In the coming weeks we will release a string of articles about the rising number of brewers in Amsterdam. Maybe there will be a separate Amsterdam beer festival soon but for now Amsterdam is still part of the province of Noord-Holland and that nice city in the middle of it, Alkmaar, was the host of the annual Noord-Hollands Beerfestival. Last year the Noord-Hollands beerfestival was held on a cold snowy February day in the cafeteria of some public building, quite a way from the central railway station. The organizers this year made some wise decisions. Firstly it was moved to June and. Secondly, they must have been to the festivals in Groningen and Den Haag because they opted to hold in a church this time. And is there really a better place to do it? Noord-Holland boasts a lot more brewers than just the Amsterdam and Haarlem breweries. There is enough to do above the IJ-canal that splits Haarlem and Amsterdam from the rest of the province. 24 brewers were present, a great number, but j … |
Source: The Dutch Beer Pages
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