patrickmaniac
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The Heineken experience
Oct 02, 2017,19:11 PM
What's a man to do in the land of the 2nd largest beer company in the world?
Pay homage to the birthplace and drink beer!
The line was pretty long, but you can skip it through buying tickets online.
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I opted for the VIP experience and it was worth it. Erik was the guide for the VIP tour and awesome.
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The 1st medal that Heineken won and it's one of the two printed on the bottles today
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History of the various bottles over the years .
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Cheers
PAt
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The Heineken experience
By: patrickmaniac : October 2nd, 2017-19:11
What\'s a man to do in the land of the 2nd largest beer company in the world? Pay homage to the birthplace and drink beer! The line was pretty long, but you can skip it through buying tickets online. I opted for the VIP experience and it was worth it. Eri...
The factory
By: patrickmaniac : October 2nd, 2017-19:20
The tour is at the 1st factory which production of beer has ceased. In its heyday, 700000 bottles was produced daily. The copper vats still looks good. A look into what goes into the beer. The magical "A" yeast discovered by DR Elion who was a student of ...
The stables
By: patrickmaniac : October 2nd, 2017-19:31
Beer was transported by horse carriages in the past and the legacy can be seen at the ground level stables area. Unfortunately the horses were not in there. Amstel beer. Named after the Amstel river which gave birth the name Amsterdam. A dam on the river ...
The VIP experience
By: patrickmaniac : October 2nd, 2017-19:43
On top of the factory is the skybar. You can have another beer or something else. Enjoying the view and breeze with a beer in hand. That's life! The VIP experience allows me to have a sampling of another 5 beers with different cheeses. This was in a quiet...
Great photo tour
By: jml_watches : October 2nd, 2017-23:39
I visited a few years back & really enjoyed it too. Didn't know about the VIP tour - as would have done that. If you ever go to Dublin - go to the Guinness brewery, it's just as good. Cheers JML