What is this? I found it lying around the house. We live in South Africa,but this is definitely in dutch as opposed to afrikaans.

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  5. Its a kind of gin. In The Netherlands it’s called “jenever” or sometimes “genever”. The recipy is ancient, so is this bottle. Must have been imported decades ago. Might still be drinkable but id keep it as a showpiece hahaha

  7. De Kuyper still make distilled drinks, and they probably still make Jenever. A look at their website shows they make (or distribute) a large range of cocktail spirits.

  8. That is a bottle of “matured jenever”. Really a relic, i think from the 70’s maybe? I really love to drink it! Those bottles remind me of my grandparents.
    Side note: jenever is a distant relative of the worlds oldest distilled alcohol with a percentage above 12%!

  10. More specifically this is old-style Dutch gin, which is made according to pre-WW2 production methods. (This probably dates from the 70’s) Most Dutch gin these days is ‘jonge jenever’, which is cheaper and easier to produce, basically juniper-flavoured vodka.

  12. A distilled grain alcohol called Jenever, related to Gin but a bit different. Old/oude does not mean aged in this context but means it was produced in the traditional way instead of modern distillation techniques. It is often sold in clay pots like this instead of glass.

  16. Jonge jenever is iets anders als oude jenever. Kompleet andere ingrediënten. En oude jenever ondergaat een rijpingsprocess. Jonge jenever is direct te drinken..

  18. Dutch gin 😁

    * For all those downvoting me please look at the comment I pinned directly underneath explaining the history of Gin. I used to work in a distillery making and giving people talks about the origins of gin.

  20. 1 shot glass and all the older People will drink it with a small spoon of sugar stir and drink. They even have special small spoons fot it

  21. oeh thats like a 50 year old bottle of ‘Jenever” or ‘dutch gin’ as its called in English I believe. If it’s full, then you’re in luck, this is the good stuff.

    Noteworthy, the company still exists! although it is heavyly modernized and do not make that particular bottle anymore.

    [https://www.dekuyper.com/nl/](https://www.dekuyper.com/nl/)

  24. Jenever is a Dutch/Belgian distilled hard liquor, which resembles vodka and gin. Unlike vodka, is gets a distinct taste from juniper (Dutch: *jenever*) berries. Gin generally uses even more juniper berries than jenever.

    There is a difference in flavor between *oude jenever* (old jenever) en *nieuwe jenever * (new jenever), which is caused by the distillation process. Oude jenever is distilled in the traditional (old) way and requires wheat (*graan*). This results in a relatively rich flavor. Nieuwe jenever was invented much later. It can use any source with high sugar content to distill pure alcohol, such as sugar beets. This pure alcohol is then diluted with water to obtain jenever. The production process for nieuwe jenever is much cheaper and results in a less pronounced hard liquor, which resembles vodka more than oude jenever.

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