Dutch brewers is a diverse community, varying from one man operations to huge multinational companies. Respondents are all possible forms and shapes and the outcome of the survey is representative, given the 27% response rate. It means the results give a clear picture of how Dutch breweries view the subject of quality. In earlier pieces ...
20Jan 2017
TGIF: Café Foeders – new beer gem in Amsterdam
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), ...
23Nov 2015
OHIM – The future for beer started in Vienna – the second wave of the beer revolution
Sometimes finding a good title is the hardest thing of writing. I would like to say that a rather historical thing happened some days ago which will hugely impact beer as we know it, and its future. As it is, Europe’s best beer shop officially opened Thursday 19 November 2015 – there you have it. Continue ...
30Sep 2015
Marqt is cool – and a real beer pionier!
Recently a new Marqt store opened at Amsterdam’s Gelderlandplein. This ‘sustainable’ supermarket chain is about to earn itself an honorary place in Bierland history books: it pioneers cold storage and offering of beer to its customers! This policy change will dramatically increase quality of your (and mine) favorite beverage: three cheers for Marqt! The 'cool' ...
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