amstel brewery
have done for years. and grolsch. there is no amstel brewery anymore. it' s made at the heineken brewery in zouterwoude
in also recommend brewery' t ij and am not aware of an amstel tour ...
while amstel was mostly an amsterdam beer, in 1883 amstel started exporting their lager to great britain and indonesia. with their massive growth, amstel opened the amstel bavarian beer brewery as a joint stock company in 1892. by the time 1926 rolled around, amstel beer was a third of all of dutch beer exports .
review is truncated since i believe the recipe is pretty much the same for greek amstel as for dutch amstel .
. the amstel brewery was closed in 1982 and demolished in 1985. not a trace of it remains. where is amstel brewed - in zoeterwoude and den bosch .
amstel beer is made in amsterdam, holland. the amstel brewery opened on june 11, 1870. the beer was named after the amstel river, which the brewery used as a refrigeration source to keep the beers cold. two years after opening, amstel beer production had increased and grew out of being able to use the amstel river. the brewery had to start putting ice from the canals into double - walled cellars to keep the beer cold .
in 1870, charles de pesters and johannes van marwijk kooy established the amstel brewery on the mauritskade in amsterdam .
the successor to the fiddler and firkin brewery, which closed in 1999. the brewery and the
according to the amstel website, amstel beer is pure - filtered which creates a full - strength beer without the calories and carbohydrates .
in 1941, amstel joined forces with heineken and purchased another brewery. unfortunately that brewery was not as successful as the first two and shut down in 1961. amstel was first to export dutch beer in the can. from there on, amstel opened more and more breweries: jordon, the antillean brewery in curacao, then puerto rico and greece .
brewery in germnay, but they plan to open their own brewery in the hengelo area sometime in 2008 .
in 1968, amstel and heineken merged and up until the early 1980s amstel beer was brewed in the mauritskade. since this merger, amstel continues to be an important corporate brand and sales have continued to increase exponentially. the brand amstel awareness and the achievements continue to be supported by important, national and international, sponsored events .
yes, heinie owns amstel. . thats why we cant get amstel in the states, only amstel light. . heineiken doesnt want amstel to steal sales away from big green. . amstel, imho, taste much better than heineken... . and also, to the op, neither are brewed in amsterdam. . the heineken brewery is just a tourist attraction. . the original, original heineken brewery is next to the die port van cleve hotel on nz voorburgwal. . throwing a little trivia out there ...
end of the 1960s, a cosy evening at home with friends and an amstel beer .
heineken bought amstel in 1968. four years later, the original amstel brewery in amsterdam shut down. production was moved to zoeterwoude where the main heineken plant is. the original brewery was torn down, but the administration building was saved. it has since become apart of the hogeschool van amsterdam, the largest hogeschool in amsterdam .
these beer tours take you beyond the mainstream of heineken and amstel. they stress that they are
they bought up and quickly closed the tiny kroon brewery a few years back. more worryingly, they own holland' s only trappist brewery ,
no amstel tour to speak of. honestly i would visit the ij brewery not far from artis zoo. there is a few threads here if you use the search .
during the first world war, the amstel company was in a state of turmoil. an ever - increasing shortage of raw materials during the war years resulted in the halt of amstel beer export. the competitor, the van vollenhoven beer brewery, the largest exporter of dutch beers had also the same troubles. in 1941, both heineken and amstel formed a joint venture to buy the van vollenhoven brewery and prevent it from coming into german hands .
dark bock. seasonal - autumn. slightly weaker version of amstel bock. pretty good. sleutel is named after a dordrecht brewery closed by heineken in 1968. no longer brewed .
going to be in amsterdam next week, was considering a brewery tour. have seen a lot about the heineken experience, but haven' t seen so much about amstel, do they have brewery / tour also? can anyone recommend one over the other ?
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part of mahou - san miguel. supposedly the second largest brewery in europe .
. the malt is provided by local farmers with whom the brewery has contracts .
just to add even more trivia; the greek brewed amstel is reckoned to be better than the dutch; the uk brewed amstel is thin tasteless rubbish, but some bars sale netherland brewed grolsch with the ceramic cap .
after the second world war, the dutch consumption of beer declined. this was due to the increasing popularity of soft drinks and the relative good value of jenevers. as a result, amstel saw the opportunity for a cheaper beer: amstel oud bruin (brown beer). this sweeter beer was liked particularly by women in the south of holland. also with the declining sales in holland, amstel decided to restore its export position. up until the 1951s, amstel had the advantage over the german breweries as the latter were not allowed to export. however, amstel decided to brew locally overseas. this resulted in 1955 in the first overseas brewery: the surinam brewery in paramaribo with the famous parbo beer .
amstel remains as a brand and seems to get the slightly better beers of the heineken range. amstel herftsbock is the best bottom - fermented beer produced in holland. you really should try it if you get the chance .
amstel was the favourite beer for many amsterdammers. in 1907, the brewery bought its first truck to deliver beer barrels in the amsterdam area. outside amsterdam, fewer customers made the step to amstel beer however, with the take - over of small breweries and the sales outlets the company blossomed and grew .
independent brewery. it also has breweries in madrid and valencia. bought from heineken .
have now been split into separate businesses. the brewery re - opened in 2001 .
the amstel brewery was founded on june 11, 1870, in amsterdam by charles de pesters and johannes van marwijk kooy. they named it after the amstel river, which was instrumental in the brewery’s first innovation, as ice from the river controlled the temperature of the brewing process, making it possible to produce a consistently superb pilsner. adding more time to the brewing process also played a key role in enabling them to create the highest quality beer, featuring a perfect balance of taste and refreshment. in 1872, the first barrels of amstel beer were delivered in amsterdam. thanks to its rich character and taste it became an overnight success, going on to win numerous prestigious awards at beer festivals. in 1883, it was time for the world to discover amstel and thus, the first exported barrels of amstel were shipped to great britain and indonesia. by 1915, the production of amstel had increased twenty - fold and in 1926, amstel represented a third of all exported dutch beer. today, amstel is synonymous with pure ingredients and excellent quality and has become a part of the everyday fun, friendship, and socializing that people share in more than a hundred countries .
in the mid 1950s, the dutch beer consumption rose again partly thanks to the very successful collective beer advertising “the beer is best again”. in addition, the amstel logo was restyled and the importance of advertising recognized. the circular red and white amstel logo resulted in a powerful and very recognizable company logo. amstel continued to use the power of advertising for local and export markets .
pieter groenhuizen (1889 - 1972) was the amstel agent in baarn. agents were the “eyes and ears” of the brewery. they maintained contacts with the bar owners. they often had a bottling plant or bar as well .
beer and lemonade bottling from the agent t. jonker in heusden, around 1915. in this photograph, you can see how the fliptop and marble stopper bottles are filled with amstel beer. the boy sitting on the crate is busy sticking amstel labels on the bottles .
yazan karadsheh fills a glass with whiskey ale in his brewery' s taproom in fuhais, jordan .
› uac and heineken sign a contract for incorporation of nigerian brewery limited in lagos. (november )
and those running the de keyzer brewery museum. they plan to recreate more historic maastricht beer styles .
business seems good for this amstel brewery, which is actually owned by heineken, but local tastes must be closely watched. many local draft accounts are finding that they can' t even sell a 30 liter keg while it' s fresh and they are now removing their fancy dutch ceramic taps. amstel light and amstel donker (dark) must still be imported from the netherlands. while the brown bottles used are routinely recycled by everyone on the island, the cruise - ship industry demands green non - recyclable bottles. it seems that they have no problem disposing of the empties! amstel has become an integral part of the community throughout the netherlands antilles and countries such as curaçao have found that strictly enforcing their minimum drinking age of 14 helps keep the amstel / community relationship a healthy and positive one .
originally posted by nothoppy1 just found out they brew different beers then the ones they mass market here in the states. anyone have any idea why their full catalog isn’t on the shelves here in the states? anyone have any idea what they taste like? amstel bock is the best traditional bottom - fermented bock brewed in holland. i think it´s the best beer brewed by heineken. amstel 1870 is a better quality pils that is ok i suppose. it´s better than the standard amstel and heineken pils. amstel gold is a strong lager much loved by alcoholics .
while amsterdam cafes, beer houses and restaurants remained the most important market for amstel beer, sales opportunities expanded outside amsterdam parallel with the development of the railway network. agents along the railway worked hard to interest the innkeepers for amstel beer. virtually all these agents were also active as bottlers .
› president obasanjo commissions ama brewery (october) › nigerian breweries resumes export of its products › total production management (tpm) programme is introduced in lagos and ibadan breweries after it was first introduced in ama brewery .
› amstel malta is introduced (november); › nigerian breweries establishes a n100 million education trust fund for active participation in the funding of education .
here we have listed the best brewery tours and the best beer tours in amsterdam. (updated march 2015 )
› first bottle of star lager rolls off the aba plant. (may) nigerian brewery limited becomes nigerian breweries limited
› the new bottling line at ibadan brewery is commissioned; nigerian breweries team wins the heineken world’s business challenge award .
.... beer is the drink of choice. home to heineken and amstel, amsterdam has been a centre for european beer since the 15th century .
the brewery was founded on june 11, 1870 in amsterdam and named after the amstel river, the waters of which also served for refrigeration. by 1872, amstel was annually producing 10, 000 hectoliters. for the purpose of storing the beer, winter ice from canals was kept in special double - walled cellars. originally, the beer was mostly drank in amsterdam. from 1883, it was also exported to great britain and indonesia .
› nigerian breweries obtains a franchise from schweppes international to bottle its wide range of products; › kaduna brewery is commissioned .
› ama brewery produces its first heineken beer in small 33cl. bottles. (june) › the large heineken 60cl. bottle is introduced. › amstel malta box office reality show is introduced. › the national reading competition begins in about 20, 000 schools nationwide. (september )
a tiny brewery with no distribution - if you want to try their beer, you have to go and fetch it yourself .
bij amstel brouwen we al bijna 145 jaar geweldig bier, in uiteenlopende varianten voor verschillende seizoenen en speciale gelegenheden. bier om samen iets te vieren of ergens bij stil te staan, om met elkaar bij te praten of juist lol te trappen. amstel bier wordt sinds 1870 met liefde gebrouwen voor al die onvergetelijke momenten in het leven. show less
, a brewery left untouched since its closure in 1970. i' ve been very impressed with the two beers produced so far .
tiny brewery with a very poor reputation for qualty. every one of their beers i have tasted was infected. avoid like the plague .
the distinctive, golden amstel ® beer with its mildly bitter taste and excellent quality has become well known around the world. - al sinds 1870 wordt amstel pilsener volmout gebrouwen met natuurlijke ingrediënten. het resultaat is een helder goudgeel bier met een volle, toegankelijke smaak en een stevige schuimkraag. het perfecte bier om te delen met vrienden. - amstel 100% malta es el inicio de todo, nuestro máximo motivo de orgullo. originaria de ámsterdam, su receta hecha únicamente con ingredientes naturales se mantiene intacta desde 1870, conservando la tradición de los maestros cerveceros. show less
carakale' s black banner, featuring an endangered caracal with the jordanian royal crown atop its head, hangs over the brewery floor in fuhais, jordan .
while in greece with my family a few years back, i drank amstel the entire month i was there. it was summer and the local restaurants kept the amstel very cold. i quite enjoyed it and look forward to drinking it again on my next trip. i had it in both bottles & cans and found both very similar. the cans were nice to pack for the beach and enjoy on those hot days .
the new kid on the block was established in 2002. this is a brewery with a difference. it has a social agenda as the prael provides work for people with social problems. these people often find it hard to find work elsewhere. over the years the brewery has grown and expanded to a popular local hangout .
from left to right, carakale' s blonde ale, winter ale, pale ale and whiskey ale set atop the bar in the brewery' s upstairs taproom .
bottom - fermented stout. named after an amsterdam brewery bought by heineken in 1941 and closed in 1960. bitterness 33 ebu, colour 180 ebc. no longer brewed .
contract brewer. founded by louis moritz who was born in pfaffenhoffen in alsace in 1830. the brewery stopped brewing in the 1970' s. it started getting beers brewed in the
a brewery attached to one of holland' s top beer pubs. it uses an installation bought second hand from brouwerij de leckere. the beers are only available at the pub .
dark bock. seasonal - autumn. the same beer as sleutel bock. hooiberg is named after heineken' s first brewery on the nieuwezijds voorburgwal in amsterdam. no longer brewed .
t he challenge, quench the thirsts of hundreds of thousands of caribbean islanders. the obstacle, no drinkable ground water. the solution, let them drink seawater. but first desalinate it and use it to brew amstel lager beer. the amstel brewery in curaçao' s capital city of willemstad claims to be the only brewery in the world using 100 percent of its water distilled from seawater. located on emanapadie boulevard on the shores of one of willemstad' s many inland bays, the towering grain elevators and outdoor storage tanks look right at home in this industrial neighborhood only a few kilometers away from the american fast food joints serving up the finished product. formal tours are given for tourists every tuesday and thursday while locals get to visit on wednesdays, phone 612944 for information. be there no later than 9: 30 or you won' t get past the gate guard. groups of up to 75 are common and the languages of dutch, english, papiamento, and spanish are accommodated. after viewing a slightly outdated videotape while sipping coffee, tea or amstel lager the guides split the group by language and head off .
verifying this listing took some digging. because the beer' s label lists the website as
urltoken
i was skeptical this was brewed by athenian and figured this listing was unnecessary and these reviews should be moved to the main amstel page, but i did some research and i' ve since come around. here' s what i' ve come up with for the two people who give a shit: amstel was bought by heineken way back when, and heineken owns athenian according to wikipedia. athenian (with plants in athens and thessaloniki) brews this amstel exclusively for the greek market. i' d put this in line with the different per - country guinness listings, but it' s obviously contracted to athenian by heineken. so do with that what you will .
they currently brew their beers at de proefbrouwerij in lochristi in belgium. the intention is to have their own brewery at some point in the future (that' s what they all say) .
originally posted by nothoppy1 just found out they brew different beers then the ones they mass market here in the states. anyone have any idea why their full catalog isn’t on the shelves here in the states? well, who is
they
? there is no
amstel brewery
or
bass brewing co .
anymore. the amstel brewery and brands were bought by heineken in the 60’s, and the us importer at the time, van munching, didn’t want to compete with it’s self. when
light / lite
beers became popular, many brewers didn’t want to cannibalize their own brands and attempted to launch a different branded beer in the
light
segment (even a - b tried that early on with natural light before bud light) - and heineken used the
amstel
brand for it’s entry in the
light beer
segment in the us. (since then, of course, van munching is gone and heineken controls us imports, and has introduced
heineken light
). bass was split up, with coors owning the brewery and inbev owning the brand, so you’d have to ask why inbev (which doesn’t brew bass, but has it contract - brewed) chooses to make a different product for the home market than for their export market. when they do admit to such a thing, most brewers will say they change the recipe to fit local tastes .
blond ale. brewed in the oranjeboom brewery in breda between 1987 and 1993, when it was dropped in favour of palm. interbrew has given de beyerd the original yeast and permission to use the name .
a micro that produces quite commercial beers. they have had a habit of filtering some of their weaker beers, something that i have always thought a pretty pointless thing for a new small brewery to do .
an independent lager brewery with an extensive range of products. i' ve never been too impressed with their bottom - fermenting beers. there are some good ones amongst the newer range of top - fermenting beers .
this brewery has lived an exciting life in the last couple of decades. as part of verenigde bierbrouwerijen (oranjeboom) it was threatened with closure, before a mangement buyout in 1981. there was a clause in the agreement which prevented them from brewing bottom - fermented beer and they developed a range of belgian - style ales. oranjeboom later bought the brewery back to get hold of its speciality brands, before selling it on to
it has a beautiful location in the centre of amersfoort' s old town. there is a small brewery tap, where there are a couple of tables crammed in between the front door and all the brewing equipment .
the gradual paring down of brand' s bottled range is a cause for concern. after all, this is how it started with de ridder. next thing you know, the brewery is gone. what is it with multinational companies - why can' t they help ruining any decent brewery they get their hands on? surely they bought brand for its good selection of bottom - fermenting beers? now heineken have turned it into another pils factory .
in 1989, but still run pretty much independently. all the beers still come its own brewery in the south of holland and it retains its own house style. heineken have shown some degree of commitment to keeping the plant open. after a serious fire in the late 1990' s, considerable sums of money were invested to rebuild the brewery. but then again, you can never be sure with these multinationals, as the people at ridder recently discovered .
bartenders at the six bars where carakale is on tap say the beers have a devoted following among american and european expats, but that most locals still prefer more familiar brews. at café de paris, a dimly - lit bar lofted above a supermarket in the jabal al - weibdeh neighborhood of amman, bartender peter qaldas says he loves carakale and tries to promote it to customers but that a lot more beer still flows through the amstel tap each night. as if on cue, a jordanian couple approaches the bar and orders a pitcher of what they call “the normal beer” — amstel. “you can’t compare 25 years to two, ” qaldas says .
golden ale. first brewed in 1991 at the breda brewery of oranjeboom. it moved to arcen in 1994. pear and herbal aroma; sweetish taste with fruit aromas; bitterish finish with raisin and peach aromas. a fruity but quite bland beer .
all the while, that light bulb continued to flicker in his head. one day, his father and soon - to - be funder, marwan, called to ask if karadsheh was ready to return home and start a brewery of his own. “i asked him if he was ready to spend some cash, ” karadsheh said. with his father’s support, karadsheh returned to jordan in 2009 to found carakale, naming his brewery after the endangered desert lynx — or caracal — that is indigenous to jordan .
bavaria is the largest independent brewery in holland and concentrates unashamedly on the bottom end of the market. the low quality raw materials they use are easy to spot in the taste of the beers. tasting their beers is enough to make you appreciate heineken .
saison. a recreation of a beer from maastricht' s de keyzer brewery, which closed in 1970. it originated in a belgian subsidiary of de keyzer (which is how come a dutch brewery was brewing such a belgian style). biscuit, toffee, spice, grass and hop aromas; bitter / sweetish taste with biscuit and honey aromas; bitter finish with caramel, honey, cream and hop aromas. a good bittersweet beer that tastes like a pale ale. a welcome addition to the dutch beer world .
even though interbrew did choose it before the much larger oranjeboom as its dutch lager brewery, i can' t see it having much of a long - term future. the gigantic interbrew pils factory in leuven is only a short lorry drive away, after all .
back at carakale, karadsheh' s committed benefactor, marwan, stops by the taproom to gush about what his son and $ 3 million have built. “now we just need the business, ” he says. the younger karadsheh knows expats alone won’t help the brewery stay afloat — he needs to ramp up sales soon. with the brewery operating well under its 10 - million - liter annual capacity, he is considering exporting to the u. s. or the u. k. “that’s my survival instinct, ” he says .
karadsheh already has some pioneering craft brewers rooting for him to succeed. steve hindy, the founder of brooklyn brewery, is among them. as a foreign correspondent for the associated press in beirut and cairo in the 1970s, hindy first got hooked on home - brewed beer made by diplomats and other westerners living in those cities, and he brought his passion home to new york. today, brooklyn brewery is one of the biggest craft breweries in the world, exporting what was once a hometown brew as far away as australia and brazil .
in addition to their own crappy brands, they also contract brew low - quality beers sold under supermarket names. i' ve never had a beer from this brewery that wasn' t total crap. take my advice; don' t waste your time trying their beers .
amber lager. horrible pasteurised boiled sweet aromas coupled with pear drops. far too sweet and totally revolting. insipid bottom - fermented beer supposedly in the de koninck / palm niche. it' s been moved to the la trappe brewery so perhaps it is now top - fermented .
the big attraction in town is the heineken experience. established in 1864 by the then 22 year old gerard heineken, heineken is now the third largest beer company in the world. the tour takes place on the location of the brewery that was first constructed in 1867. this building produced beer until 1988 .
irish - style ale. biscuit, malt, cabbage and dusty aroma; sweetish taste with biscuit and malt aromas; bitter finish with hop, tobacco and smoke aromas. nothing like as bad as i had expected - only the aroma was a bit off. tastes like there' s some roasted malt in there. the label is extremely vague about where it' s really brewed .
traded by murphy brewery, amsterdam
it says. i can' t say i' ve ever noticed a brewery of that name in amsterdam. it' s actually brewed in one of heineken' s giant dutch lager plants .
› nigerian breweries becomes a subsidiary of heineken. › heineken takes over control of nigerian breweries; › maltina with pineapple is launched (july); wins for the second time, the africa beer award. › foundation stone of ama brewery is laid by governor chimaroke nnamani, in umuzeani vilage, udi local governement area of enugu state. (april )
pils. good smell of aroma hops and a pleasant spiciness in the finish. only spoilt by a tad too much sweetness and slightly too prominent butter. the best mass - produced dutch pils by a mile. bitterness 30 ebu. unfortunately, since the move to the new brewery the beer has been pasteurised. more than 90% of grolsch beer sold in holland is their pils .
fuhais, jordan — yazan karadsheh begins every tour of the sprawling warehouse that houses carakale brewery with a little history lesson. though the modern middle east is not exactly known for its drinking culture, the location he has chosen to brew his craft ales — a plot of land carved into the rolling hills of the jordan valley — is not so far from where mankind’s obsession with beer was born .
the idea raised eyebrows from the beginning. drinking, while commonplace among karadsheh' s christian minority community, is still somewhat stigmatized in jordan. carakale' s first choice for a location, just outside the capital city of amman, fell through after the conservative owner found out he intended to build a brewery there. it took three years to find and develop another location, down a winding mountain road from the christian town of fuhais .
“it started with civilization itself, ” says karadsheh, the 30 - year - old owner of carakale, jordan’s first craft brewery, to a group of american visitors one recent afternoon. beer' s invention by the sumerians over 5, 000 years ago, he says, has been linked to the dawn of agriculture and the development of a numerical system, both of which allowed its large - scale production. later, the pharaohs of egypt had references to beer inscribed on the walls of their tombs and pyramids .
after a brief stint working for halliburton in the oil fields of wyoming, karadsheh returned to boulder where he landed a job at a home - brewing supply store. one of his customers, who happened to be craft brewing pioneer charlie papazian, suggested he apply for the master brewing program at the university of california - davis. after completing the 18 - week program, he earned his stripes working at boulder’s upslope brewery, where he helped develop a dunkelweizen recipe that won a bronze medal at the great american beer festival in 2009 .
fifteen minutes flying time west of curaçao lies the island of aruba, formerly part of the netherlands antilles but now a member of the dutch caribbean. while the americanized resort hotels are all bragging about their bud, coors, and miller light beer selections it' s still possible to locate beers with flavor on the island. attached to the roma di notte restaurant at palm beach 17a is the colosseum garden restaurant & sports bar, telephone 65163. resisting the temptation to order a 7 ounce can of bud or even a similar - sized draft amstel you have the opportunity to taste a malty löwenbräu hell from münchen, no longer imported into the u. s. thanks to miller brewing company. the colorful label of ancla cerveza premium boldly proclaims
aruba
and touts sailing ships, a setting sun and the native divi divi tree but the fine print reveals
producido por cervecería ancla s. a. , columbia .
the light gold color seems innocuous enough but the sharp hop flavor is a bit unexpected for the accompanying light body and the slightly coarse finish takes a bit of getting used to. the flavors of this 4. 8% abv beer make it stand out from the light beer crowd while the ancla drink coasters stand out for their great graphics which even include the phone and fax number of the brewery. too bad these foam coasters are non - absorbent and generally useless .
wearing jeans and a bright blue polo shirt, karadsheh narrates this history with a glass of his signature whiskey ale in one hand, the massive silver tankards where it was brewed towering behind him. raised in jordan, he says he was first “hazed and infused” into the culture of craft beer while an electrical engineering student at the university of colorado, in boulder. leafing through a world beer atlas in a barnes and noble bookstore one day, he noticed that the beer he grew up drinking and always thought of as local — the mass - produced lager amstel, which has had a franchise factory in jordan — was, in fact, dutch. “that was the day i found out jordan didn' t have a real beer, ” he says. “a light bulb sparked in my head. ”
heineken is the second largest (it could be third or fourth largest now - these takeovers are going so fast a poor boy can' t keep up) brewing company in the world. it has two breweries of its own in holland (den bosch and zoeterwoude) but closed its original amsterdam brewery in the late 1980' s. with the exception of the uk, all the heineken sold throughout the world is brewed in holland. 7 million hl are exported to the usa alone (that' s more than the total exports to the states of all the german breweries put together !) .
although amstel lager dominates the beer scene of the dutch caribbean there are a few hidden treasures and a few best left buried. at the downtown terrace restaurant, gomez plaza in willemstad, telephone 616722, you can find a bottled beer menu with 15 choices ranging from buckler na beer to bellevue kriek, gueze and grand cru at $ 8 a bottle. the cristal from cervecería backus y jackson, lima, peru was a hazy light gold with a very thin body and a very light hop flavor and aftertaste. the bavaria pilsner beer from bierbrouwerij lieshout holland tasted like a heineken lager clone but much sweeter. the bavaria 8. 6, 8. 6% alcohol by volume (abv), came in tiny 25cl. (9 oz .) bottles and was labeled
super strength dutch lager
and had a freshness date one month away. the clarity was abysmal with the hazy amber color clouded by serious floating particles. the intense malty aroma was accompanied by a medium body and an alcoholic sweet flavor. with beer prices starting at 4. 50 naf (approx. $ 2. 50) this might not be the ideal happy hour spot but the two dozen outdoor tables in the heart of the punda shopping district make it a great place to people watch while enjoying a non - light beer .
the classic copper vessels have been replaced by four 6000 gallon stainless steel tanks, two mash, one lauter and one boil. the lager malt is imported from germany, belgium, france and great britain. the special rice comes from surinam while the hop extract is from hungary. the corporate yeast strain is dutch and the caramel syrup american. the process starts with the malt bouncing back and forth between the two mash tuns. rather than being the dutch version of decoction mashing this step is required to incorporate the rice starches produced in the second mash tun, since rice makes up 30% of the grain bill. the hop extract is added during the five hour boil while the caramel syrup addition is required for the final golden color. when the non - alcoholic malta is brewed the recipe gets sugar from the dominican republic and a lot more caramel syrup. the wort chiller uses only water and the fermenters get a blast of oxygen to get things going. the co2 produced is scrubbed and used later in the kegging operation. two weeks of lagering takes place in the outdoor storage tanks. the 125 employees run the brewhouse in three shifts and the bottling line in two. the bottling line now cranks out a maximum of 54, 000 bottles per hour. the shocking news is that the bottles hold but 9 ounces! the official excuse for this is that the previously used 12 ounce bottles allowed the beer to become warm while being served and for some reason customers failed to appreciate their beer as much when warm. funny, i' ve never heard of any full - flavored beers having this problem. from ground level of the brewery you can pass below the brewhouse and fermenters and walk amid the fixed and flexible plumbing. some portions of the floor drain better than others and the smell of caustic solution can get overpowering during cleaning operations. employment opportunities abound in the brewing process, assembling the cardboard containers for the cases of tiny bottles keeps three people busy all day. outside, a hopper containing spent grains stands ready for local farmers who buy it for cattle feed. a diesel generator is sometimes called upon to provide backup power for critical processes while waste water receives treatment before being passed on from the local holding pond to the nearby bay .
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10 years later, in the 1880s, export started to the colonies in the dutch east indies and the dutch antilles and surinam. this was followed shortly afterwards with export to the rest of europe .
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established in 1985 in response to the domination by the large beer companies, namely heineken. brouwerij' t ij is the flagship of amsterdam micro breweries. the all natural beers are not filtered or pasteurised .
tours are conducted in english on friday, saturday and sunday. cost is 4. 50 euro and includes a beer. tour begins at 3: 30pm. be sure to get there early as space is limited and it fills up fast .
the tour is not standard. you can buy a package depending on how much beer you would like to sample. prices start at 7. 50 euro. no tours on monday. groups smaller than 10 have to wait until others join .
beer quality has been known to fluctuate. however, quality is much better as quantity increases .
rated the best beer tour company in amsterdam by tripadvisor. a small company that specialises in small group tours of 4 to 6 people maximum. their beer tours are informal with super small groups hence their popularity. you buy your own beers and pay for the time of the guide. they have three tours :
amsterdam afternoon beer tour: this tour was designed by former customers who just wanted someone to show them around to cool beer locations. tour maximum 4 people. costs 25 euro .
amsterdam bars, breweries and distillery tour: similar to the afternoon beer tour you visit local micro - breweries, bars and a distillery. you don' t enter the working areas of the brew houses. you just drink their product. tour maximum is 6 people. costs 25 euro .
red light district tour: sex, drugs and drinks. a combination of red light district tour and drinks. on this tour they provide you drinks in the ticket price. tour maximum is 4 people. cost 50 euro .
amsterdam' s extension of the world wide franchise. urban adventures was established to get people off the beaten path .
amsterdam beer tour: visit local beer specialist locations with a guide. drinks are included in the price except for the end stop: 49 euro per person .
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amstel brewery ( dutch : amstelbrouwerij , [ ˈɑmstəlbrʌwəˌrɛi̯ ] ) is a dutch brewery founded in 1870 on the mauritskade in amsterdam , netherlands . it was taken over by heineken international in 1968 , and the brewing plant closed down in 1982 , with production moving to the main heineken plant at zoeterwoude . 
amstel brewery (dutch: amstelbrouwerij, [ ˈɑmstəlbrʌwəˌrɛi̯ ]) is a dutch brewery founded in 1870 on the mauritskade in amsterdam, netherlands. it was taken over by heineken international in 1968, and the brewing plant closed down in 1982, with production moving to the main heineken plant at zoeterwoude.
amstel brewery (dutch: amstelbrouwerij, [ ˈɑmstəlbrʌwəˌrɛi̯ ]) is a dutch brewery founded in 1870 on the mauritskade in amsterdam, netherlands. it was taken over by heineken international in 1968, and the brewing plant closed down in 1982, with production moving to the main heineken plant at zoeterwoude.