Beer

Beer is woven into Amsterdam life in a way that pre-dates the canals — the city’s brewing tradition runs back to the medieval period, and craft brewing has revived strongly in the last decade. This archive collects venues where beer is the point: specialist beer cafés like In De Wildeman near Nieuwendijk (a former distillery now pouring 200+ rotating taps and bottles), Proeflokaal Arendsnest on Herengracht (exclusively Dutch brews), the basement brewery De Bekeerde Suster on Kloveniersburgwal, and the modern craft brewers — Brouwerij ‘t IJ at the windmill, Oedipus in Noord, De Prael in Centrum. Each listing notes whether the venue brews on-site, the typical tap rotation, and whether there’s a tasting flight option.