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	WELCOME In the shadow of the New Church on the Dam, lies the oldest Tasting House (Proeflokaal) in Amsterdam: "De Drie Fleschjes" (“The Three Little Bottles"), founded by the Bootz Distillery.		The tavern dates from 1650 – the height of the Golden Age, when characters such as Rembrandt and Michiel de Ruyter were at their peak. Since that time the interior has changed little. The classical "drankorgel", a wall of fifty wooden spirit barrels, remains in the same dominant place as it has for centuries; and a cabinet containing a unique collection of little bottles depicting former Mayors of Amsterdam is still on display.   Joop de Koning, Mariëtte Helsen