CRAFT, the trade association for independent breweries in the Netherlands, is making a documentary and a new contemporary beer with a group of brewers, historians and TV chef Perry de Man. What kind of beer was in the glass in Rembrandt’s painting “The prodigal son in an inn” from 1635? Rembrandt\u2019s beer is the starting point of the new documentary series ‘In search of taste’. In this series, beer brewers, art and beer historians, and culinary all-rounder Perry de Man (DJ, chef, De Toko Rotterdam, Falafval, 24Kitchen) not only go in search of the taste of Rembrandt’s beer back then, but they also show how they managed to brew the beer in the painting with the taste of today.<\/p>\n
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The painting, inspired by the story of the prodigal son, shows a young couple raising their glasses in a cheerful mood. They are none other than Rembrandt and his wife Saskia – the painting is therefore called Self-Portrait with Saskia. A 17th-century selfie. Beer brewers and drinkers ask themselves only one thing when they see the painting: what did the beer Rembrandt drank taste like?<\/p>\n