{"id":82218,"date":"2025-04-08T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T08:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=82218"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:55:25","slug":"tasting-room-eagles-nest-beer-cafe-dutch-beer-herengracht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/uitgaan\/proeflokaal-arendsnest-biercafe-nederlands-bier-herengracht\/","title":{"rendered":"Proeflokaal Arendsnest: 25 years of only Dutch beer on the canal"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 12, 2000, Peter van der Arend opened the doors of Proeflokaal Arendsnest on the Herengracht. His idea was as clear as it was stubborn: a caf\u00e9 serving exclusively Dutch beers and drinks. More than 25 years later, that concept still stands, and the selection has only grown. With 52 beers on tap, more than 100 bottled and canned beers, and twenty-plus genevers, this is now one of the most comprehensive Dutch beer pubs in the city.<\/h2>\n

Peter van der Arend describes himself as a beerologist, and that's no empty title. He built not only Eagle's Nest but also the Morebeer concern, which operates four beer bars in the Jordaan and surrounding areas. The regular draft beers show how broad the Dutch beer scene now is: Gulpener is on tap alongside Two Chefs Brewing, De Kromme Haring and Walhalla. Each of them breweries with their own character. They also serve their own house beers, brewed at Poesiat & Kater, the group's own brewery.<\/p>\n

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The caf\u00e9 sits in an authentic canal house. Inside it is intimate, with a bar that is not overly large. That's exactly the atmosphere Van der Arend set out to create: a tasting room, not a pub. There is also a separate tasting room for groups of up to 32 people, handy for a guided beer tasting. And then there's the canal-side terrace. On a sunny afternoon on the Herengracht with a glass of Dutch beer in hand, that just works.<\/p>\n

The wine list here is as serious as the cuisine at a restaurant. Only here it's all about tap and bottle, and everything is of Dutch origin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Morebeer Tour is for those who want more: a pub crawl past four downtown beer bars. Eagle's Nest is the starting point, which is fitting. The wine list here is as serious as the cuisine at a restaurant. Only here it's all about tap and bottle, and everything is of Dutch origin. Beer lovers from around the world know how to find the pub, but it is and always will be a place for people who want to know what the Netherlands brews.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Op 12 juli 2000 opende Peter van der Arend de deuren van Proeflokaal Arendsnest aan de Herengracht. Zijn idee was even helder als koppig: een caf\u00e9 dat uitsluitend Nederlandse bieren en dranken serveert. Meer dan 25 jaar later staat dat concept nog steeds overeind, en de selectie is alleen maar groter geworden. Met 52 bieren … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":82229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[10984],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-82218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uitgaan","tag-cafes-bars-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[82231],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Eigenaar Peter van der Arend bouwde een caf\u00e9 met 52 taps, uitsluitend Nederlands","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"4.8891998","cord_B":"52.3767662","introductie_tekst":"In de Jordaan, aan de Herengracht, zit een caf\u00e9 met een simpele maar strikte regel: alles wat er getapt wordt, is Nederlands. Proeflokaal Arendsnest bestaat al meer dan 25 jaar en heeft een indrukwekkende selectie opgebouwd van 52 bieren op tap en ruim 100 flessen en blikjes. Geen buitenlandse merken, geen uitzonderingen.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Proeflokaal Arendsnest","adres":"Herengracht 90","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.arendsnest.nl\/en\/","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82218","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=82218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82235,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82218\/revisions\/82235"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82218"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=82218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}