The Dutch company Lucas Bols, founded in 1575, positions itself as the world’s oldest officially registered distillery.
The main specialization of Dutch distillers is the production of liqueurs.
Among them are several created, usurped or repurchased brands of global and local scale, consumed in their pure form and in some cases even served on royal tables, as well as several dozen drinks suitable exclusively for making cocktails.
World Brands by Lukas Bols
The following drinks are well-deserved worldwide popularity:
Advocaat – egg liqueur, the prototype of which was brought by the Dutch from South America.
Amaretto – quite a decent variation on the theme of the famous Italian almond elixir.
Ваккари (Vaccari) – author’s sambuca, named after the creator of Galliano liqueur: Arturo Vaccari.
Galliano (Galliano) – Italian vanilla-anise liqueur with herbal overtones, outbid by the cunning Dutch from the heirs of that same Arturo.
Blackthorn Gin (Sloe Gin) – a dessert drink, beloved by the English people.
Domestic Dutch stamps
Among the liqueurs from Bols, which are not officially exported outside the country, special attention should be paid to the following:
Goldstrike is a schnapps-based cinnamon decoction containing microscopic gold flakes. A tribute to the tradition that originated among the Dutch Boers: colonists from South Africa;
Silverstrike – less strong silver-plated modern variation on the theme of precious metals;
Black Chicken (Zwarte Kip) – the so-called thick Advocate: a more concentrated version of the egg dessert drink.
cocktail liqueurs
For lovers of the cocktail genre, the Dutch company offers the widest range of various kinds of decoctions:
Арбузный (Watermelon);
Butterscotch schnapps – a strange drink with a pronounced caramel and toffee taste;
Vanilla (Vanilla);
Bitter orange – infused with Spanish oranges and bitter herbs;
Pomegranate (Pomegranate);
Melon (Melon);
Blackberry (blackberry);
Green banana (Grune Bananes);
Green tea (Green Tea liqueur);
Kiwi (Kiwi);
Sour apple (sour apple);
Strawberry (Fraise, Strawberry);
Coconut (Coconut) – a liqueur not without hints of rum;
Kontiki (Kontiki) – grapefruit-lemon elixir “for their own” on a zhdino basis;
Coffee (Coffee liqueur); as well as its local variation “for their own” called Evita;
Red Orange – the drink contains various fruit additives, in particular: peach and passion fruit;
Cream banana (Crème de Banane) – seasoned with almonds, herbs and spices;
Cocoa cream (Crème de cacao) – brown and white variations;
Curacao blue (Blue Curaçao) – also known as Bols Blue;
Curacao dry (Dry Orange Curaçao) – orange peel and bitter herbs;
Lychee (Lychee) – a drink from the tropical fruit of the same name, cultivated in South China and Southeast Asia;
Raspberry (Framboise or simply Raspberry);
Mango (Mango);
Marakuya (Passoa, Passion fruit);
Maraschino (Maraschino) – with the addition of some herbs;
Mint (Crème de Menthe or Peppermint) – found in green and white versions;
Parfait Amour is a strange purple liquor with a claim to age-old traditions. Includes: oranges, rose petals and vanilla infused with grape spirit;
Peach;
Pisang Ambon is a heavily promoted banana liqueur with an Indonesian colonial past. The taste is reminiscent not so much of the announced green bananas as of Duchess or Barberry candies;
Triple sec (Triple sec) – classic and with the addition of lime extract (Triple sec and lime);
Blueberry (Blueberry);
Blackcurrant (Crème de Cassis).
Fruit Brandy
Dutch distillers also classify the fruit and berry brandies they produce as liqueurs. This circumstance is probably due to the addition of a certain amount of sugar syrup to the drinks mentioned.
Among the drinks in this category there are the following names:
Apricot brandy.
Cherry brandy (Cherry brandy).
Kirsch (Kirsch) – cherry, commonly produced in Swabia and German Switzerland.
Princes Kirsch (Prinzenkirsch) is a sweeter and richer version of the previous drink.
Relevance: 19.11.2017
Tags: Liqueurs, Pourings, Liqueurs, Brands of liqueurs