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Amstel (derivation from 'Aeme stelle', old Dutch for ('area abounding with water') is the river from which Amsterdam took its name.
On June 11, 1870, the first stone for the Amstel Brewery in Amsterdam was laid. The new brewery was the brainchild of two Amsterdam businessmen, De Pester and J.H. van Marwijk Kooy, responding to the skyrocketing popularity of Bavarian beers in Holland. And although there were already 559 breweries in Holland at that time, only two of them brewed Bavarian style 'lager' beer. By 1886, the Amstel Brewery was the city's largest brewer of lager beer. In 1883, Amstel started exporting beer to the UK and the Dutch colonies in the Far East. In 1980, Amstel Light was born. It is now the #1 imported light beer in the United States.
Characteristic of this beer is a unique selection of raw materials and an intensive fermenting process. The result is a special light beer containing only 3.5% alcohol and approximately 35% fewer calories than regular lager beer. Its popularity proves that great taste wasn't sacrificed along the way. It’s the beer drinker's light beer.
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