Unique Places in Provincie Limburg

There are several breweries left in Limburg. In fact it's the only province where Heineken has not yet managed to conquer 50% of the market. Reason why they declared war on the smaller breweries of this province. Heineken policy is to destroy all alternatives to make people drink their crap. Remember that, and never drink Heineken. Support quality!
Traditionally the beer culture in this region is closer to that of Germany than to that of Belgium. Which means you can find beers of the Dort and Alt types.

The most obvious brand you will probably find is Brand, which is located in Wijlre but is owned by Heineken. They used to have several excellent beers but ceased the production of those in bottles a while ago. Perhaps you can find some on tap. The only bottled beers they have now are three lagers.

Gulpener (from Gulpen, surprise!) produces several specialties, including the Chateau Neubourg pilsner, which is quite expensive thanks to its stylish blue bottle. This brewery also makes the St. Gerardus beer for the monastery in Wittem. Not a bad beer, but I was not really impressed.

Valkenburg has the De Leeuw brewery, which produces Valkenburgs Wit, a nice wheat beer.

Maastricht had the De Ridder brewery, but Heineken closed that down recently. Their Wieckse Witte is a good wheat beer, but obviously made elsewhere. But you can find Double Saison by De Keyzer in various bars in and around the city. This is a great beer.

Finally, Christoffel from Roermond is a nice bitter blond beer.

Is that all. No, that's not all. It's just that I don't know every brewery in this province, or their beers. There's also De Heren van Beeck, Alpha and Lindenboom. Perhaps I'm even forgetting some.