I hadn’t realized beforehand, but Amsterdam is a canal city like Venice, which made it even more beautiful than imagined. We spent much of the time just walking around taking in the city, but to my delight we also had some great beer adventures.
Canals, canel bridges, and very crazy stairs to our hotel.
No trip is complete without trying the food. Yes, that is Mayonnaise on my fries.
As a part of what turned out to be our great beer adventure, D and I decided to visit the original Heineken brewery. It is no longer operational, but has been converted into a wonderful tourist trap that explains Heineken’s history and the brewing process. The picture that looks like the inside of a pub is actually inside an old beer fermenter. I must say it was surreal drinking beer inside a beer fermenter.
The pinnacle of our unexpected beer adventure occurred when we stumbled upon an amazing pub. There are a number of elusive beers that are considered the best in the world; many are made by Belgian monks. To my delight this pub had almost all of them. We were in beer heaven and sampled away. This turned out to be quite a feat considering most of the beers were 9%+. I encourage anyone to try every uncommon and/or uncommercial beer you come across especially any Belgians…just steer clear of the lambics (right D).
It was great spending time with my bro. The only sad part was saying good-bye and knowing how long it will be until the next time.
