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Bols Genever.........will it be suitable for a Classic Martini?

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the old codger	Bols Genever.........will it be suitable for a Classic Martini?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 195 (09/04/08 05:18:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Bols is introducing what they call "Genever"........ http://www.Bolsgenever.com I'm wondering how it will compare to my old standby, Beefeater, when I make my version of a Classic Martini. Their website says the first intro will be in New York and San Francisco, here in the States, this month. For those of us who don't live in or near those two fair cities, how long before it comes to the hinterlands? Is Texas really a hinterland? Take a look at their website, but beware, patience is required as it's one of the slowest downloading sites I've seen in a while. the old codger (who can't wait to try it and see what the fuss is all about)
MrCharters		#1	[-]
Posts: 106 (09/04/08 23:20:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I don't know, but it looks intriguing. I will give it a try if I can find some. But then, it may be like so many countless specialty Gins that are fun to try but can never replace my standards, which are Beefeater and Gordons.
PaulO	RE: Bols Genever	#2	[-]
Posts: 204 (09/05/08 12:17:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My understanding is this genever stuff is actually more like a juniper flavored schnaaps with a good amount of sugar in it. I would be interested to hear how it turns out. I think substituting genever for London dry type gin in any mixed drink will yield a very different result. The one suggestion I recall concerning genever in mixed drinks was in the Imbide book where a small portion of genever is suggested to replace old tom in some old cocktail recipes. Genever is supposed to be sweet and malty, unlike our usual gins used for martinis.
blabberblabber		#3	[-]
Posts: 85 (09/08/08 08:36:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	After all my experimentation with around 25 gins, Nancy and I have settled on our favorites, both Dutch: Zuidam and Damrak. They are also both "London Dry" by type/style. But the predominant gin consumed in the Netherlands is Genever, not London Dry. It is much sweeter, I'm told, and quite a different taste. I also think it is not assiduously refined either, though I don't mean that as a value judgment. Being so enthusiastic about the Dutch gins, we decided to buy a bottle of Boomsma, "Fine Young Genever". It is wholly unsuitable for a martini. In the end I drank most of it with some vodka-swilling friends at a party at my house. We drank it super-cold, right out of the freezer, as we might drink vodka or more likely aquavit. I love the latter in chilled shots with smoked fish and such, a hold-over from our love of a local Swedish restaurant. Genever works well that way. Paul mentioned shnapps: that! Frankly I think it's nice considered in the aquavit category: Not as dramatic in the taste profile, but at least it has more character/personality than vodka. No martini-loving person would appreciate it in a martini, likewise the casual martini-drinker would probably not know the difference. But then they don't know the difference between vodka and gin either. The two friends who simply can't be moved to martini's (about five of my friends have, with my unrelenting encouragement), say it "gives them headaches", which I think preposterous, but then everybody is different I suppose. So I stock vodka for them. They both loved the Genever and really went after that bottle. I assumed they'd be hung-over and I could start edging them back to gin--surprisingly they reported no ill-effects at all! -- Gerry Last Edited By: blabberblabber 09/08/08 08:42:26. Edited 1 times.

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