Gulpener Bierbrouwerij BV is an independent

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

brewery A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...

Gulpen Gulpen (; ) is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen. Gulpen was a separate municipality until 1999, when it ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. The brewery was founded in 1825 by Laurens Smeets. Gulpener makes a

lager Lager (; ) is a Type of beer, style of beer brewed and Brewing#Conditioning, conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be Pale lager, pale, Amber lager, amber, or Dark lager, dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially availab ...

sold in the Netherlands. Ingredients, such as

barley Barley (), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikele ...

and

hops Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant ''Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to whic ...

, are sourced from local farmers. These farmers produce their products in ecologically friendly ways.

Beers

The company makes the following beers: *Gulpener

Pilsner Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery. History ...

*Gulpener Korenwolf *Gulpener Dort *Gulpener Oud Bruin *Gulpener Lentebock *Gulpener Herfstbock *Gulpener Gladiator *Gulpener Rosé *Sjoes *Château Neubourg *Gerardus Wittems Kloosterbier Dubbel *Gerardus Wittems Kloosterbier Blond *Limburgs Land Eko Pilsner *Mestreechs Aajt *Gulpener Wintervrund *

Rowwen Hèze Rowwen Hèze is a band from the small village of America in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. They are one of the biggest bands singing in Limburgish. The band was founded in 1985. Music Rowwen Hèze's music is inspired by many diffe ...

Bier * Organic certified: ** Ur-Pilsner (

) ** Ur-Weizen (

Weizen Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German and Belgian ; other types include Lambic (made with wild yeast), Berliner Weisse (a c ...

) ** Ur-Hop ( India pale lager) *Zwarte Ruiter zuur bier

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.gulpener.nl/ 1820s establishments in the Netherlands Companies established in 1825 Breweries in Limburg (Netherlands) South Limburg (Netherlands) Buildings and structures in Gulpen-Wittem Food and drink companies established in 1825