I would love more cocktails using Oude genever as it seems not many use it. Most specs seem to call for Jonge Genever. But more in depth coverage for Jonge would be awesome as well.
Another great video. I'd never heard of this spirit. I asked my Dutch friend about pronunciation. Genever is pronounced "Ya NA ver" very similar to "Ya never going to do that". It actually means juniper. Oude is pronounced "Ow Da", very similar to "Get owda here, ya buffoon!" Jonge is pronounced "Younge Ah", rhymes with "tongue ah!"
Anders, I've got to tell you. Before I discovered your channel, I had a few other go-to cocktail channels, but over the last year or so, I think yours has taken the top place in my official, highly-scientific, very important rankings of UA-cam cocktail channels. Your positivity, variety of spirits/cocktails, and beautiful aesthetics really make me happy to discover a new video each time you upload. Cheers and have a great day!
Anders has single handedly upped my cocktail game by like 4 and a half levels over the past year. Plus he’s super positive and charming and entertaining. Win win.
Fun fact: “jonge jenever” (the young style” originated during WWII, when there was simply not enough grain to make malted spirit. It’s been a relatively popular spirit here ever since! The old style, like you said in your video, is centuries old. Greetings from Holland 😊
I am a bartender, thanks to your tips, my hotel guests are very satisfied with the taste of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails. Thank you Anders, you are an inspiration and a teacher for me!❤️❤️❤️
FYI, maybe someone said it already, but The Flying Dutchman is also an amazing Dutch cocktail bar in Amsterdam, specialised in genever cocktails. One of the owners is Tess Posthumus.
Thank you for great video. I imported genever from The Netherlands. Got caught up in Customs, but finally got it three months later after paying taxes. My Uncle there introduced me to Bokma (Oude) from Friesland. My favorite is DeBorgen from Groningen. Interesting stuff.
Also fun fact: Québec is a huge market for genever, but we have no taste and just quaff DeKuyper blended genever by the gallon during hunting season. SAQ tried a while ago to import DeBorgen products, and while they were delicious, clearly they couldn’t compete with the bottom of the barrel stuff. As a result, “gros gin” as we call it remains a low prestige product that’s meant for sleazy uncles and alcoholics.
As a Dutchman that was great to see! Will try it for sure! Small uninteresting fact: The Dutch “OU” is actually pronounced as in “Ouch”. Or Ehm, “pronounced” I guess
Fun thing is with jenever that it holds no boundaries to additional herbs etc. I currently have a bottle of Hooghoudt peated, really nice jenever! It was made with Scottish malted barley, aged in ex-bourbon cask for 3 years and had roasted coffee beans, lemon zest, cacao, Juniper berries and fresh ginger added. Really interesting drink for both gin and whisky lovers
Nice one Anders! I’ll be making a Flying Dutchman soon. “Korenwijn” is special edition with at least 51% of maltwine in it , matured on oak for at least a year. Chilled it accompanies fresh herring perfectly. If drink jenever on the side with a beer it’s called a “kopstootje” , ( headbutt)if you submerge your glass of jenever in your glass of beer it is referred to as “zinkertje”(sinker) although Germans might mistake this for a thinker😜. Cheers, I like your channel, love the drinks!
You are so helpful. When you share really good, under-the-radar cocktails we should be drinking ... or less popular cocktail spirits like Genever, Pisco, Cachaca, Rhum Agricole, Old Tom Gin, Calvados ... or cocktail specs you have refined over time ... it really helps me drink outside my comfort zone. You are the Robert Frost of Cocktails ... thanks for showing us the road less traveled.
Love genever, love mixing with it! As David Wondrich says in his brilliant book Imbibe, so called “Hollands Gin” was actually the preferred style of gin in America in the late 19th century and is called for in classic gin punches and cocktails. The Improved Gin Cocktail with oude jenever and a dash of curaçao is excellent! I would love to hear some of your recommendations for specific bottle in another (differently sponsored!) video. Some Belgian genevers I am a big fan of are Filier’s 5yo on the oude side and Blauwe Duif on the jonge.
Cool I have never heard about this spirit before. The whiskey and gin middle ground sounds super interesting. Will be ordering me a test bottle right away.
Hey Anders! Just spent 3 months backpacking Spain and fell in love with a lot of fun and sacrilegious drinks. Mixings with wine such as Tinto de Verano, Calimocho, the touristy sangria but also the Feriá de Sevilla drink Rebujito. Would love to hear your thought about wine-drinks and even some fun tips and variations before this summer. Best regards
little fact, there is a thing in the netherlands that if you order a kopstootje (headbutt) you get a beer and a shot of jonge jenever. the idea is that you shot the jenever and then enjoy the rest of your beer :p
you could make a drinking game from this video. drink every time you say Gevener. drunk before even half way thru video. lol but you sold me on wanting to try Genever and this drink. great fun video. Thanks and cheers
As usual, I loved the video! And, as a result of watching your channel, I have gotten into cocktail making, bought many bottles of booze, driving the need to purchase a bar cart that just arrived today! One small weird thing......I miss the way you used to drag the liquor bottles across your bar while introducing each ingredient. i just really liked the noise they made and the way it gave each bottle a little dramatic entre!
The proper way of drinking a straight genever is to pour it somewhat chilled into a tulip-shaphed cordial glass past the rim so the meniscus almost overflows the glass. Then with hands held behind one's back, you bow forward towards the bar top and "Slurp" (slurpen) the first sip with your mouth hands free. Then , and only then, may you pick up the glass with your hand(s). When sipped along with a glass of beer, the combination is a "Kopstootje" (Little Headbutt). You don't drop the tulip glass into the beer like a boilermaker. It is much more Continental and refined.
Hi Anders, as a seasoned 'jenever' drinker, please try to get your hands on a bottle distilled by Van Wees from Amsterdam. It is a magical experience, so much flavour and you will not even notice the fact it has alcohol in it. A truly magical drink if distilled by true craftsmen.. or in this case women.
Recently came across your channel, subbed due to the great content. Nice to see that you are educating all the people that Jenever (Dutch writing) was actually earlier than gin, a lot of people don't know.
I've got a nice bottle of oude genever and I'll have to give this recipe a try. I mostly use it to make Improved Cocktails and I think it's my favorite spirit for that drink. I also experimented in using it to replace the gin in a White Negroni and I thought it worked really well and added a nice maltiness to the drink.
Your videos are now another reason why I look forward to Fridays. Your content is original, informative and simply elegant. I'm planning a trip to the Netherlands soon and this couldn't have come in a better time. Although I think I'll favour the old style, I'm definitely gonna grab a bottle of each. Hats off to you and Az for yet another great video. Cheers.
Another great video. As usual the drinks sound amazing, the story telling makes it interesting, and the humor tops it off. People far more influential than I, love your videos. Jeremy Siers gave Anders a shout out in one of his recent videos. Keep up the great work.
Funny to watch this video when I recently watched your first video making a Sidecar. Same personality just more of it. Great stuff. I've actually been to Holland twice and have four bottles of Genever. I also did a tour at the Bols store/tourist trap and gave a great history of the spirit.
Jenever has a rich history: it has many names in Dutch: Papegaaiesoep (parrot soup, since it gets your mouth running) pikketanussie (just rols off the tongue nicely) Jajem, which rhymes with Majem, meaning body of water (amsterdam rhyming slang) and many others. Papegaaiesoep is my alltime fav. toedels!
To add to that, a typical style to drink Jenever is next to a beer, the combo is called een kopstoot (headbutt) one way to do it is to drop the glass of Jajem completely in the beer. (advanced level, or quickly drunk level). a Jenever shot is often poured with a head on it, meaning it is filled to the brim. to drink this you need to bow, or 'bukken voor je pikketanussie'. meaning you have to stand up, put your hands on your back, as the gentleman you are, and sip the top off the miniscus.
Genever is a really underrated spirit.The English tried to make "Dutch Courage" which they failed at, so they created Gin. Genever is much more complex than Gin, but you do not necessarily drink it neat. Actually, the very first cocktails where made mostly with Genever. I personally love a Mai Tai with barreld Aged Genever, you get much more complexity and flavour rather then with rum. Let me know if are interessted and I can have Lucas Bols send you their variety of Genevers. Love your vid!
Wiki: "Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries, earliest attested in 1378."
Don't forget Honus Wagner, "The Flying Dutchman," shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates around the turn of the last century. One of the original inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Love this video! Anders, you’ve done it again. I’m guessing that the genevers are either: Hooghoudt, Bobby’s, Bols, Bols Barrel Aged, Notaris, or De Borgen. 😉
Anton van Wees, the oldest family distillery in Amsterdam, still makes good genevers in Jordaan district. They make jonges, oudes, and vrij oudes along with more rye-based (Roggeners) genevers. Fenny van Wees has run the company for a while and is the only lady distiller in Netherlands. Their distillery also makes tradition Dutch liqueurs. "Oranjebitter" is traditionally sipped on Koningsdag (King's Day) which is late April 30 (the birthday of current King Willem-Alexander. (His mother, Queen Emerita Beatrix's birthday was in January so it was going to be too cold so she kept HER mom's (Queen Juliana) birthday of April 27 as Queen's Day). "Heaven on Earth" tastes like Christmas party in your mouth and everyone is invited! "Roses without Thorns" is a delightful rose-flavored drink made from Bulgarian eating roses, vanilla, and spices. They even make Tonka bean flavored liqueurs (the Tonka Bean has been banned in the US since 1954 for no good reason at all; a chemical made in the dark long leathery bean, coumarin, potentially under certain rare circumstances, can turn into coumadin, the anticoagulant that we use to thin blood in people with clotting disorders or atrial fibrillation). It is supposed to taste like vanilla but BETTER! You can import some of these good spirits through TheWhiskeyExchange.com
Fun fact, Jenever is actually a Belgian spirit of which the archetype was first described by Jacob Van Maerlant in 1269 and later in 1552 by the physician Phillipus Hermanni who called it aqua juniperi. Due to the fall of Antwerp in 1585 during the Eighty Years’ War, loads of Belgians emigrated to The Netherlands and brought their Jenever with them.
you say at 2:32 that putting spirits in unmarked bottles is illegal, is that for safety or is it a “if you use a spirit the customer should know what it is” reason? in that vein i’d be interested in a video about the weird/non-obvious things you learn as a bartender about liquor laws/dealing with customers/etc etc etc
Great video idea. Regarding the unmarked bottles, my understanding is it's all about deceiving the customer. Depending where you are the laws may differ - it's definitely a gray area, and behavior that's typically frowned upon.
I bought a bottle of Bols Genever a while back when I was first getting into gin. Was basically trying a Tom Collins using the different types of gin to see which I liked the best. I remember the genever version being tasty, but my favorite gin ended up being Plymouth Gin. Anyway, I always though it was pronounced like the name Jennifer only with a v sound instead of the f sound.
it's a bit more like: yuh-nay-ver slurred together without any spacing between the syllables ofcourse in dutch it's generally spelled with the J rather than the G, but some brands do use the old style G the old style starting with the G would be pronounced more like a combination of a Z and Y the french use a lot, like the one in "jus" (to us a J, but more often than not phonetically closer to the english Y) zyuh-nay-ver
Strange but true fact, in looking up Genever, I discovered there is a "DeLuxe Craft Cocktail lounge in West Los Angeles named Genever. Who knew, and I live here.
Hey Anders, I've followed your 100$ starter bar advise and actually stared doing cocktails from your videos. It's interesting how your recipes are unique in proportions and in good way. Mojito was especially a hit, but for gin base cocktails I've unknowingly selected Roku gin and negroni almost killed me. :D Thanks for tips, sips and recipes ;)
I first tried Genever (I think you are not pronouncing it correctly) in Amsterdam over 15 years ago, then again in 2013 at the Genever festival in Hasselt Belgium. It is a an excellent spirit, especially the Oude style.
And you can make another video about Korenwijn, which is even more similar to Whisky. A negroni with Jonge Jenever is a nice (but small) variation on the cocktail.
Can't wait to try this. Have a bottle of Oude Genever given by a Dutch friend and never found it mixed with anything. Also "The Flying Dutchman" also referred to Honus Wagner, back when Germans in this country were called "Dutch".
Oh oh oh! I hear a challenge: “if you tell me not to mix with something then I probably will” Don’t mix with tea, certainly don’t make a list episode with different ways to mix with tea. Also, don’t mix with agwa (the coco liquor) Don’t mix with galliano You should certainly not do an episode listing different bitters forward cocktails like the Trinidad sour (one of my favorites now, and my father in laws favorites now too lol ) Seriously though, great episode as usual! I love the extra history and explanations!
I have it relatively easy in Vancouver! I think I have only ever seen 1 Genever! I definitely want to try it. These cocktails look lovely and delicious!! I sympathize with Oz. I just got called AGAIN for jury duty. I admit I got myself out of it this time!! Have a terrific weekend!! Cheers!! :-)
@@AndersErickson I will absolutely give Genever a try, Anders!! I'm excited to check out the flavours and make some lovely cocktails!! I'm chuckling about jury duty! I have been called numerous times and I have done jury duty in the past so I figured this time it was fair to try an avoid what is projected to be a longer trial. Cheers!! Be well!! :-)
When I was in my mid to late teens and started to drink for recreational purposes, 'Cola Tic' was the first regular. It's basically cola spiked with rum or jenever. A few years later after the novelty had worn off, I learned that my 'cola tic' was made with Jonge Jenever. And once I became acquainted with Oude Jenever, I could only think of Jonge Jenever as *vile.* To any starting drinker: if you order 'cola tic,' make sure the alcoholic beverage that is mixed with the cola is rum, not Jonge Jenever.
Please consider making a video about mixing multiple cocktails at once. If I’m making two of the same cocktail, can I just double the ingredients or do I need two separate shakers? More ice to chill or the same? Are there cocktails or ingredients where this doesn’t work (egg white?), etc. How do you do it at a busy bar?
Did you know that in the French speaking part of Belgium (Wallonia), Genever is called "Peket" (as well as simply "Genièvre") ? :D It's also the base for one of the simplest cocktail we drink a lot here the "Blanc coca" which could be translated into "White Coke", white because of the "color" of the Genever (or Peket) and coca referring to Coca-Cola. Basically, it's 2 ounces of Genever served over ice, topped with Coke and sometimes served with a slice of lemon :P
It’s like a Genever-forward Monte Cassino! For a Monte Cassino I actually prefer a 2:2:1:1 ratio of whiskey : lemon : Benedictine : Yellow Chartreuse. If you haven’t had it that way, give it a try! Brighter, and less sweet.
I don’t even drink alcohol much but I am hooked on your channel!! The quality of your videos is unmatched, Anders. Brb as I continue to make my way through them all 😊
I know you may not see this but if you do, could you do a cocktail with something cinnamon spice and cherry? something to make you wanna get up in the morning at grandmas house.
I just came back from Amsterdam and brought 2 different styles of genever. It's funny that when I came back to re-watch the video to try the recipe, I immediately noticed and recognised the same 2 bottles in the background behind you! 😂 So I assume these are the two genevers used in the video. Nevertheless, nice easter egg!
Anyone that tells you not to use genever in a cocktail has probably never even had a sip of genever. Because the moment you have a sample of it, you know it belongs in a cocktail.
I have discovered that I can make a nearly identical substitute for Bols Original Genever by mixing one part Beefeater Gin and two parts Climax Moonshine. Bols Original is clear, but it does not state on the bottle whether it is Oude or Jonge style.
I have a bottle of "Oude Graan-Jenever" (made in flemish belgium) at home so a) can confirm that oude genejver can be clear b) wil make this at home as soon as I get a new botle of cahrtruse ^^
This is just a light overview on genever - let me know if you're interested in going a bit more in depth on the spirit!
Definitely. I have yet to dip so much as a pinky toe into the genever pool.
definitely!! i recommend an aged corenwijn genever old fashioned, if youre curious yourself
I can not buy Genever in Ontario Canada for some reason :( ....... but I am interested....
Always interested in diving in deeper.
I would love more cocktails using Oude genever as it seems not many use it. Most specs seem to call for Jonge Genever. But more in depth coverage for Jonge would be awesome as well.
I am the guy who created this! so rad to see you sharing it with the world and that you love the drink!!! thank you.
Hey Brian! Appreciate the comment! Thanks for such a great drink - been a fan for quite a while! Cheers to you!
Another great video. I'd never heard of this spirit. I asked my Dutch friend about pronunciation. Genever is pronounced "Ya NA ver" very similar to "Ya never going to do that". It actually means juniper. Oude is pronounced "Ow Da", very similar to "Get owda here, ya buffoon!" Jonge is pronounced "Younge Ah", rhymes with "tongue ah!"
good stuff
Great comment! My ears hurt when Anders pronounced the spirit's name as he did.
Pretty good job describing the pronunciations!
its more like Yuh Nehy Fair
In Flemish the J is pronounced as the French do
Anders, I've got to tell you. Before I discovered your channel, I had a few other go-to cocktail channels, but over the last year or so, I think yours has taken the top place in my official, highly-scientific, very important rankings of UA-cam cocktail channels. Your positivity, variety of spirits/cocktails, and beautiful aesthetics really make me happy to discover a new video each time you upload. Cheers and have a great day!
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Awesome words. They do make amazing content. Great history & cocktails!
Anders has single handedly upped my cocktail game by like 4 and a half levels over the past year. Plus he’s super positive and charming and entertaining. Win win.
Fun fact: “jonge jenever” (the young style” originated during WWII, when there was simply not enough grain to make malted spirit. It’s been a relatively popular spirit here ever since! The old style, like you said in your video, is centuries old. Greetings from Holland 😊
Ey fellow Dutchman :)
@@jopfeber7147 heeeujj even more Dutch people!
@@diededejong4604 Lets goooo
Heeeejj and again a Dutchman!
Ahh yeah Dutchies
Fun fact: Dutch Courage was a shot of jenever that the Dutch took to be invincible when battling at sea. 🇳🇱
I am a bartender, thanks to your tips, my hotel guests are very satisfied with the taste of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails. Thank you Anders, you are an inspiration and a teacher for me!❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much! Happy you're finding the videos helpful. Cheers to you and happy mixing!
@@AndersErickson Thank you 🥰
FYI, maybe someone said it already, but The Flying Dutchman is also an amazing Dutch cocktail bar in Amsterdam, specialised in genever cocktails. One of the owners is Tess Posthumus.
Thank you for great video. I imported genever from The Netherlands. Got caught up in Customs, but finally got it three months later after paying taxes. My Uncle there introduced me to Bokma (Oude) from Friesland. My favorite is DeBorgen from Groningen. Interesting stuff.
Also fun fact: Québec is a huge market for genever, but we have no taste and just quaff DeKuyper blended genever by the gallon during hunting season. SAQ tried a while ago to import DeBorgen products, and while they were delicious, clearly they couldn’t compete with the bottom of the barrel stuff. As a result, “gros gin” as we call it remains a low prestige product that’s meant for sleazy uncles and alcoholics.
As a Dutchman that was great to see! Will try it for sure! Small uninteresting fact: The Dutch “OU” is actually pronounced as in “Ouch”. Or Ehm, “pronounced” I guess
Will&DavyJones: 🤣🤣🤣
Fun thing is with jenever that it holds no boundaries to additional herbs etc. I currently have a bottle of Hooghoudt peated, really nice jenever! It was made with Scottish malted barley, aged in ex-bourbon cask for 3 years and had roasted coffee beans, lemon zest, cacao, Juniper berries and fresh ginger added. Really interesting drink for both gin and whisky lovers
Nice one Anders! I’ll be making a Flying Dutchman soon. “Korenwijn” is special edition with at least 51% of maltwine in it , matured on oak for at least a year. Chilled it accompanies fresh herring perfectly. If drink jenever on the side with a beer it’s called a “kopstootje” , ( headbutt)if you submerge your glass of jenever in your glass of beer it is referred to as “zinkertje”(sinker) although Germans might mistake this for a thinker😜. Cheers, I like your channel, love the drinks!
You are so helpful. When you share really good, under-the-radar cocktails we should be drinking ... or less popular cocktail spirits like Genever, Pisco, Cachaca, Rhum Agricole, Old Tom Gin, Calvados ... or cocktail specs you have refined over time ... it really helps me drink outside my comfort zone. You are the Robert Frost of Cocktails ... thanks for showing us the road less traveled.
Appreciate the kind words! So many good spirits out there. Cheers to you!
Hi, Anders! When I lived in The Netherlands I was given to understand that Genever is a Dutch style of gin. In Holland it was pronounced Jah-NAY-Ver.
Love genever, love mixing with it! As David Wondrich says in his brilliant book Imbibe, so called “Hollands Gin” was actually the preferred style of gin in America in the late 19th century and is called for in classic gin punches and cocktails. The Improved Gin Cocktail with oude jenever and a dash of curaçao is excellent!
I would love to hear some of your recommendations for specific bottle in another (differently sponsored!) video. Some Belgian genevers I am a big fan of are Filier’s 5yo on the oude side and Blauwe Duif on the jonge.
6:38 Az just spacing out, happy to be there. 🙂
Genever is quite a unique spirit. Makes great a John Collins.
Cool I have never heard about this spirit before. The whiskey and gin middle ground sounds super interesting. Will be ordering me a test bottle right away.
Hope you enjoy it! Cheers!
Oh nice, def gotta try this. Love yellow Chartreuse and Bénédictine, this sounds terrific.
Such a great combo. Hope you like this one, Josh! Cheers!
Your history lessons and presentation is stellar as always Anders!! Cheers!
Thanks so much! Cheers to you!
Nice! Now I know what'll be the second thing I do when I get to Amsterdam
Hey Anders!
Just spent 3 months backpacking Spain and fell in love with a lot of fun and sacrilegious drinks. Mixings with wine such as Tinto de Verano, Calimocho, the touristy sangria but also the Feriá de Sevilla drink Rebujito. Would love to hear your thought about wine-drinks and even some fun tips and variations before this summer.
Best regards
I would love more about Genever! I love gin and am always looking for anything similar,
little fact, there is a thing in the netherlands that if you order a kopstootje (headbutt) you get a beer and a shot of jonge jenever. the idea is that you shot the jenever and then enjoy the rest of your beer :p
you could make a drinking game from this video. drink every time you say Gevener. drunk before even half way thru video. lol but you sold me on wanting to try Genever and this drink. great fun video. Thanks and cheers
As usual, I loved the video! And, as a result of watching your channel, I have gotten into cocktail making, bought many bottles of booze, driving the need to purchase a bar cart that just arrived today! One small weird thing......I miss the way you used to drag the liquor bottles across your bar while introducing each ingredient. i just really liked the noise they made and the way it gave each bottle a little dramatic entre!
Be on the lookout for Cornwyn. That stuff is a deeper expression of jenever with lots of malt and flavour. It’s aged and quite tasty.
Brought a bottle of it home from Holland last month.
It was the commentary @ thee end for me 🤣🤣🤣
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The proper way of drinking a straight genever is to pour it somewhat chilled into a tulip-shaphed cordial glass past the rim so the meniscus almost overflows the glass. Then with hands held behind one's back, you bow forward towards the bar top and "Slurp" (slurpen) the first sip with your mouth hands free. Then , and only then, may you pick up the glass with your hand(s). When sipped along with a glass of beer, the combination is a "Kopstootje" (Little Headbutt). You don't drop the tulip glass into the beer like a boilermaker. It is much more Continental and refined.
Hi Anders, as a seasoned 'jenever' drinker, please try to get your hands on a bottle distilled by Van Wees from Amsterdam. It is a magical experience, so much flavour and you will not even notice the fact it has alcohol in it. A truly magical drink if distilled by true craftsmen.. or in this case women.
Recently came across your channel, subbed due to the great content. Nice to see that you are educating all the people that Jenever (Dutch writing) was actually earlier than gin, a lot of people don't know.
I've got a nice bottle of oude genever and I'll have to give this recipe a try. I mostly use it to make Improved Cocktails and I think it's my favorite spirit for that drink. I also experimented in using it to replace the gin in a White Negroni and I thought it worked really well and added a nice maltiness to the drink.
Your videos are now another reason why I look forward to Fridays. Your content is original, informative and simply elegant.
I'm planning a trip to the Netherlands soon and this couldn't have come in a better time. Although I think I'll favour the old style, I'm definitely gonna grab a bottle of each.
Hats off to you and Az for yet another great video.
Cheers.
Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy the spirit and have an amazing time in the Netherlands - Cheers!
Another great video. As usual the drinks sound amazing, the story telling makes it interesting, and the humor tops it off. People far more influential than I, love your videos. Jeremy Siers gave Anders a shout out in one of his recent videos. Keep up the great work.
Funny to watch this video when I recently watched your first video making a Sidecar. Same personality just more of it. Great stuff. I've actually been to Holland twice and have four bottles of Genever. I also did a tour at the Bols store/tourist trap and gave a great history of the spirit.
I think and feel this is subtle way to support Johnny Deep by Anders love it just love it….. beautiful 😻… May the truth prevail 🙌🏼
I would love some sort of video where you go in depth on sugar, simple syrup as well as other sweeteners for cocktails and their pros and cons.
Jenever has a rich history: it has many names in Dutch: Papegaaiesoep (parrot soup, since it gets your mouth running) pikketanussie (just rols off the tongue nicely) Jajem, which rhymes with Majem, meaning body of water (amsterdam rhyming slang) and many others. Papegaaiesoep is my alltime fav. toedels!
To add to that, a typical style to drink Jenever is next to a beer, the combo is called een kopstoot (headbutt) one way to do it is to drop the glass of Jajem completely in the beer. (advanced level, or quickly drunk level). a Jenever shot is often poured with a head on it, meaning it is filled to the brim. to drink this you need to bow, or 'bukken voor je pikketanussie'. meaning you have to stand up, put your hands on your back, as the gentleman you are, and sip the top off the miniscus.
I appreciate this channel. Have never explored Genever, but gonna change that!
If you substitute the genever with absinth, you'll get the Dying Flutchman *snicker*
Thanks for you indepp history, I never heard this before.
Genever is a really underrated spirit.The English tried to make "Dutch Courage" which they failed at, so they created Gin. Genever is much more complex than Gin, but you do not necessarily drink it neat. Actually, the very first cocktails where made mostly with Genever. I personally love a Mai Tai with barreld Aged Genever, you get much more complexity and flavour rather then with rum.
Let me know if are interessted and I can have Lucas Bols send you their variety of Genevers.
Love your vid!
Love the variations of Genevers - and love the idea of a Genever Mai Tia!
On the topic of Dutch. Did you know your name "Anders" means "different" in Dutch
And in German too!
Wiki:
"Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries, earliest attested in 1378."
fairly versed in spirits and this was all new to me. great vid and actually very insightful comments too!
Love to see your take on Manhattan variations like the Black Manhattan.
Never heard of Genever before this. Now I want to try the Flying Dutchman both ways.
Don't forget the All You Can Eat restaurant that Homer gets kicked out of...The Frying Dutchman. 🎣
Don't forget Honus Wagner, "The Flying Dutchman," shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates around the turn of the last century. One of the original inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame
TO THE BAR! 🥃
awesome! now I have another drink to make with my Genever (Jonge)
I was waiting for the Spongebob reference 🤣
Great informative video though, definitely learned something new!
Love this video! Anders, you’ve done it again. I’m guessing that the genevers are either: Hooghoudt, Bobby’s, Bols, Bols Barrel Aged, Notaris, or De Borgen. 😉
Whoa, you nailed it! Cheers, Danny - thanks again!
Don’t forget about “Ketel 1”, more known in the US for their vodkas
Or Boomsma…
Anders!! You should totally make a video using Japanese Whiskey like Toki!!! That’s a must do video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you're just a wizard and no one can convince me otherwise
As a 'rule of thumb' the jonge is written as "Jenever" and the oude is written as "Genever"
These drinks looks very yummy. A drink you could drink when sailing the seven seas.... 🥰😉
Anton van Wees, the oldest family distillery in Amsterdam, still makes good genevers in Jordaan district. They make jonges, oudes, and vrij oudes along with more rye-based (Roggeners) genevers. Fenny van Wees has run the company for a while and is the only lady distiller in Netherlands. Their distillery also makes tradition Dutch liqueurs. "Oranjebitter" is traditionally sipped on Koningsdag (King's Day) which is late April 30 (the birthday of current King Willem-Alexander. (His mother, Queen Emerita Beatrix's birthday was in January so it was going to be too cold so she kept HER mom's (Queen Juliana) birthday of April 27 as Queen's Day). "Heaven on Earth" tastes like Christmas party in your mouth and everyone is invited! "Roses without Thorns" is a delightful rose-flavored drink made from Bulgarian eating roses, vanilla, and spices. They even make Tonka bean flavored liqueurs (the Tonka Bean has been banned in the US since 1954 for no good reason at all; a chemical made in the dark long leathery bean, coumarin, potentially under certain rare circumstances, can turn into coumadin, the anticoagulant that we use to thin blood in people with clotting disorders or atrial fibrillation). It is supposed to taste like vanilla but BETTER! You can import some of these good spirits through TheWhiskeyExchange.com
Early for the first time in a while!! Yayay!! Can't wait for this!
Love it! Cheers and happy Friday!
Fun fact, Jenever is actually a Belgian spirit of which the archetype was first described by Jacob Van Maerlant in 1269 and later in 1552 by the physician Phillipus Hermanni who called it aqua juniperi. Due to the fall of Antwerp in 1585 during the Eighty Years’ War, loads of Belgians emigrated to The Netherlands and brought their Jenever with them.
Have a great weekend Anders and Az
Cheers, Mark! Same to you!
And goddammit, this is the only channel where I’ve hit that subscribe button (months ago)👍
Whoa, just noticed: notification button of course 😛
Despite being Dutch, I've never had jenever before. Might have to give it a try!
you say at 2:32 that putting spirits in unmarked bottles is illegal, is that for safety or is it a “if you use a spirit the customer should know what it is” reason? in that vein i’d be interested in a video about the weird/non-obvious things you learn as a bartender about liquor laws/dealing with customers/etc etc etc
Great video idea. Regarding the unmarked bottles, my understanding is it's all about deceiving the customer. Depending where you are the laws may differ - it's definitely a gray area, and behavior that's typically frowned upon.
Great content as always. Been making many customers happy since tuning in! QUESTION: anyone ever tried this with Matuur (Mature) Jenever?
Please do an akkevit episode. It's such an underrated spirit!
I just noticed there isn't a clock anymore? How do I know if it's 5 o'clock somewhere?
I'm going to have to try this, but only because I've never had .5oz of Benedictine in a cocktail before.
I bought a bottle of Bols Genever a while back when I was first getting into gin. Was basically trying a Tom Collins using the different types of gin to see which I liked the best. I remember the genever version being tasty, but my favorite gin ended up being Plymouth Gin. Anyway, I always though it was pronounced like the name Jennifer only with a v sound instead of the f sound.
it's a bit more like:
yuh-nay-ver
slurred together without any spacing between the syllables ofcourse
in dutch it's generally spelled with the J rather than the G, but some brands do use the old style G
the old style starting with the G would be pronounced more like a combination of a Z and Y the french use a lot, like the one in "jus" (to us a J, but more often than not phonetically closer to the english Y)
zyuh-nay-ver
Strange but true fact, in looking up Genever, I discovered there is a "DeLuxe Craft Cocktail lounge in West Los Angeles named Genever. Who knew, and I live here.
I have a really nice Australian made version of Genever that they cheekily called Jennifer
Hey Anders, I've followed your 100$ starter bar advise and actually stared doing cocktails from your videos. It's interesting how your recipes are unique in proportions and in good way. Mojito was especially a hit, but for gin base cocktails I've unknowingly selected Roku gin and negroni almost killed me. :D
Thanks for tips, sips and recipes ;)
Have I ever had genever? Good sir, I'm from Flanders, I've probably had way too much of it 🤣
I first tried Genever (I think you are not pronouncing it correctly) in Amsterdam over 15 years ago, then again in 2013 at the Genever festival in Hasselt Belgium. It is a an excellent spirit, especially the Oude style.
And you can make another video about Korenwijn, which is even more similar to Whisky.
A negroni with Jonge Jenever is a nice (but small) variation on the cocktail.
Great one, I prefer this with a dash of absinthe added. Cheers Anders
I'll be trying that - sounds good to me! Thanks, David! Cheers!
Can't wait to try this. Have a bottle of Oude Genever given by a Dutch friend and never found it mixed with anything. Also "The Flying Dutchman" also referred to Honus Wagner, back when Germans in this country were called "Dutch".
I didn't know that - Cheers!
Speaking of men named Wagner, there is an opera called The Flying Dutchman, composed by Richard Wagner.
Oh oh oh! I hear a challenge: “if you tell me not to mix with something then I probably will”
Don’t mix with tea, certainly don’t make a list episode with different ways to mix with tea.
Also, don’t mix with agwa (the coco liquor)
Don’t mix with galliano
You should certainly not do an episode listing different bitters forward cocktails like the Trinidad sour (one of my favorites now, and my father in laws favorites now too lol )
Seriously though, great episode as usual! I love the extra history and explanations!
I have it relatively easy in Vancouver! I think I have only ever seen 1 Genever! I definitely want to try it. These cocktails look lovely and delicious!! I sympathize with Oz. I just got called AGAIN for jury duty. I admit I got myself out of it this time!! Have a terrific weekend!! Cheers!! :-)
Cheers, Christine! Definitely give the Genever a try - hope you enjoy it! Also, well done on getting out of jury duty!!
@@AndersErickson I will absolutely give Genever a try, Anders!! I'm excited to check out the flavours and make some lovely cocktails!! I'm chuckling about jury duty! I have been called numerous times and I have done jury duty in the past so I figured this time it was fair to try an avoid what is projected to be a longer trial. Cheers!! Be well!! :-)
tks guys.. never try it before.. eager to jump into it
When I was in my mid to late teens and started to drink for recreational purposes, 'Cola Tic' was the first regular.
It's basically cola spiked with rum or jenever.
A few years later after the novelty had worn off, I learned that my 'cola tic' was made with Jonge Jenever.
And once I became acquainted with Oude Jenever, I could only think of Jonge Jenever as *vile.*
To any starting drinker: if you order 'cola tic,' make sure the alcoholic beverage that is mixed with the cola is rum, not Jonge Jenever.
Please consider making a video about mixing multiple cocktails at once. If I’m making two of the same cocktail, can I just double the ingredients or do I need two separate shakers? More ice to chill or the same? Are there cocktails or ingredients where this doesn’t work (egg white?), etc. How do you do it at a busy bar?
I love your videos. Please continue forever. Lol.
Did you know that in the French speaking part of Belgium (Wallonia), Genever is called "Peket" (as well as simply "Genièvre") ? :D
It's also the base for one of the simplest cocktail we drink a lot here the "Blanc coca" which could be translated into "White Coke", white because of the "color" of the Genever (or Peket) and coca referring to Coca-Cola.
Basically, it's 2 ounces of Genever served over ice, topped with Coke and sometimes served with a slice of lemon :P
This sounds great. Yellow chartreuse is so hard to find for us. I have a bottle of Bols Genever Aged.
Yeah both the green and yellow seem to be in short supply around us too. Hopefully it'll be back soon 🤞
Would love to see a video on herbs (other then mint) and how to use them in cocktails.
It’s like a Genever-forward Monte Cassino! For a Monte Cassino I actually prefer a 2:2:1:1 ratio of whiskey : lemon : Benedictine : Yellow Chartreuse. If you haven’t had it that way, give it a try! Brighter, and less sweet.
Have never drink genever, rare spirit here. But definitely will give it a try.
And that struggle with explaining different styles 😂
We want the Michelada episode Anders!
I don’t even drink alcohol much but I am hooked on your channel!! The quality of your videos is unmatched, Anders. Brb as I continue to make my way through them all 😊
I still don't think I have seen any in stores....I have read about it. Drink sounds tasty
Another difference it's that oude tends to be aromatized only with juniper whilr jonge tends to have more botanicals and it's less junipery.
Awesome as always! Thank you ☺️
Ander’s cant say which brands of Genever he has, but there’s Bols Genever in the background
I know you may not see this but if you do, could you do a cocktail with something cinnamon spice and cherry? something to make you wanna get up in the morning at grandmas house.
I just came back from Amsterdam and brought 2 different styles of genever. It's funny that when I came back to re-watch the video to try the recipe, I immediately noticed and recognised the same 2 bottles in the background behind you! 😂 So I assume these are the two genevers used in the video. Nevertheless, nice easter egg!
Good eye, Dimitar! A trip to Amsterdam sounds pretty nice - Cheers!
Anyone that tells you not to use genever in a cocktail has probably never even had a sip of genever. Because the moment you have a sample of it, you know it belongs in a cocktail.
I have discovered that I can make a nearly identical substitute for Bols Original Genever by mixing one part Beefeater Gin and two parts Climax Moonshine. Bols Original is clear, but it does not state on the bottle whether it is Oude or Jonge style.
I have a bottle of "Oude Graan-Jenever" (made in flemish belgium) at home
so
a) can confirm that oude genejver can be clear
b) wil make this at home as soon as I get a new botle of cahrtruse ^^