I appreciate it's history as a pre-gin juniper heavy spirit but I find it's earthiness (much like natural saké) is just too much for modern ginny drinks and cocktails. 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 Amsterdam Gin is a characterful and unique combination of re-distilled botanicals and refined with pure grain alcohol. It won Double Gold and Best of Show during the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America convention 2018 and is a solid favourite amongst bar tenders. Bols Genever Original is an award-winning classic cocktail spirit that combines the mixability of a white spirit and the complexity of a brown spirit.

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. This is a totally authentic and unique drink that should be tried by anyone with an interest in gin. Having been distilling spirits for some 440 years, Bols can rightly claim to have more than an idea about what they are doing. 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. These first cocktails were often made with genever, because of its powerful, delicious flavors and balanced mixing qualities.For those with more refined palates, try our lesser-known spirits that aren’t quite as mainstream as the popular favourites. Even though they might share some similar ingredients, gin does not deliver the complexity Genever has, because of the missing key ingredient malt spirit. 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. Bols Genever Original is a true mixing spirit, bringing complexity and character to a wide variety of cocktails. Based on a spirit of corn, wheat and rye, this enduring recipe comprises 22 botanicals with notes of hops, coriander, ginger and sweet orange shining through. The General Wine Company is a family-owned and operated wine merchant in Liphook, Hampshire, England. Try this beautiful genever in a Red Light Negroni, a Bols classic with Italian bitter liqueur and sweet vermouth.They couldn't easily find it, because at the time it was only being sold in the Netherlands and Belgium. Fourteen ingredients such as angelica root aniseed ginger root apricot nuts and learwyt seed are then infused for flavouring. Made from distilled wine, brandy is a heart-warming after-dinner treat, with both affordable and beautifully aged varieties available.

During distillation the oils from these ingredients will infuse with the spirit but not affect the colour. When combined with tonic, be it schweppes or fever tree, its muddy, soil-like flavours overpower the tonic and so far, have been unsuccessful. In the 17th Century, through marriage, King William of Orange the third became king of England and introduced Genever.A traditional Amsterdam genever and a recipe dating back to 1820 from a company that has its roots in Tudor times. Upon discovering that the spirit has such a powerful flavour, i tried splitting it with other gins as a base in some cocktails. Bols Original Genever blends our malt spirit with 22 botanicals ranging from juniper berries, hops and coriander, to cloves and ginger.