Two hundred and six jenevers. One shop.
Chapter 01 · What you taste
Malt wine makes the difference
Jenever is distilled grain with juniper berries, and the share of malt wine determines the taste. Malt wine is a distillate of rye, maize and malted barley. Young jenever contains little of it and tastes neutral; old jenever contains more and tastes of grain. Whether a jenever has been aged in a cask is a separate matter.
Chapter 02 · Young or old
Young and old are about the recipe
Young and old are about the recipe, not the years. Old jenever contains at least fifteen per cent malt wine and is fuller and bready; young jenever at most fifteen and is lighter. Young jenever emerged in the last century, when malt wine was scarce. With grain jenever, all the alcohol comes from grain.
Chapter 03 · Corenwijn
Corenwijn is the heaviest type
Corenwijn contains at least fifty-one per cent malt wine and at most a little sugar. That is why the grain comes through most clearly: bread, nuts and a touch of sweetness from the distillate itself. Many corenwijns spend years on oak. Corenwijn and korenwijn are the same drink, just spelled differently.
Chapter 04 · Cask-aged
Years on oak
Some jenevers spend years on oak, sometimes in a cask that previously held sherry, port or rum. That makes the jenever darker and rounder, closer to whisky than to gin, and the juniper moves into the background. A cask statement says something about the cask, not about how long the jenever spent in it.
Chapter 05 · The houses
The Netherlands and Belgium share the name
The name jenever is protected in Europe and belongs to the Netherlands and Belgium, plus a few neighbouring areas in France and Germany. The houses are close together, from Schiedam and Amsterdam to East Flanders, but the recipes differ widely: one house sticks to rye, another works with its own blend of botanicals.
Start with the type
The six largest types of jenever on the shelf
Click on a type and the list below shows only those jenevers.
118 of the 206 jenevers have already been sorted by type.
206 jenevers from € 6.99 to € 450.00
- ZuidamZuidam Korenwijn 1 Jaar38% · Netherlands€ 9.99
- LegnerLegner Lichte Borrel Jenever30% · Netherlands€ 15.99
- FilliersFilliers Speculoos Creamjenever17% · Belgium€ 16.99
- HooghoudtHooghoudt Karaktervolle Oude Graanjenever38% · Netherlands€ 19.99
- WennekerWenneker Oude proever36% · Netherlands€ 19.99
- BoomsmaBOOMSMA Echte Oude Genever 3 jaar oud Portfust38% · Netherlands€ 21.99
- RutteRutte Old Simon Genever35% · Netherlands€ 22.99
- JajemJajem Jenever35% · Netherlands€ 23.99
- KlarenaerKlarenaer - Graangenever35% · Netherlands€ 24.99
- A. v. WeesA.v.Wees Zeer Oude Genever40% · Netherlands€ 27.99
- HooghoudtHooghoudt oude jenever 3 jaar gelagerd38% · Netherlands€ 29.95
- BolsBols Barrel Aged Genever42% · Netherlands€ 29.99
- HooghoudtHooghoudt Raw Jenever43% · Netherlands€ 34.99
- De Cort Oude Pajotse Jenever Vatgerijpt€ 36.99
- ZuidamZuidam Oude Genever Pedro Ximenez 5 Years Old Single Barrel38% · Netherlands€ 37.99
- RutteRutte Fino Sherry Cask Jenever 6 jaar gerijpt38% · Netherlands€ 39.99
- ZuidamZuidam Oude Genever Moscatel 3 Years Old38% · Netherlands€ 40.99
- Oude GeneverOude Genever Cask Strength American Oak 5yo Spec #3152.3% · Netherlands€ 46.99
- Oud AmsterdamOud Amsterdam 21 Jaar Gelagerde Graangenever40% · Netherlands€ 49.99
- ZuidamZuidam Oude Genever Oloroso Sherry 12 Years Old Single Barrel38% · Netherlands€ 64.99
- HooghoudtHooghoudt Aged Genever 25 Years Old65.5% · Netherlands€ 239.99
- BokmaBokma Oude Genever38% · Old jenever€ 11.99
- FilliersFilliers Oude Graanjenever 5 Jaar38% · Old jenever€ 17.99
- BoompjesBoompjes Old Dutch genever38% · Old jenever€ 22.99
- KalkwijckKalkwijck Oude Genever 1Y Single Cask40% · Old jenever€ 23.99
- RutteRutte Barrel Aged Genever38% · Old jenever€ 27.99
- WaggingWagging Finger Oude Genever Exercise V2.038% · Old jenever€ 29.99
- ZuidamZuidam Oude Genever 5 Jaar38% · Old jenever€ 39.99
- A. v. WeesA. v. Wees De Ooievaar Zeer Oude Genever 15 jaar42% · Old jenever€ 84.99
- Skinos Mastiha Spirit30% · Other€ 6.99
- KalkwijckKalkwijck Rogge Genever 3 jaar oud40% · Other€ 24.99
- HooghoudtHooghoudt Aged Jenver 5 Years40% · Other€ 34.99
- FilliersFilliers Barrel Aged Genever Lorgeril Single Cask55% · Other€ 64.99
- FilliersFilliers Barrel Aged Genever 30Y47.5% · Other€ 450.00
- BoomsmaBoomsma Jonge Pure Graanjenever35% · Young grain jenever€ 8.99
- BokmaBokma Jonge Graanjenever35% · Young grain jenever€ 17.99
- JongeJonge Wees - Amsterdamsche Graanjenever35% · Young grain jenever€ 21.99
- Ketel 1Ketel 1 Jenever 3 liter35% · Young grain jenever€ 69.99
- ZuidamZuidam Korenwijn38% · Corenwijn€ 15.99
- ZuidamZuidam Korenwijn 5 jaar38% · Corenwijn€ 22.99
- BoompjesBoompjes Korenwijn42% · Corenwijn€ 29.99
- ZuidamZuidam Korenwijn Founder's Reserve38% · Corenwijn€ 175.00
- HarteveltHartevelt Jonge Jenever35% · Young jenever€ 7.99
- FilliersFilliers Jonge Ambachtelijke Graanjenever35% · Young jenever€ 16.99
- Bobby'sBobby's Jenever38% · Young jenever€ 33.99
- ZuidamZuidam Spelt Genever35% · Grain jenever€ 9.99
- ZuidamZuidam Rogge Genever Special No. 40 American Oak 10 Years Old35% · Grain jenever€ 59.99
- Hertog Jan Smokkelkoffie Geschenk met Glas20% · Liqueur€ 29.99
Filter everything on the filter page
The list shows a cross-section of the stock, spread over all sections. The number above it is the entire stock, which is on the filter page.
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In stock today
Eight of the 206 jenevers in the shop
Van WeesVan Wees Oude Jenever 35%35% · Old jenever€ 24.99
HooghoudtHooghoudt Aged Jenver 5 Years40% · Other€ 34.99
HooghoudtHooghoudt Dubbele Graanjenever35% · Young grain jenever€ 18.49
ZuidamZuidam Korenwijn 1 Jaar38% · Corenwijn€ 26.99
FilliersFilliers Jonge Ambachtelijke Graanjenever35% · Young jenever€ 16.99
De IJsvogelDe IJsvogel Graan Jenever 70CL35% · Grain jenever€ 25.99
HooghoudtHooghoudt Peated Cask Aged Genever40% · Other€ 26.99
BolsBols 21 Genever38% · Young grain jenever€ 26.99What is in the shop
47 jenever houses
The biggest names per group, with the number of bottles alongside.
The Dutch drink par excellence
Jenever is older than gin and its forerunner. English soldiers got to know it in the Low Countries, took it home and turned it into gin. Hence the expression Dutch courage.
This page lists every house we stock, followed by the number of bottles. Click on a name for that house's page.
Six distillers of which we stock a whole range
Young, old and korenwijn
- The types
- Young jeneverMore neutral base: lighter and drier.
- Old jeneverMore malt wine: fuller and grainy.
- KorenwijnAt least 51 per cent malt wine.
- Berry jeneverActually a liqueur, lower in alcohol.
The biggest misconception about jenever: young and old say nothing about how long the bottle has been aged. It is about the recipe. Old jenever is the traditional style with plenty of malt wine; young jenever only appeared in the twentieth century, with a more neutral base.
If a jenever has been aged in a cask, that is stated separately: five years, ten years, sometimes twenty. Vanilla and woody spice then join in and it heads towards whisky, but with the graininess of the malt wine underneath.
And do not serve it ice-cold from a small jenever glass: at cellar temperature in a tulip glass, you taste what it is all about.
Old jenever is not an old bottle. It is an older recipe, with more malt wine.
All 48 houses we stock
Search by name or jump to a letter. The number is how many bottles are in stock.
A2 houses
B10 houses
D2 houses
G1 house
H3 houses
K4 houses
M1 house
O4 houses
R3 houses
T1 house
V2 houses
W3 houses
Z1 house
Frequently asked questions
How much jenever does ’t Bockje have?
177 bottles from 48 houses.
What is the difference between jonge and old jenever?
That is about the recipe, not the age. Old jenever has more malt wine and is fuller and grainy; young jenever has a more neutral base and is lighter.
What is korenwijn?
The heaviest type: at least fifty-one per cent malt wine. Full and grainy, often aged on oak, and the closest relative of whisky.
Is bessenjenever also jenever?
Strictly speaking it is a liqueur: jenever in which berries have steeped, with added sugar.
How do you serve jenever?
At cellar temperature in a tulip glass instead of ice-cold from a small jenever glass.
Does ’t Bockje ship jenever abroad?
Yes, to about forty countries. Email info@bockje.nl if you would like to know whether your country is included.
Jenever by type
Young, old, grain or corenwijn: here is the difference per group.
Brink 2, Bathmen
The entire stock is in the shop, not in a warehouse. Feel free to drop by, or call 0570 541 278: we are happy to help.
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