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Discovering the Best Beer Tasting Events with Biergilde Hoorn at Proeflokaal Charlies

Best Beer Tasting Events with Biergilde Hoorn at Proeflokaal Charlies

The best beer tasting events follow a theme, or focus on local beers. They are even better when held in a welcoming pub, bar or café that presents a well curated beer menu. Biergilde Hoorn’s beer-tasting evenings held at Proeflokaal Charlies is the perfect example. It’s a fun event, with excellent hosts and friendly attendees. And a diverse selection of beers to taste, which people may not usually drink, is a bonus. We are pleased Biergilde Hoorn and Proeflokaal Charlies invited us to be the first guest after the summer.

The organisers are Rob from Hoorn Beer Guild (Biergilde Hoorn) and Monica from Proeflokaal Charlies. Their monthly proefavonden (beer-tasting evenings) happen every third Wednesday. Each month, a barful of enthusiastic beer devotees gather to sample six beers. The primary focus is local beers, whether home-brewed or commercial releases. But interesting brewers from outside the region are also invited too.

Best Beer Tasting Events at Proeflokaal Charlies
Photo by Proeflokaal Charlies

Fruity Monkey Beer is from Den Helder, which is in the same province as Hoorn: North Holland. Both Den Helder and Hoorn are maritime cities in the northwest, not far from each other. We are thus considered a local commercial beer producer.

Discovering beers and breweries in a fun environment is the evening’s aim. While also learning as much about beer as possible. Biergilde Hoorn and Proeflokaal Charlies not only meet those goals, but exceed them in every way.

Rob and Monica invite the brewers and producers themselves to present and explain their beers. So we are delighted to have been asked to tell the Fruity Monkey Beer story and discuss our fruit beers.

Fruity Monkey Beer with Biergilde Hoorn

In a busy Charlies, we introduced Peach, Passion Fruit, Raspberry, Strawberry, Coconut Vanilla and My Oathkeeper, our Imperial Oatmeal Stout. The attendees blind-tasted our beers, before giving their opinions and an honest verdict. We then spoke and explained what they had tried. Our fruity-fresh flavour adventures were popular, and the candid feedback was a useful insight. We made some new friends and new fans; but others who prefer more traditional tastes remain unconvinced. And that’s what make the beer world go round. So we’re more than happy.

Rob and Monica coordinated the evening with superb attention to detail. Rob also acted as compere. We enjoyed it very much and will attend again. But a visit to Proeflokaal Charlies (and Hoorn) is worthwhile at any time, thanks to an impressive beer range. There are 11 special beers on tap, many changing often, and over 100 different bottled beers. Not only Dutch and local, but also from Belgium — it is an ambassador for Trappist Orval.

Fruity Monkey Beer with Biergilde Hoorn

We recommend Biergilde Hoorn, Proeflokaal Charlies and the proefavonden to any beer lovers in the area. But our recommendation is unnecessary, for their success is already guaranteed. Everything they do puts the beers, members and customers first. And that makes a huge difference — it’s what makes it a stunning success.

Hoorn is the place to be every third Wednesday for some of the best beer tasting events you’re likely to attend. Recommended.

Proeflokaal Charlies
Dubbele Buurt 4
1621 JV Hoorn NH

https://www.charlies.nl/

https://biergildehoorn.nl/

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Set sail for Herberg de Compagnie: the distinctive food and local beer experience in Enkhuizen

Beer & Food Paired in a Dutch restaurant

With appetising dishes from the kitchen and Fruity Monkey Beer on the menu, Enkhuizen visitors and locals can experience Dutch beer food pairing excellence at Herberg de Compagnie during the hotel, restaurant and bar’s 10th anniversary year.

Tourists flow into Enkhuizen because of its maritime history. For 100 years or more the Dutch East India Company criss-crossed the globe from Enkhuizen. From its harbour, trading ships sailed to Asia with European goods, ideas and culture. And tropical flavours drifted back into Dutch taste consciousness.

Its strategic maritime location helped Enkhuizen gain city status over 650 years ago. And it remained one of the most important cities in the Netherlands for centuries. The tide may have turned on its fortunes as a port, but Enkhuizen remains a haven for exquisite food and drink.

Herberg de Compagnie, Enkhuizen

From its location on the outer harbour, Herberg de Compagnie steers a well curated menu. For more than a decade, this hotel, restaurant and bar has welcomed drinkers, diners and guests. It sails against the wind to offer superb food and distinctive local beers.

With 26 beers on tap, and around 60 in bottles, Herberg de Compagnie offers something special. A unique food and drink experience on the waterfront overlooking the Ijsselmeer.

Herberg de Compagnie’s name references Enkhuizen’s history and the Dutch East India Company. Its literal meaning is the ‘inn’ or ‘hostel’ of ‘the Company’. Close your eyes and take an imaginary voyage back in time to Dutch inns of a bygone age. Warm, cosy, welcoming and friendly, with hearty food and refreshing ales. Now open your eyes; today’s Herberg de Compagnie matches that description, exactly.

Herberg de Compagnie, Enkhuizen

Excellent food tastes even better with the perfect beer pairing. Herberg de Compagnie’s kitchen and grill serves honest, appetising dishes for all tastes. While its bar — known as the ‘beer pub of West Friesland’ — stocks almost every beer style and flavour.

Pairing food with the right beer for a unique taste experience is easy at Herberg de Compagnie. With Fruity Monkey on the menu, diners can complement their meals with a renowned local beer. Luscious Peach, Strawberry or Passion Fruit flavours go well with almost any dish — any time of year.

Rich, full-bodied fruity-fresh flavour adventures are the perfect meal accompaniment, ideal for Dutch-beer food pairing. And having tropical flavours on the menu harks back to Enkhuizen’s trading past. Ships laden with a worldful of unique flavours once moored near today’s Herberg de Compagnie.

Herberg de Compagnie, Enkhuizen

Find Herberg de Compagnie near Enkhuizen station and the Ijsselmeer ferry crossing. Now an inland sea, the Ijsselmeer once formed part the North Sea until Dutch engineers dyked it. That was almost 100 years ago. With such rich history nearby, Herberg de Compagnie is the ideal place to begin exploring.

So batten down the hatches for an enjoyable visit to Herberg de Compagnie. With Fruity Monkey Beer at the helm and a high-quality kitchen aft, set sail for an amazing experience.

Herberg de Compagnie
Spoorstraat 10-14
1601 GG Enkhuizen

All photos: https://www.herbergdecompagnie.nl/

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Finding the best beer in Haarlem is easy with Fruity Monkey Beer at Bar Boeff

Two bottles of the best beer in Haarlem at Bar Boeff

Find the best beer in Haarlem at Bar Boeff, the city’s cosiest living room. Relax in the bar’s comfortable embrace and enjoy a sense of adventure with Fruity Monkey Beer. Feel at home in the inimitable ambience and savour the exciting, distinct beer range.

Haarlem was home to a vibrant Dutch brewing industry for centuries. Thanks to the city’s position near the North Sea sand dunes, which acted as water filters. By the 17th century, over a hundred breweries in the city brewed using clean water from beneath the dunes. Within a couple of hundred years, they’d all closed.

Nowadays, a handful of successful craft beer breweries operate in Haarlem. But remnants of the city’s beer-related past are everywhere. Beer and brewing heritage remain important to the city’s culture and identity. Several of Haarlem’s craft breweries are among the most well-known in The Netherlands. And Haarlem’s nightlife reflects its past, but with today’s contemporary approach to comfort.

Fruity Monkey Beer in Haarlem at Bar Boeff

Bar Boeff offers visitors a range of exclusive tastes and unforgettable flavours. Including North Holland’s fruity-fresh flavour sensations, which excite customers and staff. In Bar Boeff, Fruity Monkey Beer has found a kindred spirit. Both are discerning rascals putting high quality food and drinks first. Fruity Monkey Beer’s mischievous, playfulness feels right at home in Haarlem’s living room.

A short stroll from the city’s historic heart, this city-centre bar exemplifies ‘gezelligheid’. It is a casual, welcoming, sociable, cosy place to gather and enjoy great beers. Beer-lovers enjoying the range of special beers are sure of a memorable experience.

Fruity Monkey Beer in Haarlem at Bar Boeff

Bar Boeff aims to be unique, a goal it achieves with ease. It offers lucky customers a beer selection they cannot find elsewhere in Haarlem. Bar Boeff skips ubiquitous, generic brands and offers a well-curated beer menu instead. Fruity Monkey Beer is on the menu, of course.

Bar Boeff also does something few other bars do. And that’s what makes it special. It follows a model found in many other European countries, but rarely seen in the Netherlands. Customers can inspect the cans and bottles arranged on the bar before choosing what to drink. That makes a huge difference to discerning drinkers. Bar Boeff ensures customers choose the perfect beer every time.

Fruity Monkey Beer in Haarlem at Bar Boeff

Fruity Monkey Beer accompanies delicious dishes and unique cocktails. Both of which are Bar Boeff’s specialities. Lower-alcohol organic fruit beer made using 98% natural ingredients has a broad appeal. Not too sweet, bitter or sour, Fruity Monkey complements Bar Boeff’s impressive reputation.

With Haarlem a firm Dutch favourite for beer-tourists, Bar Boeff is a go-to destination. Its success is combining a home-from-home atmosphere with inviting food and drink. So, if you’re looking for the best beers in Haarlem, swing by Bar Boeff at Kleine Houtstraat 58.

While in the snug embrace of Bar Boeff’s Chesterfield sofa, try a Fruity Monkey Beer adventure. It is like taking a voyage to tropical lands without leaving home.

Fruity Monkey Beer in Haarlem at Bar Boeff
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