Bols Genever Gin, 70 cl

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Fourteen ingredients such as angelica root aniseed ginger root apricot nuts and learwyt seed are then infused for flavouring.

Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! They couldn't easily find it, because at the time it was only being sold in the Netherlands and Belgium. Upon discovering that the spirit has such a powerful flavour, i tried splitting it with other gins as a base in some cocktails.

Substitute aged rum or whiskeys with aged Genever and I can guarantee you'd end up with a great cocktail.

In 2006 David Wondrich wrote Imbibe, a book about the first cocktail book ever written by Jerry Thomas. Made with a malt wine base as opposed to neutral spirit the result is a rich, full bodied like whisky but with the herbal complexity of a wondeful gin. In 1820, Bols introduced a revolutionary new genever recipe with a more subtle taste, as a result of a better balance of malt wine, neutral grain alcohol and botanicals.The delightfully complex triple grain spirit made is of corn, rye and wheat, and is blended with a selection of 22 botanicals. Learn the history of Bols and Immerse yourself in the bottomless world of Bols cocktails in the House of Bols! During distillation the oils from these ingredients will infuse with the spirit but not affect the colour. In the 17th Century, through marriage, King William of Orange the third became king of England and introduced Genever.

Bols Genever Original is a true mixing spirit, bringing complexity and character to a wide variety of cocktails.This flavoursome distillate is blended with a juniper-berry distillate and a separate botanical distillate, including coriander, caraway and aniseed. The Dutch and the English were fighting side by side during the thirty-year war at the beginning of the 17th century. Inn Express provides this information in good faith, but it's important to note that its accuracy and completeness depend on the suppliers. Bols Genever is the original Dutch spirit, created from lightly distilled Dutch grains and a complex botanical mix.