Netherlands · Fermentation craft; Distilling; Dutch heritage
Jenever — Nederlandse Stokerstraditie
The jenever (Dutch gin) distilling tradition — the making of the specifically Dutch grain spirit that is the historical ancestor of English gin, produced from a malt wine (moutwijn) base distilled from rye, corn, and malted barley, then redistilled with juniper and botanicals. The Dutch stoker reads the correct malt wine character through a neat-taste assessment of the moutwijn distillate before redistillation — reading the specific grainy, slightly oily malt character that distinguishes authentic moutwijn from neutral grain spirit and that gives Dutch oude jenever its characteristic malty depth.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Jenever distilling is UNESCO ICH Belgium-Netherlands (2022) — on the UNESCO Representative List
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