Top 10 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.
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2. Witbier
Wheat-brewed white beer is pale and cloudy – often served with a slice of lemon.
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3. Bokbier
A brown, sweet, winter beer served in round glasses.
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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.
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5. Oude Jenever
Smoother, more complex, and slightly yellow in colour. Both types are referred to in bars asborrel (a tot).
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6. Kopstoot
Aptly named, akopstoot (head knock) is apils swiftly followed by ajenever chaser.
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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.
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8. Oranje Bitter
An orange-flavoured liqueur knocked back onKoninginnedag (30 April).
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9. Bakkie
A cup of strong black coffee, the way the Dutch prefer it.
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10. Koffie Verkeerd
If you like your coffee milky, “wrong coffee” is what to ask for.
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