Winkel en Brouwerij de Prael

This was one of the highlights of the trip. We got a free voucher and stickers for a sample in the shop beside pub. Friendly staff and a nice atmosphere. Funniest moment was one of the people in are group asking for cider. Which was with laughter.

I’m giving 5 stars based on our experience, but I will say we didn’t eat here.
As far as the beer they make here, it was all great. More hops than a lot of local beers. Might have got that from a recent guest brewmaster from Saugatuck brewery from west Michigan. Clearly more of a place for locals, but the staff was friendly, the Brewers welcomed U.S. and gave a little tour, and we shut the place down twice, which says a lot.

Great brewed in AMS biers. We had a flight for 10 € even though a single large bier is 2.5−3.5 € so save some money and just buy one of each large one! Nice atmosphere but the waitresses are overworked and you have to track them down. Very nice when you actually get their attention. We didn’t eat a meal but had the croquettes which were fried Dutch balls. For an American they were quite strange but good!

I was here for lunch last week and it’s a really pleasant bar. I would say and this stands for most of Amsterdam if you want a beer in a reasonable amount of time get it at the bar. They are very relaxed if you go for table service so you will be waiting 15 – 20 minutes to get your drink.
I was here twice during my trip to Amsterdam the first for food so I was relaxed about being served. The second time just for a drink and we got so frustrated with waiting for the table service drinks to arrive, we ended up just leaving. Hence the two stars. Otherwise they would be a 3.
There beer selection covers all bases and they use quite small kegs so what’s on offer changes regularly. If your used to heavily flavoured American craft you amy be a little disappointed as their flavour profiles here are much more balanced, they are of great quality though and it’s nice to have choice which isn’t lager or something aggressively hopped.
Their brewery bottle shop around the corner is well worth a look and the prices on their bottle beer seems very reasonable.
I ordered the raw smoked beef sausage and it was very nice, it was smoked enough that it didn’t have an raw taste to me but was very good to have with a cool beer on a warm day. The salad was a let down though as it was wilted and a little sorry, quite probably made in a large batch in the morning or possibly the day before, suffice it to say it wasn’t the freshest and felt more like a necessary accompaniment to the meat and bread rather than a valued part of the dish.

Es ist wirklich ein «Lichtblick» im Rotlicht Bezirk. Nach enormen kucken & staunen, ein echt leckeres holländisches Bier zu geniessen war eine Wohltat. Ich kann diese Brauerei wirklich sehr empfehlen. Man wird gut beraten, das Personal ist freundlich und das Allgemeinbild der Lokalität ist auch schön. Eine lustige Idee sind auch die Wasserhähne auf den Toiletten. Schön umgebaute Zapfhähne.

This place is excellent. Great beer, good food, very friendly service and atmosphere. It gets really crowded at night so you likely won’t find a table but it’s worth standing at the bar.