Old Amsterdam Cheese Store — Local services in Amsterdam

Absolutely one of the best “tastings” we’ve ever experienced. After a bit of history about the company and cheese making, Ron took us through 5 distinctively different cheeses, dating each for color, smell, flavor, and consistency. Each was also paired with wine and he gave us other suggestions about food, beer, liquor, and different wines that pair well with each cheese. Perhaps most important of all was the taste of the cheeses! I don’t think I’ll ever be satisfied with American cheese ever again. Don’t be fooled… by any “Dutch” cheese…read the label and if it’s not “Old Amsterdam”, it won’t be as good! Best 60 minutes you can spend in Amsterdam if you like cheese and want to know a little something about the differences and...

Here a word from a native Dutch.

The reality of this ‘old’ cheese is of course that this brand only exists since 1985.

But how about the cheese, is it ok or really good? Just look at the ingredients; it has sodium nitrate (e251) as a preservative. And to make it LOOK old, they use the cheap color trick. Carotene e160a or Anatto E160b a brown/ yellowing dye.

There are many average cheeses in the Netherlands that do without these tricks.

So if you are a tourist, and see deep yellow cheese... read the ingredients!

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Went for the cheese and wine tasting experience on GetYourGuide with my girlfriend. It was absolutely fantastic! Summary of the company at the beginning and an introduction on how the cheese is made and stored. We then started tasting the cheeses, we had 5 different kinds! Paired with both red and white wine. Wrote down things such as taste, flavour, consistency etc and had our certificate signed at the end! We also got a 10% discount in the shop after the experience, which was very useful as we loved the cheese! Thank you for an...