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Guide to Beer
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Gulpener Brewery - Gulpen
De Ridder Brewery - Maastricht
Jan Primus
Between the city centre and the campus
Serves 8 or 9 fresh specials on tap (and a huge amount of bottled beers, but that's not very special)
Het Draeckje
Crawling distance from the centre
Good beers and an enormous selection of (Mainly Scottish Malt) whiskies (150 or so)
De Luifel
Near the main post office
Limited beer selection on tap (de Koninck, Wit, Pilsner) but enough bottles and a cheap meal every evening.
Oudaen
Expensive bar with a microbrewery in the basement (bit of a yuppie place, but the beer is pretty decent)
King Arthur
Oude Gracht
An english pub with draugt ales, stout cidre etc. (rather expensive)
Bert's Bierhuis (Beershop)
Voorstraat
Presently has some 700 brews. Including almost all dutch micros/minis.
d'Hubert (restaurant)
Vleutenseweg, 228.
It is a relatively small (8-10 tables) restaurant, upscale, but homy. The lighting is somewhat dim, tables are set far enough apart and interior is decorated just right.
Assorted Pubs:
De Kijker
De Bastaard
Broers
Belgie (approx. 30 beers on draft)
Raaf Brewery
Heumen in Nijmegen in Gelderland.
a farmhouse maltings and brewery dates from 1700s, reopened in 1984 [64]
Maximiliaan Amsterdams Brouwhuis
Kloveniersburgwal 6 , one block east of the red light
district
Handy for the Nieuwmarkt, this place opened to appreciative and thirsty Amsterdammers in August 1992. They brew at least three or four beers, ranging from the pale Bethanienbier, through the Tarwe 68 witbier, on through a Maximator wheat-bock beer, and up to the Caspers Max, an amber-coloured triple weighing in at 7.5% ABV. Snacks in the daytime, food served in the evenings. Open daily at 12:00 noon until 1 AM.. Absolute swill. Fantastic little 5 BBl brewery, though. Maybe I was there on a bad week.
Brouwerij t'IJ Proeflokaal
Funenkade 7
Out on the Eastern Dock (Ooster Dok), near where the Singelgracht lets out. is named after the cannal "HET IJ" where the Amsterdam harbour is situated. beers are mostly in the abbey-style (doubles and triples and the like), but also sometimes including a unique twist on Pilsner, "Plzen." , Winter Beer, IJndjaars bier (The end of the Year beer), Paasbier (Easter Beer) etc. Their normal beers (from 5% up till 9%) are called Struis, Columbus, Natte and Zatte (Dutch names) which you can get in bottles.
In Amsterdam, to drink t'Ij beers from a keg, go straight to the brewery. The brewery is located at the Funenkade in Amsterdam east (just a 15 minute walk from the central station. They are open 2-8pm? as a tasting room, but it is more like a pub. From the Centraal Station, facing it, go towards the right on bus 22. Go about 5 stops or so and get off at the windmill. That's t'Ij. Hours used to be 3 to 8 PM, Tues-Sat;
Het Wildemann
5 Kolksteeg,Centrum, just off the northern part of the Kaalverstraat,
near the Aknathon.
The Wildeman is located between the Nieuwezijds VB en de Nieuwe dijk. De Wildemann also has a non-smoking area and sometimes serves t'Ij products. The beer selection at the Wildeman remains outstanding. Closed Sundays.
Cafe De Gollem
Raamsteeg 4
It's not run by the same crew that made it famous, but times change. Fortunately, the Gollem still rewards the visitor with a well-chosen list of about 200 beers. It opens at 4 PM daily, shutting at 1 or 2 AM.
Het Laatste Ordeel
Raadhuisstraat
The range from both tap and bottle is vast, comparable to the Gollem Cafe. Both the Laatste Ordeel and the Gollem are fine examples of the Amsterdam-style of pub, what is called a 'bruine kroegje', or brown cafe.
Beiaards
90 Herengracht and 30 Spui
The one on Herengracht has a better bottle selection (Westvleteren for example) and the one on Spui has better drafts, including LaTrappe Quadruple on tap. The draft selection at 30 Spui varies. This is not a complaint. 'T Ij makes great beers, but they are often not kept well away from the brewery, or they are inherently instable. Very agressive Pils.
Belgique
Gravenstraat 2, Amsterdam (020) 25125-1974 (off the Dam)
Handy place for a quick fix of something Belgian, from a wide selection in a small pub. This place has real European cafe attraction. Usually has draft LaChouffe and others. Tiny bar.
There are plenty of other good pubs in Amsterdam. While here, see if you can pick up a copy of Tim Webb's Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland. This is a CAMRA book, packed with useful suggestions.
"1001 Bieren" (Bottle Shop)
Huidenstraat between Keizersgracht and Herengracht
They have an enormous selection of beers and specialize in Belgian beers aka Het Groete Ongenoegend.
De Bierkoning
D'Oude Gekroon de Bier en Wijn
Winkel at Huiden Straat
There is a beer Museum in Alkmaar(sp?), just outside Amsterdam, about 20 minutes by train. I bought one of their 6-pack samplers of Bock beer. The cheese market is quite interesting to watch if you visit on the correct day.
RECOMMENDED:
1) If you like flowers, Find your way to Keukenhof, in Lisse, it is worth it! I'd suggest visit the Floriade, just an hour by train from Amsterdam, excellent connections. It's the once-a-decade world's largest flower exhibition, just stunningly beautiful. Open till October something I think.
2) Madurodam, the toy city, in Den Haag(the Hague), is very enjoyable too.
Last Updated: 11 February, 1996
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