Cheap Beer 020

Holland’s most expensive drinks

2008-08-19T19:20:00.004+01:00

Terraces on Amsterdam’s Leidseplein serve Holland’s most expensive drinks. That is, you pay premium prices for a simple cup of coffee or a standard glass of beer. Coffee will set you back €2,30, and the beer €2,70. You’re not likely to find half a liter of beer (a pint, more or less) going for less than €5,00.

The terraces at Rembrandtplein, also in Amsterdam, rank as second most expensive in the country accirdubg to a report by Consumentenbond, a consumer information service.

The report shows that prices for drinks enjoyed at outdoor café’s in Amsterdam are eight to nine percent higher than the nationwide average.

Oud West - De Toog

2008-08-09T10:35:00.003+01:00

On the Nicolaas Beetsstraat in Oud West is a little bar with a big terrace called De Toog. This place has been here for over 10 years but I've not been in until 2 days ago. It's a nice place with nice beers and people from the neighborhood. Some people (like me) walked in for the first time, but looking at some guests red noses, this is a proper local bar for some as well. €2,00 for a vaasje is obviously quiet reasonable in Amsterdam nowadays and Palm, Leffe Dubbel and Leffe Blond on tap are always nice. The food looked good and wasn't expensive (Salad's, Fish, Pasta's) buit didn't try those myself.
Instead I had a nice Leffe Tripel from a bottle for €2,40 and sat outside in the sun (or whatever was left of it). Looking for a nice place in Oud West? I would definately visit De Toog if I were you.

Long Time No Seen

2008-08-09T10:18:00.004+01:00

Sooo. I've been away from blogging for a while. Cuz I was bored. I've decided to pick things up again though. So from today onwards you can read new posts about bars and beer in and around Amsterdam.
Whats the big news in Amsterdam? Well, there's a new brewery in town! It used to be in the outskirts of Amsterdam, but it has moved top the Red Light District. De Prael has bought a building and has opened the store. The brewery and pub which are connected to it will open this month. They'll be open from 9:00 until 16:30 every day!
Brouwerij de Prael, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 30, 1012GD, Amsterdam, T 020 4084470, info@deprael.nl

Dutch Beer Music - Andre Hazes - Samen Met Dré

2007-12-04T20:09:00.000Z

This is what 99% of the Dutch people listen to when they get pissed...
Download Full Album Here

Bokbier Festival 2007

2007-10-13T12:30:00.000+01:00

2 more weeks and we all have to go to the 30th Bobkier Festival in Amsterdam. Are you going too?
All the information about this great place on www.pint.nl

Mentos & Beer

2007-10-11T20:46:00.001+01:00

Oud West - l'Affiche

2007-09-19T16:56:00.001+01:00

After El Punto Latino I decided to drink another beer on my way home. I've been in l'Affiche on the Jacob van Lennepstraat before but couldn't really remember anything about it cuz I was sitting on their terrace in the sun back then. This time I decided to sit at the bar and just have a chat. I walked in and noticed the good music and that everything was made of wood. Wood bar, stools, six tables or so and lots of posters on the wall (hence the name of the bar).
I drank a Brand beer (€2,00) and found out that they've also got La Chouffe, Wittenkerke, Zatte from the IJ brewery and a beer I'd never heard of before: Lousberg... I bought the bottle (€3,00) and it's in my fridge now waiting for me to be opened. This is a nice place to relax and just have a chat... Go there after a hectic night out, just for a nightcap.

Center - El Punto Latino

2007-09-19T16:37:00.001+01:00

Last night I had my second "borrel" in two and half weeks working for my new job. This time because our department existed 2 years with great success. All of us were supposed to meet at El Punto Latino on the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in the center of town for Salsa lessons. Luckily this wasn't the case and everyone was just following this Latino guy on the dance floor.
I didn't really join in because dancing is not my thing. Instead I just spoke to some colleagues and stood at the bar. We got 3 drinks for free. The beer we were drinking was called Salitos and if you want to buy a bottle, you have to spend €4,00, ouch!
The only other beer they had was bottled Heineken. Wouldn't have a clue what the price of that was though. All in all, a very loud, red painted bar with a dance floor and expensive beer where, I assume, there are huge crowds of young drunk people in the weekends... Mwoa...

Another really tiny update

2007-09-12T17:41:00.000+01:00

So after I mentioned the Okura hotel a couple of weeks ago I now have found an even more expensive beer. Seriously... What are these people thinking... Here we go:

Café Vrijburcht on the J.O. Vaillantlaan in IJburg sell beer for €2,00.
Bar Babou in Hotel the Dylan on the Keizersgracht sells it for €3,50.
The Grand on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal sells it for €3,50 as well.
Then there is the Amstel Bar on the Professor Tulpplein: beer, €3,75.
The Pulitzerbar on the Prinsengracht has it for €3,00 and so does the College Hotel on the Roelof Hartstraat.... Top of (not my) bill is Hotel Hilton on the Apollolaan, with a Whopping, ridiculous €5,00!!!!! That's $7,25... That's 11! former Dutch guilders. DON'T GO THERE!!!

A tiny update

2007-09-11T21:54:00.000+01:00

Just a little update with beerprices:
Waldorf - Elandsgracht - Beer €2,00
Bep - Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal - Beer €2,20
De Nieuwe Anita - Frederik Hendrikstraat - Beer €1,80
Pakhuis Wilhelmina - Veemkade - Beer €2,00
Studio 80 - Rembrandtplein - Beer €2,20
Flexbar - Polonceaukade - Beer €1,80
11 - Oosterdokskade - Beer €2,50 (How dare they!!!)

Défilé

2007-09-09T14:13:00.000+01:00

So... Défilé... During the day it looks like a big lunchroom and at night it still does... The only good thing about this place is their rotating bar. Beer goes for €2,10 and it's Warsteiner.. People who go there probably all work at the World Fashion Centre, cuz there are a lot of "suits". They got Heineken, Amstel Malt, Wieckse Witte, Duvel, Palm, Corona, Westmalle Dubbel and Tripel in bottles but that definitely does not make this a good place... Not impressed, better start looking for a better bar in the same neighborhood.... If I had to rate this place I'd give it a 4 out of 10! Crap!

A new job!

2007-09-05T22:06:00.000+01:00

I've got a new job! Excellent! Great! Brilliant! Magnificent! Started on Monday and what a huge difference already, people basically welcomed me with open arms. Smiles, handshakes, 12 floors of it! I get to fly anywhere in the world for free, I'm gonna get a very cheap but brand new bike, in 3 weeks I'll have to go to Paris for a look in our buildings over there (all paid for of course), I can't wait! And you know what the best thing is for you?
It's in a totally different area of Amsterdam so I'm sure there'll be some brandnew bar reviews coming up soon starting with the bar I'll go to on Friday, Défilé. The first party at my new working place... And I've got another 2 parties coming up :)

Treffers

2007-08-29T00:48:00.000+01:00

So... I went to Treffers tonight. They used to be called Trefpunt and they used to be on a different corner. Now they are on the corner of the Admiraal de Ruyterweg and the Willem de Zwijgerlaan. They are good. They've got a proper covered patio and 3 beers on tap. Heineken, Wieckse Witte and Wisseltap. Now I was confused about wisseltap because I thought it was an actual beer... It isn't an actual beer but it's a tap they've got open for a different monthly beer... They don't use it though... What a waste...
Music there is fine... 70's and Andre Hazes.... They show football on big screens... Nice people and prices are not too bad.... Thats all I've got to say about this place. Vaasje? € 2.00....

Heineken Cider ?

2007-08-28T15:41:00.000+01:00

What's this then? Apparently Heineken is going to introduce Heineken Cider from tap in 17 bars in Amsterdam. Does anyone know where? Heineken calls it a female drink and the perfect alternative for lager and wine. It will have 5% alcohol and it will be called Charli. They hope to introduce it everywhere in the Netherlands at the beginning of 2008. Mmm, I'm very curious to see what this tastes like.

BEER!

2007-08-22T16:11:00.000+01:00

From €1,00 to €4,90

2007-08-22T12:13:00.000+01:00

I've got a new update ready for you people. Beers range from €1,00 in several places to a disgusting €4,90 at the Okura / Twenty one. How dare they ask that much money for a third of a liter of lager. These people should be fined. Just click on the picture to see the complete list so far.

This must be the cheapest beer in town

2007-08-22T11:24:00.000+01:00

Below bars must have the cheapest beer in and around town. Perfect for low budget backpack tourists, or just people with very little money..
Beware! Most of the places down below are Rock bars, so if you don't like rock music you might aswell not go. It's just a pity all these bars open up so late... In the near future I'll go to all of them and see whatelse they've got to offer.
Because this is a beerblog I'll only give the beerprices. But I can tell you in som of these places a glass of wine is the same price and a glass of Wodka just TWO Euro's!
OT301 on the southside of Vondelpark, beer €1,50, only open after 21:00.
MKZ on the Eerste Schinkelstraat, beer €1,00, only open tuesdays through thursdays after 19:00.
OCCI on the Amstelveenseweg, beer €1,20, only open after 21:00.
Molli in the van Ostadestraat, beer €1,00, only open after 21:30.
Vrankrijk on the Spuistraat, beer €1,00 only open after 21:30 and
The Minds also on the Spuistraat, €1,40, only open after 21:00.

Even little Lego men drink Beer

2007-08-22T11:14:00.000+01:00

A Brandspanking New List

2007-08-16T18:11:00.000+01:00

Click on the list to see it properly:)

Berliner Babe

2007-08-15T14:24:00.000+01:00

My good friend Jules wrote a letter to the guys who ran me over. Its very funny so please read it at: Berliner Babe.

Proef

2007-08-11T22:51:00.000+01:00

I went to a new bar tonight and it's excellent! They have a drinking area and a separate food area, they've got a terrace outside as well. It's called Proef and it's got 22!!! beers on tap. 22 Belgian beers to be specific! Except for them 22 beers they have at least another 7 beers in bottles. One of the beers I tried was Hommel from Poperinge. Never heard from it before but what a beautiful taste. They even got their own beer: Proef Blond, brewed by the people from the Prael Brewery. Strange thing: If you look at the Proef Blond logo, you can see the name of the brewery is misspelled. On top of it all you can eat lovely food there as well and they've got live jazz music there on Sunday's. You won't find me there then, I hate jazz but this is perfect. A Belgian bar just around the corner from my house!

An offer from the Cracked Kettle

2007-07-29T17:55:00.000+01:00

The Cracked Kettle must have discoverd my blog. In the shoutbox on the side of the blog they've posted the following: "Cracked Kettle have 33cl cans of Grimbergen Blond (6.7%) @ 1 Euro. Mention this blog & get 10% off".
That's nice.... Grimbergen Blond 33cl cans for €0,90 cents if you mention my Blog at the Cracked Kettle.
You can find them at Raamsteeg 3 in a small alley between the singel canal and Spuistraat directly across the street from the Belgium beer cafe Gollem. They are about a 5 minute walk from Dam square and are open daily from 12PM-10PM. For more information call them from Amsterdam at 020-6240745 anytime. Outside the country call +31-(0)20-6240745.

Lots of Rain = Pricey Beer

2007-07-29T17:45:00.000+01:00

Bad news for all beerdrinkers.... Because of the bad weather in the last two months, the wheat hasn't really grown all summer so the prices of all wheats have gone up at least sixty percent. Besides beer all other wheat product are going up in price as well... Sorry breadeaters, Gindrinkers, pastamunchers, eggfriers etc. etc. etc..

No Pubs for a While.

2007-07-28T22:57:00.000+01:00

Unfortunately I won't be going to any pubs, bars, clubs or anything else for at least 2 or 3 weeks. Why? Because I've been run over by a car last week, because the fucker did a hit and run, because I broke my fucking cheekbone, my fucking eyesocket and chipped part of the back of my fucking skull and because I have to be in a fucking brace for weeks on end. I feel okay but it'll take a while to heal. So unfortunately no beers for me... I'll write somewhere in August again... Email Me for questions at jeroenpater@gmail.com

Bitter beer blow as VB gets downgrade

2007-07-03T21:00:00.000+01:00

The alcohol content of Victoria Bitter is to be cut as brewer Foster's tries to slash millions of dollars from its tax bill. Foster's will also raise the wholesale price of all its packaged beers by about 2 per cent next month.Industry experts say the VB alcohol content reduction - from 4.9 per cent to 4.8 per cent - could save Foster's $20 million in beer tax a year.But the company has assured drinkers the taste of the iconic VB will stay the same."It certainly doesn't affect the taste, which is very important to our VB drinkers," VB spokesman Ben Wicks said."The taste will stay exactly the same. Our master brewers have done a lot of work to make sure of that."The lower-alcohol VB will start appearing in bottle shops from late August.
Mark Bowles, industry analyst at IBISWorld, said the drop in alcohol content would mean a "significant saving" for the brewer.
"Our estimate would be that they could save potentially between $10 million and $20 million," Mr Bowles said.
More conservative estimates put the excise saving at $5 million to $10 million.

Beer is addicted to me!

2007-06-26T09:42:00.000+01:00

TUI Commercial

2007-06-25T16:18:00.000+01:00

Winston Kingdom

2007-06-25T14:21:00.000+01:00

The Dommelsch vaasjes at the Winston Kingdom, a couple of blocks away from Getto, are smaller than elsewhere... What's up with that? And they still want €2,- for them as well? I'll drink Becks or IJ beer instead thank you... Nice place though... Little stage with punkbands playing, Betty Page video playing on the wall, nice people to talk with... A bit like a mix of Soundgarden and Maloe Melo. I'll definately come back here.

Getto

2007-06-25T13:44:00.000+01:00

Went to Getto on the Warmoesstraat for some cocktails and some food. Every sunday cocktails are only €5,- and food ain't too pricey either. Great things on the menu like Kangaroo and Ostrich. They call themselves "a place with an attitude free zone for gays, lesbians, bi's queers and straights. Grolsch is €2,10 but who wants to drink Grolsch anyway, it's shit and gives me a nasty hangover. There's probably just one beer worse than Grolsch and that's Budweiser. Anyway... Getto has happy hours Tuesday's to Saturdays and on Thursday's they have something called a Beerball... Not sure what it is, but apperantly it's got something to do with special beers.... I'll have to go back and see what it exactly is.

Maloe Melo

2007-06-18T23:22:00.000+01:00

After The Cave I still had the strength to go to another live bar in Amsterdam, on the Lijnbaansgracht, near Korsakoff and Soundgarden. No beer in glasses here... Just bottles of Leeuw for € 2,00 a piece... Pretty good price!! The big advantage of this bar compared to any other blues bar in town is that Maloe Melo has live music every night and it's not full of tourists who have too much money to spend... This place is for "normal" people, who like "normal" music and like playing pinball too :)

The Cave

2007-06-17T23:15:00.000+01:00

After seeing a great band called Demia in Bitterzoet last week, I decided to see 3 more heavy metal bands... Only this time in a proper metal bar called The Cave, which is located on the Prinsengracht near Leidseplein... I'm gonna be short and simple...
If you're in to loud music € 2,00 Heineken and very nice people.... Then go and visit the Cave...

De Bierkoning vs. The Cracked Kettle

2007-06-05T23:17:00.000+01:00

Let's compare the two main beershops in Amsterdam. Bierkoning and the Cracked Kettle. I went to both of them this weekend...
Beers? Cracked Kettle has about 200 different ones. The Bierkoning more then 1000!CK - 0, BK - 1
Price? Cracked Kettle is more expensive then De Bierkoning.CK - 0, BK - 1
Service?, The guy in the Cracked Kettle didn't say a word and didn't offer his help.
The girl at De Bierkoning offered me to order the beer I was looking for (Radlinger) from Germany.CK - 0, BK - 1
Extra's? At the Cracked Kettle they only sell beer. At De Bierkoning they've also got books, glasses, t-shirts, giftpacks etc. etc. etc.CK - 0, BK - 1
Area? Well, I do have to give the Cracked Kettle 1 point here... Why? Well they are opposite Gollem and De Bierkoning isn't.CK - 1, BK - 0

Final Score:Cracked Kettle - 1, Beerkoning - 4

Heineken Family Stake Sale Never Considered

2007-05-29T01:06:00.000+01:00

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A sale of the Heineken family's stake in Dutch brewer Heineken NV has never been on the cards, family heiress Charlene Carvalho-Heineken said in an interview with Dutch trade magazine Bierblad. "I can honestly say that the thought never entered my head. As a family we are part of the past, present and future of the brewery," Carvalho-Heineken was quoted by the magazine as saying. "Heineken has from the outset been a true Dutch firm and it will remain so. I cannot imagine a takeover by a larger foreign brewer."
Heineken, the world's fourth largest brewer in terms of sales, is controlled by the Heineken family which has a 50.05 percent stake.
Carvalho-Heineken is the great-granddaughter of the company's founder.

Soundgarden

2007-05-29T00:43:00.000+01:00

I've mentioned it before: Soundgarden on the Marnixstraat. They are truly my favorite bar in town and they deserve a little more attention then I've given them so far. Beer is one of the things I like about Soundgarden. They've got about 30 different kinds for a pretty low price. € 1,80 for a Budels for instance. Other beers on tap are Batavier and Witte Parel. Some of the beers they got in bottles are Bio Budels, Boddingtons, Brugse Tripel, Gulden Draak, Karmeliet Tripel, Witkap Stimulo and Vuurtoren. They've also got plenty of stuff to do. A pooltable, dartboard, fussball table and 2 pinball machines, lots of stuff to look at on the walls and allways something to read.
People here are very easy to talk to. They basically just walk up to you and start talking to you. Cafe Soundgarden in Amsterdam is a meetingpoint for people who are into various styles of 'alternative' music, from grunge to surfpunk and on top of it all, on sunny days you can relax on their beautiful terrace (facing the west, so always sun) along the canal. So you can even come by boat!

't Bruggetje

2007-05-29T00:37:00.001+01:00

Next to this little bridge, on the Admiralengracht, is a little neighbourhood bar called: 't Bruggetje (the little bridge). I went in there last night and I do have to say there's only 2 words for it: dark en dingy. I sat on the bar talking to the owner and got fed beers from 2 drunk guys who were sitting next to me. There's 2 gambling machines and a little terrace outside and however dark and dingy it was, it was still very nice.
Unfortunately the city council has decided that the whole block of buildings has to disappear because there's going to be a big square, but when that's going to happen noone knows. Until then you can still drink Heineken there for € 1,80.

Homer Simpson Beer Song

2007-05-28T20:53:00.000+01:00

Belgica

2007-05-28T18:43:00.000+01:00

Yeay, a new Belgian beer pub in Amsterdam. It's called Belgica (not to be confused with Belgique) and is just a 1 minute walk away from Leidseplein. It's very big, has typical Belgian food on the menu, it has free newspapers to read on big reading teables and it's got 9 different beers on tap, 16 beers in normal botlles and 12 beers in big bottles. The place is in a prime location, the beers aren't from small breweries and the prices aren't as low as they should be so I assume they are targeting tourists. The price of half a pint is € 2,75
The breweries they've got beer from are: jupiler, stella artois, hoegaarden, leffe, la chouffe, de koninck, hertog jan, achelse kluis, bellevue, chimay, duvel, orval, palm, rodenbach, vedett, westmalle and liefmans.
All in all I like it and eventhough the price is of the beer is too high, the rest of the prices are quite normal (leg of rabbit with treacle and black plums for € 12,50 ain't a lot and is the most expensive thing on the menu).
On top of it all, the toilets must be the most beautiful and the cleanest in the whole of Europe.

€ 1,00 beer

2007-05-22T22:05:00.001+01:00

I found a place where a can of lager is only one euro. It's a secret place and I'm not allowed to say where it is... But.... maybe you can find out....
Ask me questions and I might give you clues.

Amsterdam Beer Map

2007-05-22T20:46:00.000+01:00

First version of the Amsterdam Pub Map... Every day I'll add some more...

Marktzicht, Topido, Brinkentuin and Ronaldinho

2007-05-22T08:49:00.000+01:00

Down the road from Bax are a few other places to visit. Marktzicht, Topido, Brinkentuin and Ronaldinho. All these bars have is Heineken. but the prices in each bar and the atmosphere are very different. At Marktzicht you pay € 1,80 for a beer they are a real local and are open very late, at Topido (which closes at 7PM) the beer is € 1,75 and at Brinkentuin and Ronaldinho € 2,00... They are all dark brown Amsterdam cafe's but Brinkentuin and Ronaldinho are Surinamese owned. At Brinkentuin you can also eat Surinamese for very cheap. I didn't go in Ronaldinho's but I'll go in there another time.

Laundry tumbles with beer

2007-05-20T20:18:00.000+01:00

If you'd rather be having a beer with friends than washing your clothes, a U.S. laundromat has come with the solution. With six beers on tap, plus a range of bottled brews in the fridge, wireless Internet connection, couches and video games, Laundry 101 is as much a bar as a laundry.

"The people who use the bar usually just have a beer or two while they do their laundry," said Zach Brandon, 34, part-owner of Laundry 101 and city council member in Madison.

Brandon came to Madison from Ohio in 1998 to open a hybrid mix of Internet cafe and laundromat, but all that's left of that plan is a $7,000 espresso machine under the bar.

"There are eight coffee shops, not counting two Starbucks, within a few blocks of here," he said, kicking the espresso machine.

"So that idea went out the window pretty fast." Instead, Laundry 101 serves an array of beers including local brews such as Capital Brewery's seasonal Maibock ale -- made in Middleton just outside Madison -- catering largely for students from the nearby University of Wisconsin-Madison.

It's a Saturday night, but unlike other downtown bars serving the 41,000 strong student body here, Laundry 101 is relatively empty with just a few students using the washing machines and driers, surfing the web or having a beer.

"Saturday is actually one of our quietest nights, it's far busier during the week," Brandon said.

While the bar only brings in a small portion of Laundry 101's business, bar tender Allie Gilman, 21, said there are many regular customers, plus the occasional tourist. "It's generally a fun, easygoing crowd we get in here, people who want to kick back with friends while they wash their clothes," said Gilman.

Yet another update

2007-05-20T20:03:00.000+01:00

And yet another update. Cheapest Beer in Amsterdam so far? Kriterion! Click on the pic to see the list.

Ouch!

2007-05-17T20:57:00.000+01:00

A Northern Iranian man got 180 whiplashes during a holiday. He got these because he drank 2 beers. 35 year old Mamand Mamandy is doing okay, but is still in very much pain. Mamandy, a Kurdish male was visiting his mum in Baneh. The police arrested him there. The family was having a barbeque when the police drove by and saw Mamand having a sip of his beer. In total he'd had 2 beers. Straight away he got arrested and at the policestation they sentenced him to 180 whiplashes. He got them on his back. Mamand seeked asylum in Norway in 1999. He lives in a town called Drammen and has the Norwegian nationality.... This is too sad for words.....

Kegulator

2007-05-16T18:24:00.000+01:00

Hey!! This is handy! On http://www.kegulator.com/ you can now see how many kegs of beer you need when your having a party. Only one problem... It doesn't tell you how much the kegs hold. 1 liter? Or 10? Or 20?

Bars in De Baarsjes

2007-05-16T15:40:00.000+01:00

Katja Brokke has written a piece (in Dutch only unfortunately) about beer and bars in De Baarsjes, an area in Amsterdam which used to have lots of crime but which is definately going the right way now... She's going to visit all the bars in this area and write a small review about them... Read it on http://www.amsterdamcentraal.nl/
In the mean time I've found another little cafe in De Baarsjes, near Mercatorplein, where you can eat as well, with a terrace outside (facing west, so sun all day), it's called Cafe Cook. I haven't been in yet but it looks very nice. Jupiler: € 1,90.

Small Beer Break

2007-05-15T08:59:00.000+01:00

After last week I'm having a small beer break this week. Last week Tuesday I got pissed, drank too much whisky, scotch and beer in a very short period of time while playing poker. Wednesday I went out to Kale where they have on tap:
Amstel € 2,00
Wieckse Witte
Palm and
La Chouffe
And in bottles:
Duvel
Westmalle Tripel
Westmalle Dubbel
Corona
Natte and Zatte... Mmmmm.
Thursday I went back there and then to Montmartre after with Heineken, Heineken Ice on tap, Heineken Longneck, Wieckse Witte and Amstel Mald in a bottle to watch the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest. Friday.... Kale again, then Bitterzoet (see below), Saarein and Soundgarden. And.....
Saturday I went to the Meibock Festival and then to a friend after to see the Eurovision Song Contest Finals... Pffffffffff, Quite a week....

Drinking beer for charity!

2007-05-12T10:44:00.000+01:00

Breda beer, Breda's export product, is for sale until the end of the year. InBev and supermarket Albert Heijn have communicated that Friday. In bBeda and surroundings 16 supermarkets participate to sale. Ten eurocents of every sold can will go to the restoration the large church. Breda beer was sold in the sixties in the Netherlands and still sold abroad. The restoration of the large church has recently entered the last phase. In 2011, the restoration should be finished.

Tax Free Beer in Flanders?

2007-05-12T10:38:00.000+01:00

Why oh why don't I live in Belgium. The Flemish hotel restaurant cafe foundation wants to abolish tax on beer to draw destitute cafés in Belgium from the slop. A regulation which many belgians will agree with. The association wants belgians to be able to get a taxrefund on the beers which they've bought in a pub/cafe, because of this, beer drinking in cafés will become more popular then consuming liquid bread at home.

Bitterzoet

2007-05-12T10:04:00.000+01:00

Bitterzoet, on the Spuistraat, what a strange but very nice place, upstairs there's a bar, downstairs a big space with a stage and another bar. Live music, DJ's, all different kinds of music and all different kinds of people too... I went there for the "stadsspelen" which are a kind of Olympics in all sorts of categories including quiz and music.
Tap:
Brand €2,10
Heineken Ice
Wieckse Witte
Bottle:
Duvel
Corona
Heineken Export

Brewery List 10th Meibock Festival

2007-05-11T08:21:00.000+01:00

De Prael
't Vølen
Bavaria
Brand
Brouwerij 't IJ
De Eem
De Hemel
De Lepelaer
De Snaterende Arend
Drie Horne
Elegant
Gulpener
Hertog Jan
Jopen
Klein Duimpje
Maasland
Molen
Mommeriete
Oijen
Onder de Linden
Servattumus
Slaghmuylder
La Binchoise
Fantome
Kerkom
Proefbrouwerij
De Dolle Brouwers
Hummel
Heller
Jever
Riedenburger
St Sylvestre
Fullers
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2007-05-10T00:46:00.000+01:00

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Joost invites

2007-05-09T21:56:00.000+01:00

I've got plenty of Joost invites left...
Anyone want one?
Leave a comment and I'll invite you.
"Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping." It might take one or 2 days before you get the invite cuz I'm not online 24/7.

Pubs_v1.0.kmz

2007-05-08T00:18:00.000+01:00

I've decided I'm making the 1st KMZ file for Google Earth available.
Definately not finished yet, so it's only version 1.0.
If you want to see what I'm talking about, then get Google earth and download the kmz file: pubs_v1.0.kmz from: http://rapidshare.com/files/30072188/Pubs_v1.0.kmz.html

Cafe de Zon

2007-05-08T00:14:00.000+01:00

On the Lindengracht in the Jordaan area in Amsterdam, on one of the first corners on the left is Cafe de Zon. A small cafe with lovely people behind the bar. Typically Amsterdam. This is a place Ill come back to more often. A bonus is that a vaasje of Heineken is only € 1,80. As far as I know this is the only beer they have.

3 new bars

2007-05-04T09:50:00.000+01:00

Went to 3 new bars yesterday.
The Shape cafe is quite a nice place in Amsterdam West with a beautiful terrace where you can eat and go to fitness as well. Beer is only € 1,95...
Then to Edel. A new bar on the Postjesweg in an old school. This place also has a terrace (pointing to the east so there's no sun all day long), it's very modern inside has very trippy walls and they've got Grolsch for € 2,20..Very pricy for a local bar. On top of it all the staff was only interested in themselves. The only good thing was the food menu. It looked good (but have heard it's quite crap).
Didn't want to stay in Edel too long cause there's definately NO atmosphere so I went to Cafe Weefers which was accross the road. Now this was a nice quite local real Amsterdam brown cafe with a nice lady behind the bar. Stayed here for a while. Spoke to the barlady for a bit and drank a Heineken for € 2,00.

New Update

2007-05-04T09:46:00.000+01:00

Click the Pic for a new update on beerprices in Amsterdam

Brazilian Bavaria

2007-05-01T09:44:00.000+01:00

Cheapest Beer?

2007-04-30T08:53:00.000+01:00

Last night I went to Kriterion. The beer there on Queensnight? Dommelsch € 1,70!!!
Normally it's only € 1,50!!!!
Holy cow! Didn't know that was still possible...

10th Meibock Festival

2007-04-28T16:12:00.000+01:00

The Tenth Meibockfestival Date: 12 mei 2007 Time: 13:00 - 20:00 Where: Brouwerij de Prael, Helicopterstraat 13-15 (1e); 1059 CE Amsterdam Entrance: € 5,00 including € 2,00 for the glass. Drinks (15 cl): € 1,50 or 7 voor € 10,00 35 brewers from everywhere, wanna know which? Click here for a list.

How much money did you loose?

2007-04-27T19:39:00.000+01:00

On www.bierverliesmeter.com you can now see how much money Grolsch, Bavaria, Heineken and InBev "stole" from you by making deals about their prices.
I paid 2860 Euro's too much.
That is: 2 widescreen LCD screens or 16 Ipods.

Join in and protest. Don't forget to send the brewers an e-mail on www.bierverliesmeter.com (top of the website).

Queensweekend

2007-04-27T16:14:00.000+01:00

This weekend is time for a party! Sunday, Queensnight I'll go to the Westerstraat to check out het Monumentje, Nol and the Blaffende Vis. Monday, Queensday I'm starting off at Soundgarden and will probably and up near The Minds. I'll try and write something about it and maybe I'll write something tomorrow too.. Depending on how I feel.

Bax

2007-04-25T21:05:00.000+01:00

Went to Utrecht today, not gonna mention the prices of beers there cuz they are lower then in Amsterdam and have got nothing to do with this website... What I will mention is Cafe Bax on the Ten Kate market. This is a great bar with great service and good (not too expensive) food.
They also got live music and pub quizzes which are very rare in Amsterdam. Bad things? None. Good things? Terrace, service, food, entertainment, Palm, Weihenstephaner, La Chouffe, Zatte and Leeuw (€ 1,90) on tap and Corona, Koninck, Westmalle Tripel, Westmalle Dubbel, Guinness, Zatte, Columbus, Weihenstephaner Dunkel, Weihenstephaner Mald, Biturger Mald and Boon Brewery's Kriek in bottles.... Probably the best place to get nice beers in this area.

Google Earth pubs.kmz file ready soon

2007-04-23T17:22:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow, tomorrow...

2007-04-23T02:04:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow I've got a day off. Actually I've got Tuesday off as well. And a bonus is that it's gonna be 26 degrees celcius (80 degrees fahrenheit). So it sounds like a nice day to get up early, get fed properly and cycle around town to enjoy the weather and try out some new places I haven't been to yet and see what the prices of beer are (and what else they got). Maybe I'll cycle down to the east of Amsterdam and go by the IJ brewery and have a nice Natte or Zatte on their terrace... I'll see, as long as there's sun and as long as I can sit outside I'm happy. Maybe I'll finally get a sun tan.

Kadinsky vs. Dracula

2007-04-22T23:01:00.000+01:00

Went to see the football today Ajax Amsterdam playing Sparta from Rotterdam. Final score was 5-2... Very good match in a very nice little pub near Dam Square in a small alleyway called Kadinsky(where you can also smoke weed, which is a pity cuz I don't like the smell) with nice people and very cold beer They've got Heineken Ice on tap as well as Affligem and regular Heineken. they've got plenty of bottled beers as well. The football was on a big screen which is good. And halfway they had nice music on as well. Just one minor thing... The Heineken is € 2,20. For amounts of different beers Kadinsky is the winner but...
Then we went to Dracula. A Rumanian restaurant on the Hugo de Grootplein. Went there with 2 Rumanian friends. They said most of the food was good. I thought the service was nice and due to a lack of desserts you can go to the Ice Salon next door for beautiful ice cream or nice espresso... Unfortunately they didn't have any Rumanian beers but the Heineken in this place is € 2,00. So the winner is for price of beer is: Restaurant Dracula!!!

Last Night...

2007-04-21T12:05:00.000+01:00

Last night I started off in Cafe Kale once again (it's too close to work and too easy to stop off for "a quick one". After to Lesbian Bingo at the Saarein. And finally I went to a pub I hadn't been before... Cafe Mono on the Bilderdijkstraat. Nice little bar, good people, great music!! Heineken €2,00.

I ♥ Geert Wilders

2007-04-21T12:00:00.000+01:00

Actually I don't ♥ him but he's got a great idea. His first one cuz the rest of his idea's are crap! Geert Wilders wants Grolsch, Heineken and Bavaria to half the price of lager for the next 3 years because they fucked 2.000.000 beerdrinkers by charging them 200% of the actual price...
I hope the Dutch parliament agrees with him.

Lesbians!!!

2007-04-19T22:06:00.000+01:00

Either tomorrow or Saturday I'll go to 1 (or more) lesbian bars to check out prices of half pints of lager. Tomorrow mayby at the lesbian bingo at the Saarein or maybe Saturday at their 20th anniversary party... I'll keep you updated...

Update

2007-04-18T21:10:00.001+01:00

Name	Main Beer	Tap	Bottle	Price
Skek				€ 1,60
Eik en Linde	Amstel			€ 1,75
Stereo (B)eat				€ 1,75
Anno 1890	Amstel	2	6	€ 1,80
De Vries	Jupiler			€ 1,80
Soundgarden	Budels	5	15	€ 1,80
Oosterling, Café	Brand	6	10	€ 1,80
Rozebel Eten & Drinken				€ 1,80
Belgique, Café	Brand	8	30	€ 1,85
Club 8				€ 1,90
De Huyschkaemer	Grolsch			€ 1,90
De Sluyswacht, Café				€ 1,90
Lef, Café				€ 1,90
Thuys				€ 1,90
`t Doktortje	Brand	2	8	€ 2,00
Bar Waldorf				€ 2,00
BIHP				€ 2,00
Cuckoosnest	Heineken			€ 2,00
De Engelse Reet / De Pilsener Club	Heineken	9	14	€ 2,00
De Grote Kale, Café	Amstel	4	15	€ 2,00
De II Prinsen	Leeuw	5	10	€ 2,00
De Jonghe Dominus	Heineken			€ 2,00
Five Bells	Grolsch			€ 2,00
Flexbar				€ 2,00
Het Schuim	Brand	6	10	€ 2,00
Hoofdburo	Heineken			€ 2,00
In de Wildeman	Hertog Jan	17	200	€ 2,00
Kale, Café	Amstel	4	10	€ 2,00
Korsakoff	Leeuw	0	1	€ 2,00
Mooy	Heineken			€ 2,00
Oslo				€ 2,00
The Web	Heineken			€ 2,00
Voldaan				€ 2,00
Zink				€ 2,00
Onder de Ooievaar	Brand	4	10	€ 2,10
The Tara	Oranjeboom			€ 2,10
Akhnaton	Grolsch			€ 2,20
Blont & Blond				€ 2,20
Red				€ 2,20
Vertigo	Brand	4	10	€ 2,20
Dan Murphy's	Heineken	5	4	€ 2,30
Sub Terraneo				€ 2,40
XtraCold Amsterdam	Heineken	2	8	€ 2,50
Luxembourg	Dommelsch	6	13	€ 2,60
Belgica	Jupiler	9	16	€ 2,75
Herrie				€ 2,75
Il Mundo	Grolsch			€ 2,80
Tokyo Cafe				€ 2,80
Wagamama	Heineken	1	3	€ 3,25
Wines & Bites				€ 3,25
Vyne				€ 3,50
Name	Main Beer	Tap	Bottle	Price

Tour de Geuze Cancelled

2007-04-18T19:29:00.000+01:00

Unfortunately no Tour de Geuze for me this year. Sarah has been offered a great course in Oxford so we'll be giving Belgium a miss... Fair enough isn't it?

Cheap Beer?

2007-04-18T19:22:00.000+01:00

The European Commission has fined Heineken EUR 219 million for prohibited price-fixing agreements with other brewers. The Commission has imposed fines totalling almost EUR 274 million. Grolsch will have to pay EUR 31.65 million and Bavaria EUR 22.85 million. Belgian brewer InBev is being waived a fine of EUR 84 million because the company provided "important information" about the cartel, the Commission says.
One of the Dutch associations involved with café's also got plans to sew these breweries and have already asked the pubs and café's to lower their beer prices immediately :P

De Kolk

2007-04-15T10:31:00.000+01:00

We stayed at the Jonghe Dominus yesterday, but I went for a walk around the Nieuwezijds Kolk to see what the deal is with the prices on a little square in the heart of Amsterdam.
De Jonge Dominus has Heineken on tap for €2,00. Its a nice little cafe with 2 floors and a terrace. Something else quite nice is their Wieckse Rosé. Also from tap this is a lager with cherry juice in in (at least that's what it tastes like).
Next to De Jonghe Dominus is a new complex with a big fitnessclub, and a hotel. Below the hotel is a restaurant/bar : Five Bells.... They have Grolsch for €2,00 and it doesn't look like a place you'd hang out for a long time. Akhnaton is a place you can dance (I think). I didn't go in but the guy at the door told me Grolsch is €2.20. In "In de Wildeman" they have 100's of bottled beers and quite a few different ones on tap. Great place if you are a beer lover. Hertog Jan (their main beer) goes for €2,00 too... Mooy (opposite in de Wildeman) has Heineken for €2,00 but no one was inside when I got there.....
Then there are 2 more places where you can get beer. Places where men come together and have sex with each other (so I've heard). The Cuckoosnest and the Web.... I popped in just to ask the leatherguy behind the bar how much beer was and then left.... (Heineken, €2.00)
In the afternoon Sarah went to the Tokyo cafe on the spui and would have had to pay €2,80 for a beer.... Does this mean the Spui is a lot more expensive then the Kolk? We'll see....

New Set of Pubs

2007-04-14T08:38:00.000+01:00

Going out this afternoon to the the Nieuwezijds Kolk. It's a little square with a bunch of cafe's on it. Akhnaton, De Jonge Dominus, In De Wildeman are just a couple of them and I'm convinced all the prices over there are different.... We'll see... I'll give you a new update tomorrow. De Nieuwezijds Kolk is probably not the only place I'm going so the update could be quite big.

Google Pub Map

2007-04-07T09:51:00.000+01:00

There's a Google Pub Map now

InBev

2007-04-05T18:18:00.000+01:00

InBev, the worlds biggest brewer has decided to raise the price of beer in Belgian supermarkets twice this year. At the same time the price of beer in Belgian bars is gonna stay the same. In the end beer in bars will be cheaper then beer in supermarkets. They're also going to give away free beer to students cuz students (obviously) are the future.... Maybe I should move?!
Why are they doing this? Cuz only 3 out of 10 people go to a bar on a regular basis... Typical...
Ge maakt wat mee in een Jupiler Cafe

Kale, De Buurvrouw & Soundgarden

2007-04-05T18:13:00.000+01:00

I went out last night and got totally rat arsed...
First to Cafe Kale (Amstel, €2.00), then De Huiskamer (Grolsch yuck, €1.90) and finally to Soundgarden (Budels, €1.80)... Soundgarden is definately one of my favourite places to go in Amsterdam. Spoke to the owner of Korsakoff, their beer is €2.00 for a bottle of Leeuw

Heineken T-Shirt, Cap and 20€ Free...

2007-04-05T18:07:00.000+01:00

Heineken is looking for 500 people for a new commercial shoot..
Do you want to get a Heineken T-Shirt, Cap and 20€ free and do you have nothing to do while you're in Amsterdam on April 24th then you might as well go
Heineken Website here

Tour de Geuze 2007

2007-04-04T00:15:00.000+01:00

Aaaah, 2½ more week and I'm going to Belgium on the Tour de Geuze... It's excellent, pay very little money and being brought to 5 excellent Belgian breweries taste proper gueuze beer, lovely Faro's and excellent kriek. This year we're going to visit: Boon, De Cam, De Troch, Timmermans & Hanssens breweries and staying in Beersel where there are another 2! Oud Beersel and de 3 Fonteinen..... I can't wait.... Mmmmm Tasty!!!

The List So Far

2007-04-04T00:00:00.001+01:00

Name	Main Beer	Tapped	Bottled	Price half pint
Skek				€ 1,60
Stereo (B)eat				€ 1,75
Eik en Linde	Amstel			€ 1,75
Oosterling, Café	Brand	6	10	€ 1,80
Rozebel Eten & Drinken				€ 1,80
Belgique, Café	Brand	8	30	€ 1,85
Club 8				€ 1,90
De Sluyswacht, Café				€ 1,90
Thuys				€ 1,90
De Engelse Reet / De Pilsener Club	Heineken	9	14	€ 2,-
Voldaan				€ 2,-
Zink				€ 2,-
De Grote Kale, Café	Amstel	4	15	€ 2,-
De II Prinsen	Leeuw	5	10	€ 2,-
Flexbar				€ 2,-
Oslo				€ 2,-
Kale, Café	Amstel	4	10	€ 2,-
Het Schuim	Brand	6	10	€ 2,-
Hoofdburo	Heineken			€ 2,-
`t Doktortje	Brand	2	8	€ 2,-
BIHP				€ 2,-
Bar Waldorf				€ 2,-
Onder de Ooievaar	Brand	4	10	€ 2,10
The Tara	Oranjeboom			€ 2,10
Red				€ 2,20
Vertigo	Brand	4	10	€ 2,20
Blont & Blond				€ 2,20
Dan Murphy's	Heineken	5	4	€ 2,30
Sub Terraneo				€ 2,40
XtraCold Amsterdam	Heineken	2	8	€ 2,50
Belgica	Jupiler	9	16	€ 2,75
Il Mundo	Grolsch			€ 2,80
Herrie				€ 2,75
Wines & Bites				€ 3,25
Wagamama	Heineken	1	3	€ 3,25
Vyne				€ 3,50

Beer in Amsterdam is expensive...

2007-04-03T23:18:00.000+01:00

Last Sunday I wanted to order a beer on Rembrandtsplein in Amsterdam and found out that half a pint of Grolsch (which I don't even like) would cost me €2,80... A beer around the corner from my house only costs €1,60... And seeing that I'm Dutch, I've decided to create a list with beer prices and kinds of beer. Where to and where not to go drink what... If you go somewhere, somewhere what's not on the list, please send me an e-mail with: name of the bar, kind of beer, and the price of half a pint in that particular bar...
Thanks...

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2007-03-04T16:40:00.000Z

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