“I’ll have a shot of genever.” Say what? Until recently, the only place you might have heard such a request was in Belgium or the Netherlands. There, the botanical-infused malted genever — also known ...

As a lark for spring, and following a pleasant encounter with Hendrick's, I thought over the next little while we could take a little exploratory jaunt along the edges of the world of gin — a world ...

Most brands of gin on the market fall into one of two camps: juniper-forward London dry; or lighter, floral and citrusy gins. But the gin we read about in pre-Prohibition cocktail books is usually ...

"What's that you're reading, Professor?" Ted Haigh, a.k.a. Dr. Cocktail, is visiting San Francisco from his home in Los Angeles and has stopped into our cocktailian bartender's joint to say hi.

WHY: Genever is the Dutch antecedent of modern gin. Zuidam’s sweet graininess and its apothecarial licorice/juniper balance provides a welcome alternative to the usual London dry gin, especially if ...

Chasing the provenance of a cocktail is always a tricky business, but when it comes to a Tom Collins, Bernard Filliers of the Filliers distillery in Belgium is not going to let gin claim another ...