DK Travel : Amsterdam : Top 10 Drinks

Amsterdam : Top 10 Drinks

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1. Pils

The national drink of the Netherlands is beer.Pils – top brands Heineken and Grolsch – is the lager-like beer served (with froth) in bars. The Dutch generally drink it from small glasses, so it remains ice-cold to the last drop.
2. Witbier

Wheat-brewed white beer is pale and cloudy – often served with a slice of lemon.
3. Bokbier

A brown, sweet, winter beer served in round glasses.
4. Jonge Jenever

Dutch gin is flavoured with juniper and drunk neat – usually downed in a swift gulp from a small glass.Jonge (young)jenever is colourless and sharp.
5. Oude Jenever

Smoother, more complex, and slightly yellow in colour. Both types are referred to in bars asborrel (a tot).
6. Kopstoot

Aptly named, akopstoot (head knock) is apils swiftly followed by ajenever chaser.
7. Naveltje Bloot

Literally, Naked Tummy Button: a fruit liqueur traditionally taken when a mother-to-be shows off her bump to family and friends.
8. Oranje Bitter

An orange-flavoured liqueur knocked back onKoninginnedag (30 April).
9. Bakkie

A cup of strong black coffee, the way the Dutch prefer it.
10. Koffie Verkeerd

If you like your coffee milky, “wrong coffee” is what to ask for.