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9 Best Amsterdam Tasting Houses and Cocktail Bars
Café de Dokter • Medieval Center
Tiny, surrounded in dark wood and filled to the brim with bird cages, antiques, old clocks and other curiosities, Amsterdam’s smallest pub was founded by a surgeon and has been in the same family for generations. There are just four tables and a good selection of whiskeys and beers, with a rotating whiskey of the month and superb smoked beef sausage to go with it.
Map • +31 20 626 4427
Café Hoppe • Medieval Center
Since opening in 1670, Hoppe has attracted a diverse assemblage of socialites, entrepreneurs, and journalists, and continues to achieve this today. You can consume beers, award-winning wines, and numerous genevers within its ancient, wooden-paneled walls, or else perch on the terrace of their modern pub section which makes for great people-watching on the Spui. Lots of special events, such as Herring Parties in June.
Location • +31 20 420 4420
Wynand Fockink • Red Light District
This tasting house from the 17th century is an excellent place to expand one`s knowledge about genever (Dutch predecessor of gin); there are approximately 70 or so liquers and genevers to select from. They’re sipped from traditional tulip glasses, and one traditionally bows after the initial drink. Boswandeling (Walk in the Woods) is a good one to start with.
Location • +31 20 639 2695
Rosalia’s Menagerie • Nieuwmarkt en Lastage
Attached to the spectacular Misc EatDrinkSleep boutique hotel and just around the corner from the raucous Red Light District, this intimate cocktail bar is one of the best places in town to sample contemporary concoctions or sip an artisan beer or wine. Their Vesper martini (gin, vodka and blueberry habanero jam) is a knockout.
Map location • +31 20 330 6241
Vesper • Jordaan
A Jordaan neighborhood establishment that`s basically situated in someone`s front room, this cozy cocktail bar includes a inventive, seasonally evolving cocktail menu. They also offer a boozy High Tea menu, perfect for a lazy afternoon.
Map location • +31 6 87244056
Door 74 • Southern Canal Ring
It’s simple to stroll past this unmarked entryway without even seeing it’s there, however on the off chance that you’re aware, send a content message to pick up section to this dim covered underground bar. An unique mixed drink is made day by day; differently, attempt their Searching For Black Matter, a concoction of Botran Solera rum, dried pineapple bitters and Marzipan syrup.
Map location • +31 6 34045122
Twenty-Third Bar • De Pijp
Come to the 23rd floor of Hotel Okura for some of the elevated views of the city, as well as beautifully presented classic cocktails and indulgent champagne cocktails. The superb bar snacks come from the hotel’s Michelin-starred adjoining restaurant.
Location • +31 (0)2 06787450
Bar The Tailor • Medieval Center
Inside the Hotel Krasnapolsky on Dam square and named after the original career of the hotel’s founder, this stylish bar is overseen by world-renowned mixologist Tess Posthumus. Her innovative cocktails grace the menu, including the award-winning Cuban Mist.
Location • +31 20 554 6114
Tales & Spirits • Medieval Center
With a vista overlooking Singel canal on the western edge of the medieval center, this sophisticated bar has award-winning mixologists serving imaginative, unique cocktails. Try General Lee, a Knob Creek Rye, Dom Benedictine and Amaretto creation that comes with its own theme song.
Location specifics • +31 6 55356467
5 Best Amsterdam Craft Beer Breweries
Brouwerij Troost • De Pijp
Trendy Troost has three areas across the city, all providing guided tours and tastings and having breweries connected. In addition to about a dozen or so brews, ranging from pilsner to aged barley wine, Troost also crafts its own lemonades, gin, and jenever. The most atmospheric is the former monastery in De Pijp, with an adjoining restaurant serving comfort meals and burgers.
Map location • +31 20 760 5820
Brouwerij ‘t IJ • Plantage/East Amsterdam
Located beneath Amsterdam’s tallest windmill in a former bathhouse, the city`s most well-known freelance brewery produces nearly three dozen beers; their Zatte and Natte are notably exceptional double and triple flagship brews. The expansive terrace is magnificent on sunny days. While there is no dining establishment, the bar serves cheese plates, sausages, and other snacks. Personal guided tours of the brewing facility available outside the public tours on Fridays through Sundays.
Location • +31 20 261 9800
Butcher’s Tears • Amsterdam Zuid
Novel, unprocessed and unpasteurized beers crafted at this progressive industrial area, overlooking a canal south of Vondelpark. At the tasting quarters, accessible Wednesday to Sunday, you sample barrel-aged wild ale with dates or seasonal and constrained version beers. No food is offered, but there are occasional exceptional happenings, such as live music.
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Oedipus Brewing • Amsterdam Noord
Founded initially by four friends, Oedipus is an eccentric microbrewery located in an industrial area of Amsterdam Noord. Within their quirky taproom, they pair their six permanent beers and a couple of stouts with prize-winning burgers from the Beef Chief. In addition to this, they experiment with unusual ingredients (anyone for a Szechuan pepper beer?) and host Beer Dinners monthly in collaboration with different restaurants.
Map location • +31 20 244 1673
Brouwerij de Prael • Red Light District
A distinguished brewpub in the core of the Red Light District, encircled by bars and cafés. This maker of beers has an extensive variety of own brews, IPAs, and stouts, and collaborates with other inventive brewers. De Prael is also accountable for Amsterdam’s initial ever rainy bitter, and it ain’t half bad! The burgers, samosas, pulled pork sandwiches and chili dogs at the attached restaurant are an ideal complement to the brews.
Location • +31 20 408 4469
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