Jopenkerk is a former church, where you don’t come to pray, but to drink Jopen beer.
A visit to Haarlem as a beer lover also means that you have to go to the Jopenkerk beer Haarlem brewery. Because many churches are empty nowadays, it was converted into a brewery a few years ago. A pallet of various Jopen beers is brewed and there are experiments with flavours, herbs and ingredients.
The most special beers are:
-‘Jopen Nuts for Chocolate’ is a blond beer with roasted almonds and cocoa.
‘Jopen Sin & Remorse’ is a very dark, heavy stout with a strong aroma of coffee, cocoa and chocolate.
‘Jopen Wayne’s world’ is a blond beer, with a clear citrus smell and taste. It is a slightly sour beer.
Homemade, and typically Dutch, bitterballen prepared in their own beer are served.