Gin VS Genever
Η στήλη VERSUS φιλοξενεί διαξιφισμούς μεταξύ αποσταγμάτων, εκ των οποίων το ένα είναι πάντοτε το gin. Αυτή τη φορά, σημειώνουμε διαφορές και ομοιότητες ανάμεσα στο Gin και το Genever.
Boompjes Genever
Δοκιμάσαμε και φωτογραφίσαμε τα Boompjes Genever του ομώνυμου αποστακτηρίου. Γνωρίστε τα και αναζητείστε τα! Ενδεχομένως να θυμόσαστε μερικοί από εσάς, το οδοιπορικό που κάναμε πριν από μερικά χρόνια στην πατρίδα του Genever και επικοινωνήσαμε, αρχικά, με...Notaris: an authentic genever by Herman Jansen
Notaris & UTO. These were two words that I had kept in my mind since Philip Duff’s Gin Masterclass at Bar Academy in Athens, a few years ago. The first word refers to the only genever brand allowed to have the seal of Schiedam on bottle’s cap. The second word stands for ‘Uit Tegenweer Opgericht’, wich means ‘founded out of protest’ and refers to the glass company that was founded to produce the bottles that would be filled with this quality Holland spirit.
Having spent three days in Amsterdam for our jenever research, we decided that we should kiss House of Bols and distillery de Ooievaar goodbye, in order to visit the Dutch province of South Holland, the city with the tallest windmills in the world and famous not only for “hosting” a lot of distilleries and malthouses but for its huge jenever production, also: Schiedam. As long as we arrived there, we started knocking around the historical centre and finally we paid a call on distillery De Tweelingh…