{"id":80457,"date":"2026-02-19T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=80457"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:47:55","slug":"kek-beer-special-beer-amstellands-glass-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/kek-bier-speciaalbier-amstellands-glas-verhaal\/","title":{"rendered":"KEK! in the Companion House with home-brewed beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcel and Erwin van Wieringen started small around 2014\/2015: their KEK! Beer was brewed as a rental brewery, including at the Sallandse Landbier Brouwerij. No large kettles in-house, but carefully rotating in an existing brewer's facility. This allowed the brothers to establish their own flavor without immediately setting up a full brewery.<\/h2>\n

The name KEK! is not a marketing ploy, but family history. The beer brand is an ode to their grandfather, better known in the region as Kek van Wieringen. That nickname is now writ large on the bottle, and is the common thread in everything the brothers do: from the naming to the way they present their brand as a true Amstelland family story.<\/p>\n

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Over the years, KEK! Beer grew into a recognizable local specialty beer from Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. The brothers focus on special beers that refer to their family and the Amstelland region. No anonymous factory beer, but beers that tell the story of two brothers and their grandfather. That local character makes KEK! Beer now a household name in the area.<\/p>\n

Thus, KEK! Beer has become more than a label off the shelf. The brothers give their brand an enduring base in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, with the Kek!-Gezellenhuis as a living room for everyone who fancies a glass of local Amstelland beer with history.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marcel en Erwin van Wieringen begonnen rond 2014\/2015 klein: hun KEK! Bier werd gebrouwen als huurbrouwerij, onder meer bij de Sallandse Landbier Brouwerij. Geen grote ketels in eigen beheer, maar met zorg meedraaien in de installatie van een bestaande brouwer. Zo konden de broers hun eigen smaak neerzetten zonder meteen een volledige brouwerij op te … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"district":[10736],"class_list":["post-80457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","district-amsterdam-omgeving"],"acf":{"slider":[80464],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/163527811","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Twee broers uit Amstelland bouwen hun eigen KEK! Bier uit tot herberg in rijksmonumentaal pand","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"De broers Marcel (40) en Erwin (36) van Wieringen begonnen hun KEK! Bier ooit als kleine huurbrouwerij. Nu, ruim tien jaar later, staat hun eigen naam op flessen \u00e9n op een rijksmonumentaal pand in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Met het KEK! in het Gezellenhuis geven ze hun familiebier een vaste plek als herberg en ontmoetingshuis.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"KEK! in het Gezellenhuis","adres":"Rondehoep Oost 16","stad":"Ouderkerk aan de Amstel","website":"https:\/\/kekbier.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80457"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80481,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80457\/revisions\/80481"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80457"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=80457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}