If you serve craft beer by the pint, make banging cocktails and throw in some free comedy nights for good measure, you can be damn sure you’ll find me at perched at your bar.
The oldest brown café in De Pijp: Dopey’s Elixer
It’s kind of incredible how it’s taken me almost four years to find myself in the absolute institution of Amsterdam beer scene that is Dopey's Elixer.
Morebeer partners with Poesiat & Kater
When I asked what was the most exciting part about this partnership, Jesse said it was working with “Amsterdam’s Godfather of beer” Peter and all the possible collaborations they could look forward to.
A new neighbourhood pub in the Noord
Pelusa calls itself “your favourite neighbourhood pub with drinks, food, music and disco lamps” and it’s not wrong.
Double trouble: Two tap takeovers at Beer Temple
Last week Amsterdam beer lovers were treated to a right feast with not one, but two tap takeovers, both hosted by one of our absolute favourite bars in the city: the Beer Temple.
Beer from the Converted Sisters of Bekeerde Susters
T’was a night in that weird time between Christmas and New Year when you’re not really sure what day it is, you’re full of Christmas food, cheese and feeling a little confused, and a friend of mine suggested going to the pub. I said yes (obviously) not least because the place she suggested sounded exciting:... Continue Reading →
When we finally found De Biertuin
One good thing about when your out-of-town friends visit is that as you show them around you kind of go on a little adventure yourself. And when our friends from Finland (Mari and Jussi, looking at you, kids) come and visit, we always end up going on a beer related adventure. We’re all beer lovers... Continue Reading →
Monthly beer meet-up at Foeders
At first I thought, “there can’t be 42 taps there”, but bloody hell, there was. As beer lovers (I mean, fiends), after moving to Amsterdam and getting settled, the first order of business was to find our tribe. A group of beer lovers who would share our shameless gushing about beer without getting bored stiff... Continue Reading →
A hybrid of an Irish pub and a Dutch bar: The Tara
As a newcomer to Amsterdam, I found that the best way to get my head around the city, its history and heritage was to join on one of the many free walking tours. There’s something really oddly appealing in getting your pedestrian on with a bunch of other outlanders ogling at the hidden gems of... Continue Reading →
How Foodhallen saved the day
Sometimes you don’t find good beer… sometimes good beer finds you. It was a bloody rainy day when Tom and I decided to take my brother, who happened to be visiting us in the Dam, to Foodhallen. We’d been ogling Vincent van Gogh's artworks for hours on end to be honest, I was getting hangry... Continue Reading →