| Dutch Pub Guide |
| Limburg - beer bars, pubs and brewpubs |
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| This page lists beer pubs in the Dutch province
of Limburg. Not the Belgian one. Or the German area called Limburg. Just
the Dutch bit, OK? |
Index Arcen Beek Geleen Gulpen Heerlen Horst Maastricht Mechelen Ottersum Sevenum Sittard Stein Tegelen Venlo Drenthe Flevoland Friesland Gelderland Groningen Limburg Noord Brabant Noord Holland Overijssel Utrecht Zeeland Zuid Holland |
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Breweries
in Limburg
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| Dutch Pub Guide |
| Arcen |
| Café De Hertog Jan Proeverij | |
| Kruisweg 43-45, 5944 EN Arcen. Tel.: 077 - 473 9160 info@hertogjanproeverij.nl http://www.hertogjanproeverij.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Tue - Thur, Sun 11:00 - 20:00
(Nov-Mar 13:00 - 20:00), Sat 11:00 - 22:00, Monday closed. |
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| Number of draught beers: 9 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-40 | |
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 The
brewery tap of Hertog Jan (Inbev). Don't be put off. It's one of their more
interesing breweries. The pub is indepently run and not owned by the brewery. ABT member. Photos courtesy Andy of Beer-Mania!. |
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| Alt Arce | |
| Raadhuisplein 16, 5944 AH Arcen. Tel.: 077 - 473 2777 Fax: 077 - 473 2830 Email: info@altarce.nl http://www.altarce.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Fri 17:00 - , Sat - Sun 11:00 - |
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| Number of draught beers: 8 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 20 | |
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| Food: Snacks €2-10, meals €13-16. Pils €1.60, Duvel €3.40. | |
| A large pub/restaurant in the centre of Arcen. It offers
a wide range of meals cooked with beer. |
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| Beek |
| Brouwerij De Heeren van Beeck | |
| Burgemeester Janssenstraat 26, 6191 JC Beek. Tel: 046-4280414 Fax: 046-4280415 http://www.heerenvanbeeck.nl/ |
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| A massive pub spread across several rooms. Formerly a brewpub,
the equipment was sold to a brewery in Zeeland and production of the beers
moved to the Proef Brouwerij in Lochristi,
Belgium. |
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| Café 't Gevelke | |
| Pr. Mauritslaan 4, 6191 EG Beek. Tel: 046 - 337 1904 http://www.angelfire.com/ar/Gevelke/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon 20:00 - 03:00, Tue - Sun 12:00 - 03:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 11 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-20 | |
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| Food: Snacks. | |
| A British-owned brown café. |
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| Geleen |
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| Gulpen |
| Gulpener Bierhuys | |
| Rijksweg 20, 6271 AE Gulpen. Tel.: 043 - 450 7502 E-mail: info@gulpenerbierhuys.nl http://www.gulpenerbierhuys.nl/ |
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| The brewery tap of the Gulpener brewery. |
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| Heerlen |
| Cafe Bracke | |
| Saroleastraat 52, 6411LV Heerlen. Tel.: 045 - 574 3686 Email: redactie@cafebracke.com http://www.cafebracke.com/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 01:00, Sun 13:00 - 01:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 11 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 6 | |
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| Food: Snacks €2-7. Duvel €2.50, pils €1.40. | |
| Brown café. |
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| Horst |
| Cafe Cambrinus | |
| Venrayseweg 94, 5961 AJ Horst. Tel: 077 - 398 3009 Email: info@cafe-cambrinus.nl http://www.cafe-cambrinus.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon 19:00 - 01:00, Fri - Sat 19:00 - 02:00, Sun 14:00 - 24:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 6 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-120 | |
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| Food: Snacks. | |
| Brown beer café with attached brewery. The beer list is excellent, containing such rarities as genuine lambieks (around a dozen) and Schlenkerla Rauchbier. |
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| Maastricht |
 Maastricht,
in a long thin extension to the south east of Holland, is one of the country's
more interesting spots beerwise. There are more specialist beer cafes than
the far larger cities of Den Haag and Rotterdam can manage. The only downside
are the prices which are up there with those of central Amsterdam.Two disused breweries are a poignant reminder of Maastricht's recent history as a brewing centre. De Ridder was closed by Heineken in 2003, in a move that had more to do with pleasing the stock market than any practical purpose. The witbier which latterly dominated its output - Wieckse Witte - was named after the the Wyck district in which the brewery stands. The beer is now breweed in one of Heineken's monster lager factories. Just a couple of hundred metres away, also in Wyck, is the De Keyzer brewery. It closed in 1970 but all its equipment is still in place. Tours are available by appointment: 06-45078008. A couple of beers are contract-brewed, Double Saison (Holland's only Saison with a long tradition), Empereurke for Grand Hotel L'Empereur and Abdijbier Rolduc for the Rolduc congress centre in Kerkrade. |
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| De Ridder | De Keyzer |
| Cafe Cloche | |
| Vrijthof 12, 6211 LD Maastricht. Tel: 043 - 321 2407 http://www.lacloche.com/ |
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| Opening hours: Sun-Thur: 09:00 - 02:00, Fri-Sat 09:00 - 03:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 5 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-8 | |
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| Food: Snacks €€4-8, meals €10-15. Beer: Duvel €3.50, pils €1.80. | |
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side of Vrijthof, like the main square in many Dutch towns, is wall-to-wall
pubs. Cloche is about in the middle of them.The dark brown theme is accentuated by dim lighting, but if you look closely there's some fine woodwork. The carved bar counter and back give it a passing resenblence to an English pub. the celing has an interesting collection of disco balls - another first in the pubs I've visited. Sadly, the beer range has been pared down to little beetter thaan average. Though you don't often see draught Oud Bruin, one of Holland's few genuinely indigenous beer styles. The staff are friendly and attentive and they do offer kids meals for just €3 |
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| Grand Hotel de L’Empereur | |
| Stationsstraat 2, 6221 BP Maastricht. Tel: 043 - 321 3838 Fax 043 3216819 Email: info@hotel-empereur.nl www.hotel-empereur.nl |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Fri 12:00 -15:00 & 18:00
- 22:00, Sat-Sun 18:00 - 22:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 2 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 5 | |
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| Food: Snacks €4-10, meals €9-20. Beer: pils €2.25, Westmalle Tripel €4.50. | |
| L' Empereur, an imposing building bang opposite Maastricht
station, is surely worth the designation Grand Hotel. But why have it in
a pub guide? Simple - it has its own beer, Empereurke, brewed for it by
De Keyzer. That aside,
it has a fairly limited beer choice, with perennial favourites Duvel and
Westmalle the most drinkable. |
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| Falstaff | |
| Amorsplein 6, 6211 GT Maastricht. Tel.: 043 - 321 7238 Email: info@cafe-falstaff.nl http://www.cafe-falstaff.com/ |
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| Opening hours: Sun - Thur 10:00 - 02:00, Fri - Sat 10:00 - 03:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 10 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-60 | |
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| Food: Snacks €2.50-5.00. Beer: Westmalle Tripel €4, pils €1.80. | |
A hundred metres from Maastricht's main square is the far more intimate
Amorsplein. I wont call it a square, as it's triangular in shape. Here you'll
find Falstaff, one of the city's specialist beer outletsLong and narrow pub, the decoration is on the bland side of modern, livened up by a clutch of enamel beer signs.on a small square in the centre of Maastricht. The beer list is mostly Belgian and includes all the Trappist except Wetvleteren. As you'll see in the photo, there is a limited amount of outdoor seating.. Just as well the square, sorry triangle, is pedestrianised. Not the most exciting beer pub I've been in, but worth dropping by for an odd beer. |
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| De Poshoorn | |
| Stationsstraat 47, 6221 BN Maastricht. Tel.: 043 - 321 7334 Fax: 043 - 321 0747 http://www.poshoorn.nl |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00-02:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 13 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-30 | |
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| Food: Snacks €3-8, Meals €8-12. Beer: Duvel €3.50, pils €1.75. | |
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walk from Maastricht station to the city centre isn't that long, but it's
still nice to have somewhere to take refreshment on the way. Poshoorn fits
the bill perfectly.By Dutch standards, it's relatively spacious inside. The single L-shaped room has one arm more aimed at diners while the other caters for drinkers, too. Light brown in charaacter, there's an unobtrusive posthorn theme going on discretely above the bar (you can just spot it in the top corner of the photo to the left). I like the emphasis on local food and local beers, which goes so far as to have the menu written in the local Limburg dialect. The beer list includes De Wykeneer (named after Wyck) which is contract brewed by Kerkom in St. Truiden in Belgium. There's also Double Saison and Abdijbier Rolduc, two of De Keyzer's contract-brewed beers. The remainder is mostly the usual Belgian abbey and Trappist suspects. A "snack" portion of calimari - a full decent-sized plate - is great value at just €4.05 and very tasty indeed. A pub defintely worth trying and not just for those incapable of walking more than 200 metres without a rest. |
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| Pothuiske | |
| Het Bat 1, 6211 EX Maastricht. Tel: 043-3216002 Fax: 043-3216660 Email: info@pothuiske.nl http://www.pothuiske.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Sun - Wed 10:00 - 24:00, Thur - Sat 10:00 - 02:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 12 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 55 | |
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 Pothuiske
is a cute little house on the west bank of the Maas.It's a simple, light-brown cafe with some impressive old photos of Maastricht. There's also a fairly restrained beer theme that limits itself to a single wall (see left). It has a decent, if not massive, beer list, mostly either Dutch or Belgian. Outside there's a small terrace facing the Maas, which is no doubt very pleasant in summer. ABT member. |
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| Take One | |
| Rechtstraat 28, 6221 EJ Maastricht. Tel.: 043 - 321 6423 Email: info@takeonebiercafe.nl http://www.takeonebiercafe.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Thur - Mon 16:00 - 02:00, Tuesday and Wednesday closed |
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| Number of draught beers: 20 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-125 | |
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| Sometimes it only takes a few minutes to fall in love with
a pub. In Take One it was the chessboards that clinched my affection. Not
just the presence of the boards, more the fact that they were in use. Located in the Wyck districht of Maastricht, it's about exactly half way between the two disused breweries. Quite appropriate for a beer pub.The exterrior, which resembles a shop more than a pub, doesn't do this friendly and cosy pub justice. As you can see from the photo, it's not the largest place in the world, though it comes nowhere near challenging Amsterdam's more bijoux cafes. The long beer list impresses for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Dutch beer are well represented, something despressingly uncomoon in Holland's Belgian-dominated beer cafes. Secondly they have real Oude Lambiek beers from Hanssens and Boon. In the guise of Brouwerij De Sier Den, they have beers contract brewed at the Kerkom brewery in Sint Truiden, Belgium. One of Holland's top beer pubs and a somewhere no visitor to Maastricht should miss. |
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| In den Ouden Vogelstruys | |
| Vrijthof 15, 6211 LD Maastricht. Tel.: 043 - 321 48 88 Fax: 043 - 327 09 78 Email: info@vogelstruys.nl http://www.vogelstruys.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 09:30 - 02:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 6 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 10 | |
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| Food: Snacks. | |
 Vogelstruys
is an ancient Brand house on the main square that specialises in beers from
Limburg.Consisting of a single square room it has the unchanged-for-centuries feel common in historic Dutch pubs. Dark wood abounds, as you would expect in a brown cafe. There's a spectacular carved bar back and a splendid barcounter, all the better for being uncluttered by beer taps. A row of portaits of, former customers stretching the length of one wall, gives the impression that no-one under 60 ever frequents the place. However, judging by the broad mix of ages there on my visit, a more likely explanation is that it's an honour only bestowed after decades as a regular. The beer selection is fairly limited and the lack of list or chalkboard makes finnding exactly what is on offer rather difficult. |
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| Mechelen |
| Huiskamercafé 't Pintje | |
| Hoofdstraat 25, 6281 BB Mechelen. Tel.: 043 - 455 9079 |
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| Opening hours: Mon 14:00 - 02:00, Wed - Fri 14:00 - 02:00, Sat 12:00 - 02:00, Sun 11:00 - 02:00, Tuesday closed. |
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| Number of draught beers: 7 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-50 | |
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| Food: Snacks. | |
| A very dark brown beer café. Remember that this is
the Mechelen in Holland, not the much larger Belgian town. ABT member. |
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| Ottersum |
| Biercafé Restaurant Old Inn | |
| Siebengewaldseweg 13, 6595 NX Ottersum. Tel.: 0485 - 511 058 Fax: 0485 - 513 853 Email: info@old-inn.nl http://www.old-inn.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 02:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 20 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-80 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A spacious bar restaurant in a single-storey building. |
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| Sevenum |
| Sevewaeg | |
| Markt 3, 5975 AM Sevenum. Tel.: 077 - 467 1345 Email: info@sevewaeg.nl http://www.sevewaeg.nl |
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| Opening hours: Sun - Thur 10:30 - 01:00, Fri - Sat 10:30 - 02:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 9 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Spacious brown café with the look of an English pub
(by this I mean what we like to think an English pub is like rather than
the horrible circuit drinking reality). |
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| Sittard |
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| Stein |
| Brouwerij de Fontein | |
| Ondergenhousweg 15, 6171 GW Stein. Tel. 046 – 426 28 58 Fax 046 – 426 28 59 Email: info@brouwerijdefontein.nl http://www.brouwerijdefontein.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 22:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 2 | |
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| Food: Snacks. | |
| Brewery tap of Brouwerij de Fontein, located in an 18th century
compex of farm biuldings. |
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| Tegelen |
| Oelespot Petit Restaurant | |
| Ulingsheide 1a, 5932NA Tegelen. Tel: 077 - 373 03 56 Fax: 077 - 373 73 62 Email: post@ulingsheide.nl http://www.ulingsheide.nl |
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| Opening hours: Tue - Fri 15:00 - , Sat - Sun 11:30 - , Monday closed. |
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| Food: Snacks €6, meals €15, 3-course menu €18.75. Beer € for 0.5l. | |
| Pub in the former bottling room of a Trappist monastery which
brewed up until 1950. Just outside Venlo, very close to the German border. It sells a wide range of beers from the Trappist brewereies that are still active. There is a beer garden. Photo courtesy Andy of Beer-Mania!. |
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| Venlo |
| De Roeëje Lieuw | |
| Steenstraat 4 5911 HE Venlo. Tel: 077 463 32 87 Fax: Email: info@limburgsbiercafe.nl http://www.limburgsbiercafe.nl/ |
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| Opening hours: Wed 18:00-02:00, Thu - Fri 16:00-02:00, Sat - Sun 14:00-02:00, Mon - Tue closed. |
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| Number of draught beers: 8 | |
| Number of bottled beers: +-30 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals (only on request). Beer €1.60 for 0.2l. | |
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"Red Lion" is a specialist beer pub, on a pedestrianised street just off
the main square in Venlo town centre.In a notable and praiseworthy exception to most beer cafes in Holland, it doesn´t concentrate on Belgian beers, nor Dutch ones. It´s even more specific than that, specialising in products from Limburg (whose flag bears a red lion, hence the pub´s name). They try to have at least one beer from every brewery in Limburg (both the Belgian and the Dutch province). Dutch Limburg just happens to be Holland´s most heavily-breweried region. Here´s a report from Philip Booton: "The cafe is just off the main square in Venlo, at 4 Steenstraat. It is a fairly typical Dutch cafe, long and narrow, with the bar on the left-hand side. Lots of breweriana and maps of Limburg in evidence. There were 7 beers on draught (although there are normally 8), including Christoffel Blond and Hertog Jan Meibock. More than 30 in bottle, listed on a blackboard to the left as you enter. Beers from Kerkom, Achel, Martens, St Jozef from Belgium, plus others from Dutch Limburg. I'm not sure if every brewer in Limburg was represented - are Heeren van Beeck still going, as nothing from them? (* see note below) Prices very reasonable. No food, just a cafe for beer and conversation. The owner, Louis, brews his own beer and has longer term plans to open a brewpub. He allowed me to sample his Tripel, which was excellent."* Note: The landlord, Louis Klaassens, kindly sent me this update: "I do sell beers from the Heeren van Beeck. But the brewery doesn’t exist anymore. They sold the equipment to a brewery in the province Zeeland. The beers are brewed at the Lochristi proef-brewery in Belgium near Ghent. I also do sell some food. Cheese (5), crisps (2), sausages (3) and meals cooked with beer on request."The brewery should be opening in September 2008. Photos courtesy Andy of Beer-Mania!. |
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