Review from Utrecht Pub Guide:

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There was a point during the fairly lenghty walk along the Oude Gracht, when it did cross my mind as to whether it was going to be worth the effort. The number of photographs I've included below should give you some indication of what my conclusion was. Though the interesting mixture of specialist shops (see Bert's Bierhuis below), pubs (Belgie is one) and other generally colourful sights, make the journey a pleasure in itself, on sunny day.

Ledig Erf is a cosy corner pub in a building dating from around 1900. The setting is wonderful; where the Oude Gracht meets the city's former defensive moat, Singel.

It styles itself as a beer and chess pub. Not being much of a player myself, I can't really comment on the latter claim. The fact that most of the tables had chess boards built into then, does sort of hint that they're being serious about the chess thing. One look at their beer list (which is easy to do, as it's there on their website) is enough to confirm the first. One thing that no-one can doubt, is that this is a brown café in the best tradition.

As befits what ended up as being a very enjoyable afternoon in a good pub, parts of the later stages are slightly blurred in my memory. What did stick in my mind was a striking 1920's enamel sign for the Lutterbach brewery. I have a French beer book with the same image and have always wanted to make a T-shirt of it. I can tell you for certain that it's a cracking pub. The staff are a good laugh, there is a mixed and interesting bunch of customers and then they have all those beers, too.....

Now, I suppose that you would like some more explanation of what these beers might exactly be. A salient fact is that, unlike many Dutch beer pubs, their stock isn't mostly limited to Belgian beers. Almost half the bottled beers are Dutch, the rest, unsurprisingly, being Belgian. If you want a more details of the precise beers on sale, take a look at their website, which has a full list. Read the full review >>>