Oud West - De Toog

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.

Belgica

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.