An inside look at the "Heineken Experience"
This august building used to house the Heineken brewery--the main brewery is now located elsewhere--but the company has maintained it as a museum and homage to its 147 years of beer-making.
Gerard Adriaan Heineken
Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij
Storage silos
Original kettle
New copper kettles
Wort
Fermentation tank
19th century ceramic tankard
Horse cart
Freddy the horse
Harness
1939 bottle
Four Heineken bottles
Price list
WOBO bottles
"The Heineken Wobo went through several design processes with one aim in mind--to design a bottle that was interlocking and self-aligning. A final design was achieved and two sizes--350 and 500mm--were manufactured. The bottle, however, never went beyond a prototype."
Heineken logos
The red star
Bottle wash
This is the first step, the bottle wash.