- The best genever brands combine crisp juniper flavours with flowers, herbs, spices and the maltiness of whiskey. Here are 7 to explore.
- A newer style of Genever is called Jonge, or young in which there is a much lower malt wine content (up to 15%) which results in a much lighter style of Genever.
- Genever is a traditional Dutch liqueur, often considered the predecessor of gin. Its history dates back to the 16th century when Dutch distillers began blending..
- As is the case with many once-popular cocktail ingredients, the early 20th century wasn’t kind to genever, gin’s malty predecessor.
- Genever is the national liquor of Belgium and these two countries can now be known as the “Appelation d’origine controlee” when it comes to Genever.
- Genever is a juniper-flavored spirit which combines a botanically-flavored, neutral spirit with a maltwine. ... Korenwijn genever uses at least 51% of maltwine.
- Genever, on the other hand, must contain at least some malt spirit and thus exhibits varying degrees of grain-influenced, whiskey-like flavor.
- Genever, which is sometimes known as Jenever or Genievre, is also known as Dutch Gin. It is a strong, alcoholic spirit distilled from grain and flavoured with juniper...
- Jerry Thomas cited genever, or ‘Holland Gin,’ as a key ingredient in many of his cocktails in the world’s first cocktail book, “The Bartender’s Guide“, in 1862.
- I promise you: when the brits tried to copy good old complex Genever they finally ended up with the much more simple version they called Gin.