Amstel Brewery (Amstelbrouwerij) is a
Dutch brewery founded in 1870 on the Mauritskade in
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. It was taken over by
Heineken International in 1968, and the brewing plant closed down in 1982, with production moving to the main Heineken plant at
Zoeterwoude.
History
The
brewery was founded on June 11, 1870 in Amsterdam and named after the
Amstel River, the waters of which also served for refrigeration. By 1872, Amstel was annually producing 10,000
hectoliters. For the purpose of storing the beer, winter ice from
canals was kept in special double-walled cellars. Originally, the beer was mostly drunk in Amsterdam. From 1883, it was also exported to
Great Britain and
Indonesia.
The
Beiersche Bierbrouwerij de Amstel (Amstel Bavarian beer brewery) was created in 1892 as a joint stock company. In 1915 the production of Amstel had increased twenty-fold and in 1926, Amstel consisted of a third of the Dutch beer exports. In 1941, Amstel, together with Heineken, bought up the Amsterdam brewery
Van Vollenhovens bierbrouwerij, which was closed in 1961.
In 1954, Amstel built a brewery in
Suriname. A few years later, Amstel was the first Dutch brewery to export beer in cans. At this time, the total exports of Amstel beer amounted to 101,000 hectoliters. In 1958 a subsidiary of Amstel produced its first beer in
Jordan. In 1960, the third subsidiary of Amstel was opened - the
Antillean brewery on
CuraƧao. 1963 saw the opening of two new breweries, one in......
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