They used to be American hating liberals when I went there but I had fun. Things are changing now though. I went to a few of these places and it was really fun.
Independent local craft breweries with a taproom: Walhalla, Poesiat & Kater, Butcher's Tears, Troost, Two chefs, Krux, Homeland, Kleiburg, Naeckte, Wispe, 7 deugden, De Prael, Friekens, Rauw Brouwers, De Engel, Lions Head.