Finally - fine dining, paired with beautiful beers, can now also be done in Amsterdam. Copenhagen, San Francisco, Brussel and New York have been having it for years. Amsterdam did have a few places taking beer seriously: Lieve (now Spingaren) and Restaurant Dwars, where chef Jo Vaessen worked with local ingredients and dito beers. Perhaps ...
As long as I can remember the place was café Amstelvaart, or really café-billiard, and that confounded billiards table was inconveniently placed in the centre of the pub. I have been in once and didn’t stay long: although rumor has it this place was the oldest pub in De Pijp (as the area is called), ...
It was a short and clean message on Facebook: Brewery Pampus, named after the historical island where ships had to anchor at low tide before they could enter the harbor of Amsterdam, announced it will be changing name, logo and image as per 1 January 2017.Continue Reading...
I have never been a big spirits drinker, although I rather drink a G&T than a poor lager. Last summer holiday in a Turkish all-inclusive turned out to be soaked in G&T. I never thought Heineken would get pissed off by G&T though – but it did. Read how they try to screw a hard-working ...
Maybe it’s me getting mild, but this will be another OHM blog post without me moaning and groaning about something. Don’t worry, I am not getting mild: it’s just that there’s once again some fantastic news to bring!Continue Reading...
I guess one of the things craft beer aficionados like most about the new wave of brewers is the fact they do not take ‘no’ for an answer easily. Pushing envelopes seems more rule than exception, testing boundaries has become a way of life. Now, that virus is spreading to adjacent ‘industries’. Hop is growing ...
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