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Rutte Old Simon Genever

Named after Simon Antonius Rutte who founded the distillery, where this jenever is still made based upon his original recipe, in 1872. Old Simon comprises...
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
14th April at 13:01
My chief complaint is the design of the mouth of the bottle, which I find makes it very hard to pour small quantities without spillage. Certainly at the start of the bottle.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
14th April at 15:10
I like the traditional shape despite its shortcomings. Old Duff Genever also uses a similarly shaped bottle, and I'd like to see more genever brands honouring tradition.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
17th April at 14:15
Agreed, the bottlr aesthetics are great and look very well on my drinks trolley. The Old Duff seems to pour better as the lip is more finely chiselled. I had to pay the import duty on the Old Simon myself so every millilitre counts! A head to head tasting the other evening was most pleasant, not to say instructive 😊
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