Bar Joost
Molukkenstraat 33, 1095 AT Amsterdam
Corner bar in the Indische Buurt, open since 2014, that pours only beer brewed in Amsterdam, with a rotating line-up of local breweries on draught and dozens more in bottles and cans. It's known for kopstootjes (a beer with a jenever) and monthly brewery takeovers. Open 3pm to 1am Monday to Thursday, 3pm to 3am Friday, 2pm to 3am Saturday and 2pm to 1am Sunday.
BeerTemple
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 250, 1012 RR Amsterdam
American-style craft beer bar run by the Arendsnest team: around 50 taps, with about 30 American and Canadian beers, at least 10 European ones and house beers from Poesiat & Kater, plus 100 to 150 bottles and cans. Bar food runs to wings, chicken strips and bitterballen. Open 2pm to midnight Monday to Thursday, 2pm to 1am Friday, noon to 1am Saturday and noon to 10pm Sunday.
Brouwerij ’t IJ
Funenkade 7, 1018 AL Amsterdam
Amsterdam's best-known craft brewery, founded in 1985 in a former bathhouse under the De Gooyer windmill. Most of its beers are on tap in the tiled tasting room, with a big terrace and snacks such as Dappermarkt peanuts, ossenworst and sheep's cheese. Open 2pm to 10pm Monday to Friday and noon to 10pm Saturday and Sunday.
Brouwerij Troost Westergas
Pazzanistraat 25-27, 1014 DB Amsterdam
Brewpub in a former gasworks building in the Westergas culture park, brewing on site with the tanks behind the bar. There's food all day, and a brewery tour every Saturday at 4pm (book ahead). Open from 11am daily, until midnight Monday, 1am Tuesday to Thursday, 3am Friday and Saturday, and 11pm Sunday.
Café Gollem
Raamsteeg 4, 1012 VZ Amsterdam
Amsterdam's original specialist beer café, open since 1974 in a tiny room near the Spui: 14 rotating taps and around 200 bottles built on Belgian classics, with Dutch beers and international guests (Westvleteren 12 and aged Orval are often in stock). Open 4pm to 1am Monday to Thursday, 2pm to 3am Friday and Saturday, and 2pm to 1am Sunday.
Craft & Draft
Overtoom 417, 1054 JR Amsterdam
Neighbourhood beer bar in Oud-West with about 40 taps and dozens of bottles and cans from Dutch and international craft breweries, plus a small terrace and takeaway. Open 4pm to midnight Sunday to Thursday and 4pm to 2am Friday and Saturday.
De Bekeerde Suster
Kloveniersburgwal 6, 1012 CT Amsterdam
Brewpub-restaurant with copper kettles in the bar, on the site of a medieval convent whose nuns brewed beer. House beers, a canal-side terrace and a full kitchen. Open noon to midnight Monday to Thursday and noon to 1am Friday and Saturday; Sunday hours aren't listed on its website.
De Prael
Oudezijds Armsteeg 26, 1012 GP Amsterdam
Big, multi-level tasting room in the oldest part of the city, run as a social enterprise that employs people who find it hard to get work elsewhere. Brewing on site stopped in late 2024 and the house beers now come from outside Amsterdam, but they're still on tap alongside a full food menu, and there's a four-beer guided tasting for €18. Open from noon daily, usually until midnight; listings differ slightly, so check before a late visit.
Gebrouwen door Vrouwen BAR
Jan Pieter Heijestraat 119D-h, 1054 MD Amsterdam
Flagship bar of Gebrouwen door Vrouwen (‘Brewed by Women’), the brewery started by two Amsterdam sisters, with all their beers on tap, organic lemonades and snacks. It hosts tastings, parties and pub quizzes, some in English. Open 3pm to midnight Monday to Wednesday, 3pm to 1am Thursday, 3pm to 3am Friday, 1pm to 3am Saturday and 1pm to 10pm Sunday.
Gollem aan het Water
Entrepotdok 64a, 1018 AD Amsterdam
Neighbourhood beer café on the Entrepotdok quayside, next to Artis zoo, with a waterside terrace, board games and sport on TV. Taps lean towards local and Dutch beers, with a strong Belgian bottle list. The posted hours (summer) are 2pm to 1am Monday to Friday, noon to 2am Saturday and noon to midnight Sunday, with the terrace closing at 11pm.
Gollem’s Proeflokaal
Overtoom 160, 1054 HP Amsterdam
The Gollem group's eetcafé on the Overtoom: 22 taps and around 120 bottles, with Flemish dishes such as stoofvlees and mussels cooked in beer. Open 4pm to 1am Monday to Thursday, 3pm to 3am Friday, 2pm to 3am Saturday and 2pm to 1am Sunday.
In de Wildeman
Kolksteeg 3, 1012 PT Amsterdam
Classic beer café in a former distillery tucked down an alley off the Nieuwendijk: 18 rotating taps and about 250 bottles, mostly Belgian and Dutch (Trappists included) with British, American and German guests, plus aged vintage bottles and a cider list. Open noon to midnight Monday to Thursday, noon to 1am Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday.
Pension Homeland
Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam
Bar, restaurant and small hotel in the old naval officers' quarters on the Marineterrein, pouring beers from Brouwerij Homeland, whose brewery is about 100 metres away on the same site. Waterside terrace by the inner harbour; live music or DJs at weekends. Open daily, with lunch noon to 4pm, dinner 5:30pm to 10pm and the bar open until 1am.
Poesiat & Kater
Polderweg 648, 1093 KP Amsterdam
Large brewery-restaurant in an 1887 industrial building in Oostpoort, pouring the full Poesiat & Kater range fresh from the tap, with a big terrace and full kitchen. The beers are now mostly brewed at the company's brewery in Weesp. Open 11am to midnight Monday to Wednesday, 11am to 1am Thursday, 11am to 2am Friday, 10am to 2am Saturday and 10am to midnight Sunday; the kitchen closes at 10pm (9pm Sunday).
Proeflokaal Arendsnest
Herengracht 90, 1015 BS Amsterdam
Canal-house tasting room that has poured only Dutch beer since it opened in 2000: 52 taps and around 50 bottles and cans, including house beers from its sister brewery Poesiat & Kater and regulars such as Gulpener, Two Chefs, De Kromme Haring and Walhalla. There's a list of Dutch jenevers too. Open noon to midnight Sunday to Thursday, and to 1am Friday and Saturday.
Two Chefs Taproom
Hugo de Grootplein 7, Amsterdam
Taproom of Two Chefs Brewing, founded in 2012, with 16 taps of its own beer brought in fresh from the brewery almost daily, plus bar bites and a restaurant next door at number 11. Open 3:30pm to 11pm Monday, 3:30pm to midnight Thursday, 11:30am to 2am Friday and Saturday, and 11:30am to 11pm Sunday. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.