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Questions about jenever
This page contains the answers to the questions most often asked about jenever. Every answer is written by the wine & spirits shop in Bathmen, backed up by its own stock and provided with sources.
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- What is malt wine?Malt wine is the grain distillate that gives jenever its grain character. It is distilled from a fermented mash of grains and drawn off between 40…
- What is the difference between young and old genever?Young and old genever differ in recipe, not in age. Old genever contains at least 15% malt wine in the pure alcohol of the…
- What is a kopstoot?A kopstoot is a small glass of jenever next to a glass of beer, ordered together and drunk together. The jenever glass is a tulip glass of 3…
- How do you drink genever?You drink genever from a tulip glass of 3 to 5 cl, poured to the brim. Young genever is poured chilled from the…
- How long does jenever keep after opening?According to the Voedingscentrum, an opened bottle of jenever keeps indefinitely. Jenever contains at least 30 percent alcohol by volume, and young and old jenever…
- What is the difference between grain genever and malt wine genever?Grain genever is a protected designation: all the alcohol comes from grains and at least 1.5 percent malt wine is included in the alcohol volume, at a minimum of…
- Where may jenever come from?Jenever is a protected geographical indication. The product file defines the area: Belgium, the Netherlands, the French departments of Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62)…
- How long has jenever existed?Jenever has existed for centuries. The product file of the protected designation Jenever refers to Jacob van Maerlant, who in 1266 wrote about the juniper berry…
- What is the difference between jenever and korenwijn?Korenwijn is a Dutch reserved designation: at least 51 percent of the alcohol component comes from malt wine, and the alcohol content is at least 38…
- What is berry jenever?Berry jenever is a fruit jenever: jenever flavoured with fruit, plant parts or fruit juice. Fruit jenever is a protected geographical indication with…
- How much alcohol is there in genever?By law, genever must contain at least 30 percent alcohol; young and old genever at least 35 percent. A shot glass of 35 millilitres of genever of…
- Which cocktails can you make with genever?Genever can be used in classic cocktails. In Jerry Thomas’s The Bar-Tender's Guide, the Gin Cocktail has the line “1 wine-glass…
- Welke jenever geeft u cadeau?Geeft u jenever cadeau, kies dan eerst de stijl. Bij oude jenever komt minstens 15 procent van de alcohol uit moutwijn, bij…
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