This hand-operated crown-capping machine tells the tale of beer bottling. In the beginning, breweries bottled on a small scale…

On 22 January 1868, Gerard Heineken presented the first brew in his new brewery. The office clerk responsible for the festive…

This is a chair for a man of distinction, that much is clear. It perfectly suited the stately atmosphere of De Amstel Brewery,…

Two men dressed to the nines right up to their high white collars pose at a café table for Heineken’s Beer. On the table we see…

This painting of a street scene in Kinshasa is a glorious feast for the eyes. On the left, Congolese men and women dance on a…

In the 1950s, this illuminated advertisement indicated that the premises housed a café. A ‘brown café,’ that is: a typical Dutch…