Heineken Experience

Brew You Ride

2018
The Beer Journey
A staged sequence of five media rooms where guests follow Heineken beer from ingredients to bottle and into the tasting arena.

On the historic site of the original Heineken brewery in Amsterdam, Brew You Ride adds a kinetic layer to one of the city’s most-visited attractions.

Tamschick Media + Space created a 500 m² entertainment trail that lets guests step into the brewing process itself, from mash tun to bottling line to the first sip.

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Five rooms, one brewing ride

Brew You Ride unfolds across five consecutively staged rooms, each tied to a key step of production.

A mix of large-scale projections on walls and ceilings, spatial sound, and timed effects shifts the visitor perspective from observer to “inside the system”.

In the kettle room, ingredients and brewing water swirl around visitors as projected flows, giving a sensory impression of mixing and heating.

The bottling line becomes a rollercoaster-like 360° ride along conveyors, labels, and crates.

Couch rooms with oversized sofas, covered in floor-to-ceiling projections, send guests on a final flight through Heineken’s “green world” before they arrive at the tasting.

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From virtual ride to real taste

Guests move through an arc of rising intensity: immersion in brewing, acceleration on the “conveyor ride”, decompression in the couch rooms, and a grounded finale in the tasting arena.

Visitors experience how the beer is made; they feel it as shifts in speed, scale, and perspective, then close the loop with a freshly poured Heineken. The brand story culminates as both shared memory and actual flavor.

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Making industrial process feel like an experience

Heineken wanted more than diagrams and heritage displays. The task was to convey the energy and precision of brewing as something physical, emotional, and memorable.

The new sequence had to work for a constant flow of international visitors, fit into the existing Heineken Experience parcours, and compress a complex production chain into a clear, accessible story that ends in a real tasting.

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Brew You Ride reinforces the Heineken Experience as a benchmark for brewery tourism, adding a distinctly cinematic layer to an already strong attraction.

The installation deepens visitor engagement with the production process without adding technical complexity to the interface. Bodies move, spaces react, and the narrative stays clear regardless of language or prior knowledge.

Heineken Experience is described as one of Amsterdam’s most visited tourist attractions, with over 1 million visitors per year.

Project Highlights

  • Five-room media trail that places visitors “inside” brewing rather than in front of it
  • 360° conveyor sequence that turns bottling into a rollercoaster-like moment
  • Couch rooms where furniture, walls, and floor merge into one projected environment
  • Seamless integration into an existing, high-throughput attraction

Facts & Figures

Client:
Heineken International B.V.
Location:
Heineken Experience
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Type:
Media-driven brand experience inside brewery museum
Area:
500 m²
Audience
Over 1 million visitors annually from tourists, beer and brand enthusiasts, corporate and incentive groups for team building.
On View:
Yes
TMS Scope:
Scenography and media design, concept and content design, visual and motion design, 3D production and compositing, on-site implementation and project management.
Project Partners:

Design Lead: Northern Light Amsterdam

Music and sound design: Kling Klang Klong, Berlin

Production and fabrication: Heijmerink Wagemakers Vormgeversatelier 

Shooting: Wirtzfilm Amsterdam

AV hardware:  Beam Systems

Awards

Cannes Corporate Silver Award