Orchid In Amsterdam
March 20, 2015Contrary to my recent social media appearance I have been keeping very busy!
Last Month I was off to Amsterdam with the lovely folks at Orchid as Alex - their assistant manager - sadly, could not make it as he was at the Diageo World Class mixing up a storm.
We got up to quite a lot of stuff on our short stay, first stop was the House Of Bols in the Museum Square in the center of Amsterdam. We had a great tour with the UK Bols brand ambassador John Clay, it was a super interactive experience which included a lot of smelling, visual delights and a choice of a whole load of great drinks in a 360 degrees mirrored bar.
After learning all about Bols and Dutch Genever we went to the Lucas Bols distillery to learn more about the taste of Bols from the Master Distiller / Blender, Piet van Leijenhorst - who is shown above expertly demonstrating the Genever slurping technique which we later got to try out ourselves.
The second day we went to the Heineken Experience and of course at the end enjoyed a few beers!
We visited a load of amazing places and bars and it was an altogether amazing experience - It wasn’t my first time in the city but it is always a pleasure. Here is a few photos from us wandering around the city, It was beautiful weather and Amsterdam was being as photogenic as ever - there’s even a cheeky snap of me in there!
It was a great trip and cant wait to see the new Orchid Bar in full operation tomorrow!
See you there.