The Low Countries’ Beer Society
“One of the Low Countries’ Beer Society’s goals is promoting beer as a beverage accompanying our meal”, states organizer Jan Laurijssen. “To this end, for the sixth time a contest was held for winning the Bier aan Tafel (beer at the table) Trophy. Sixteen cafés and restaurants took part in this.” After the semi-finals at HANOS in Eindhoven, the jury, led by Henri Reuchlin of the Beer Bureau, visited six finalists. In addition to Rootz, these are Restaurant Dwars in Amsterdam, Jopenkerk n Haarlem, De Dorpsherberg in Ospel, Degust in Hoogenveen and Eetcafé Den Hoek in Zundert. “What we notice is that the quality of beer suggestions improves every year”, says Reuchlin. “More and more often, guests venture to order a matching beer with their meal, because they discover that it is really good.”