Amstel stoop emblem

With this rhyme by the popular lyricist Clinge Doorenbos (1884-1978), the Amstel brewery introduced a new consumer packaging in July 1937: the so-called double stoop. The double stoop was a siphon bottle with a capacity of 10.5 to 11 liters, containing 5 liters of beer. The fact that the bottle was only slightly less than half full with beer was because the remaining space was needed for carbon dioxide. That carbon dioxide served as a propellant and as a preservative. Just like the then well-known mineral water siphons (which were rarely filled with mineral water but usually contained carbonated tap water), the Amstel double stoop was also equipped with an internal glass tube that reached the bottom of the bottle and was connected by a rubber ring. with a metal siphon head. In the case of the double stoop, the glass tube had a length of no less than 38 cm. Unlike mineral water siphons, where the spray mechanism in the metal head consisted of a pedal with a spring, the head of the doubl