Cafe DeGrendelpoort

03/08/2019 – visited during a short stay in Valkenburg. I wanted to order a tasting plate but apparently they get to choose the beers in that case. Strange, so they choose, I suppose the beers that are already long time on? Even if I said I wanted to try their own beers in a tasting plate, not possible. The pub itself is a nice place, people were not so very friendly. Maybe worth a visit to try their own beers but for the rest nothing very special on the list either. A bit dissapointing.

Next too the beer shop Zytholoog and they have the same owners. Good choose of beers have there own Gringel beers also to find in the shop. Maybe the need more beers from Limburg. Like the old decoration with an ton of old beet bottles

This is a relaxed mixed style cafe just within the city wall near the Grendelpoort gate after which the cafe takes its name. We were able to use the outside seating on all our visits but the interior looks pretty comfortable too. There is a decent and unusual beer list here, with its attachment to the bottle shop next door with specials on draught as well as in bottle. Always welcoming. A must visit in this town.

Een zeer gedreven en bekwame eigenaar die er bij mij een zeer fijne indruk naliet, top muziek, top kaart. Eten tja, dat is wat anders maar dat is in nederland overal zo

leuke plek in het centrum van de stad. Typisch interieur voor een biercafe veel hout en bierflessen aan de wanden. 10 wisseltaps en daarnaast nog een kleine 2000 flessen. ik heb het bij twee tapbieren behouden maar kom graag nog eens terug om een paar flessen te opnenen. Prijzen zijn er fair en de bediening behulpzaam. Dikke aanrader

We cycled from our campsite to Valkenburg via a spot of lunch at Café ’t Vöskee in Berg En Terblijt on Wednesday 29th June 2016 and after popping to the beer shop next door we visited De Grendelpoort. De Grendelpoort and Bierboetiek De Zythotheek (Beer Store) are both pretty central in the town, after coming down the steep hill from Maastricht direction turn right under the arch in the pedestrian area and they can be found on the RH side.

The weather was really pleasant, warm and sunshine and white clouds so we sat outside looking outwards, this is a great spot for people watching I must say and being a touristy type town you do get some interesting sights. The bar is nothing out of the ordinary to look at, it’s a plain looking frontage with a red awning, a chalk board to the LH side of the front door displays the beers on tap, I think that there were 12-13 with Stone Arrogant Bastard, Stone IPA, Põhjala Crema etc the beer of the month was listed as Rodenbach Charactere Rouge. Loz had the Stone IPA, I had the Põhjala Crema both were great but mine won out we reckon so we both had another this time both having Põhjala Crema. Four American folk sat near us and did a tasting of three of the tap beers which they seemed to enjoy.

I only briefly ventured inside as it was lovely out here. It was smallish but with plenty of seating, it was really nice inside a little busy with beery memorabilia. The bar was off to the LH side on entering. This would be quite cosy and comfortable in the winter months I reckon. The service was good and the prices also, our four beers cost just €16 so for Stone and Põhjala I reckon that was very reasonable prices. We really enjoyed this place it was a great find and it was nice not to do the usual of having to go into Maastricht to find good bars, we’d found two today by getting on our bikes and exploring these smaller places, however not looking forward to the hill (a steep hill in the Netherlands, who’d have believed that eh?)

Nice place in Valkenburg. Oké beer menu.