholic drinks for international markets, have them bottled on its behalf, or distribute them.

Asking price and documentation

2.950.000 €   (two million nine hundred and fifty thousand €)

This involves the acquisition of 100 % of the shares in a debt-free company and, consequently, everything owned by that company, including, amongst other things, licenses and trademarks.

Detailed documentation is available on request to qualified buyers.

Option to purchase an additional plot of land

Directly opposite the brewery, on the other side of the road, there is a private plot of land measuring 2.850 m², which stretches from the road to the riverbank.

This plot is available for purchase as an additional property and is currently reserved for the buyer of the brewery.

At street level, the plot consists of a flat area of approximately 800 m², which can be used for various purposes; for example, it is ideal for

• a possible beer garden with
  
  
  
  • over 200 seats
  
  
  • a solar roof structure, enabling the brewery’s electricity requirements to be met almost entirely self-sufficiently
  
  
  
  


• an expansion of the brewery
  
  
  
  • storage for empty bottles and crates
  
  
  • plenty of parking spaces for cars and buses
  
  
  
  


• conversion to building land (subject to local authority approval) with
  
  
  
  • 3 or 4 terraced bungalows