Liquid Insanity

 

 Founder: Jacobus Bols
Year Founded: 1575
Distillery Location: Zoetermeer, Holland
Master Distiller / Blender: Piet van Leijenhorst

HOW YOU SHOULD DRINK IT

• Straight
• On the rocks
• With a bit of water
• In cocktails (Dutchman’s Daiquiri, The Improved Holland Gin Cock-Tail, Flying Dutchman, The Translucent Cocktail, Dutch Negroni, The Collins, Ginepro Amaro, The Holland House,The Sherry-Netherland)

FAST FACTS

• Bols has been making genever in Holland since 1664.
• While English gin is now very popular in America, back in the 19^th century the malty Dutch version (genever) was a best seller. Many of the cocktails that are currently made with gin were originally made with genever.
• Bols Genever was reintroduced to America in 2008.