
On the walk to Oedipus Brewing in Amsterdam Netherlands
Until last week.
After taking the ferry from Centraal Station to Sixhavenweg, I landed and immediately began a long (one mile) walk to Oedipus Brewing.
By many accounts Oedipus is the finest brewery in all of Amsterdam though there is a tiny sub-cult of Butcher’s Tears fans who stridently object to such claims.

Oedipus Brewing is located in Amsterdam Noord
It’s peaceful.
Narrow offshoot trails wend their way through dense underbrush, and if I wasn’t thirsty and in need of a strong drink I would gladly branch off the brick footpath to do some exploring.

Oedipus Brewing’s tap wall
My barmaid, Rosa, is a peach, and happy to walk me through the wide variety of beers her employer has on tap. I’m ready for a session and she’s capable of delivering a sound one.
Over the course of the next few hours I work my way through most of the taps (12) a feat not nearly as impressive as it sounds as Oedipus offers baby pours, perhaps 8oz per serving.

Firepit in the side courtyard at Oedipus Brewing
As I made my way around town over the next week I noticed Oedipus enjoys wide distribution in bars and quick marts with Mama, a pale ale, being on nearly every shelf I encountered.
Oedipus adheres to the US tradition of outsourcing their food with a popup outfit called Beef Chief providing a litany of hamburgers. We got a good laugh out of the dish they titled ‘redneck fries’

Oedipus Brewing
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 85
1021 KP
Amsterdam, Netherlands
I’ve been drinking in Noord Holland since the late 90s and it’s refreshing to see all these young, idealistic brewers plying fresh takes on old and new style brews. I still love to hit de Gollem and drink pint after pint of Trappist biers but there is a new wave in Dutch brewing and it’s thrilling to partake in it.

The front courtyard at Oedipus Brewing
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 85
1021 KP
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Oedipus Brewing is located in a light industrial section of Amsterdam Noord
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