Bols Genever Gin, 70 cl

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Based on the original 1820 Bols Genever recipe that was used in many cocktails in the 19th century. It didn't take long for the English to try and recreate the spirit, which resulted in being a spirit related to Genever, but not the real deal. Bols Genever Original is a true mixing spirit, bringing complexity and character to a wide variety of cocktails.

Inn Express provides this information in good faith, but it's important to note that its accuracy and completeness depend on the suppliers. They appear in a wide variety of cocktails and can be mixed with other drinks or used in baking – there’s a reason that the sweeter varieties have become staples in many classic desserts! A traditional genever from popular Dutch drinks producer Bols, who can track their genever heritage back to the 16th century. Bols Genever Gin became one of the most important ingredients for a new phenomenon in the 19th century, the cocktail.Fourteen ingredients such as angelica root aniseed ginger root apricot nuts and learwyt seed are then infused for flavouring. Piet van Leijenhorst, Master Distiller at Lucas Bols is an expert when it comes to the traditional Dutch spirit Genever. Try this beautiful genever in a Red Light Negroni, a Bols classic with Italian bitter liqueur and sweet vermouth.

Each of their liqueurs are created from a recipe carefully guarded down the years which also involves soaking the necessary ingredients (herbs, fruit peel, etc) in the still. Bols Genever Gin is a revolutionary genever with a subtle balance of flavorful maltwine and re-distilled botanicals, fine-tuned with pure grain alcohol.Bols Genever won Double Gold and Best of Show during the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America convention 2018 and presented with the Best Dutch Genever Award during the World Best Gin competition 2018. I intend to try it as an ingredient in an Old Fashioned style cocktail, as either a rinse or split base spirit but it seems my intentions of creating a delicious, full bodied, juniper heavy, crisp and sharp cocktail have failed for the time being. Having been distilling spirits for some 440 years, Bols can rightly claim to have more than an idea about what they are doing. Purchasing your favourite spirits and other alcoholic beverages has never been easier than with Drink Finder. Even though they might share some similar ingredients, gin does not deliver the complexity Genever has, because of the missing key ingredient malt spirit.