European Breweries History: Amstel Brewery
On June 11, 1870, the first stone for the Amstel brewery in
Amsterdam was laid. The new brewery was the brainchild of two Amsterdam
businessmen, De Pester and J.H. van Marwijk Kooy, responding to the
skyrocketing popularity of Bavarian beers in Holland. And although there
were already 559 breweries in Holland at that time, only two of them
brewed Bavarian style 'lager' beer. By 1886, the Amstel brewery was the
city's largest brewer of lager beer. In 1883 Amstel started exporting
beer to the U.K. and to the Dutch colonies in the Far East.
The name "Amstel" comes from the river that flows through the
city of Amsterdam. The brewery was situated next to the Amstel river,
whose water was to cool the beer.
Amstel Light was created in 1980 became the
number one imported light beer in the United States.
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