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An oude (old) style (unaged) genever with 53% maltwine content. Fermented for five days and then pot still triple distilled (unfiltered), the maltwine...
Fair warning for any citizens of the USA, as of this writing:
Buy your souvenir clay genever bottle in Amsterdam BEFORE getting to the "duty free" shop at Schiphol. You want it to travel in your CHECKED baggage, not in your carry-on.
Carry-on baggage will be scanned AGAIN after one passes through Customs, and **opaque bottles** cannot be tested, and so they will not be allowed.
Buy your souvenir clay genever bottle in Amsterdam BEFORE getting to the "duty free" shop at Schiphol. You want it to travel in your CHECKED baggage, not in your carry-on.
Carry-on baggage will be scanned AGAIN after one passes through Customs, and **opaque bottles** cannot be tested, and so they will not be allowed.
Ask me how I know.