By The Dutch Old Genever

Product of: Netherlands

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Triple distilled from a wash of barley malt, corn and rye. The first two distillations are in a copper pot still. Juniper berries are added to the third distillation in column still to produce a maltwine. Part is this maltwine is then redistilled with botanicals (including hops, cloves, anise,...

...liquorice, ginger and citrus), another proportion of the maltwine is redistilled with juniper berries, and a third part of the maltwine is redistilled without added botanicals. All four components are then blended according to a recipe dating from 1942 to produce this genever.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 02/05/2016

Appearance:

Clear, vale pale golden.

Aroma:

Buttery dough balls, pastry dough and piny juniper with faint chamois leather, vanilla, clove, nutmeg and cracked black pepper.

Taste:

Black pepper, vanilla, chamois leather and dry pine with buttery dough balls, light zesty lemon and black pepper spice.

Aftertaste:

Buttery vanilla dough balls with black pepper and cinnamon spice.

Overall:

A malty characterful oude genever with generous juniper. Dough balls, pastry dough, pine and buttery chamois leather with black pepper spice.