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Alfa Brewery

Schinnen, Netherlands

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Alfa Brewery

Family-owned brewery in Schinnen, near Maastricht, offering guided tours that end with a beer tasting. The guides' humour and storytelling are a draw, as is the unfiltered pilsner made with the brewery's own water source.

Highlights

  • Unfiltered Alfa pilsner
  • Guided tour with quiz
  • Brewery café terrace

Good to know

  • Tours end with tasting and snacks
  • Shop sells beer and souvenirs
  • Beer bottles to take home

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