Amsterdam Beer and Bike
 

Hi everyone,

We are looking at booking an Amsterdam beer and bike tour during our stay (August 11-16th 2016).

Does anyone have any recommendations on what company we should use? There are only two of us, so we are looking at a Shared Group tour that we could book, instead of booking out the entire bike. I have done some research and found www.beerbike.co.uk.

Has anyone used this company before, or do you recommend any other ones we should use? They are based in the UK but organise the beer and bike tours in Amsterdam.

Thanks for any advice!

DON'T. These tours are the scourge of Amsterdam and the people who think this is a good idea and are on it are universally hated.

DON'T DON'T DON'T

http://wegmetdebierfiets.nl/

The city council is working on banning the beer bikes.
As Menachem says; don't.

Biking and beer: what could possibly go wrong?

As those above have said: don't do it. Just walk.

Given that the beer of Belgium is world class and the beer of the Netherlands is as bad as it is in the USA, why would you do this in Amsterdam?

http://www.bikebelgium.com/item/beertour/

It saves more beer for us, Bilbo ;)

Agree bilboburgler, but tell that to the people in the queue at the Heineken brewery.

Nowadays there are lots of small breweries in the Netherlands, and in bars in Amsterdam you'll find plenty of Belgian beers as well.

There are more craft breweries in the Netherlands than Belgium nowadays, producing excellent beer.

Heineken etc are awful, but plenty of really good alternatives nowadays -'t Ij, Jopen, Maximus to name but three.

As to beer bikes, they are a nuisance at best, and fatal at worst. Don't do it, especially as you will be served rubbish beer. Amsterdam has talked to the providers of these things and agreed some "rules" but could still end up banning them. Some are also technically unsafe.

"Biking and beer: what could possibly go wrong?"

As long as you're not wearing a helmet you'll be fine*.

* Source - a guy on the Internet

cold :-)

I'm not sure I've seen a bike helmet on any guy in the netherlands apart from racing road bikes

Bilboburgler

The cycling bible for Amsterdam tourists:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?autoplay=1&v=sEON08d76oE