Dutch character

Dutch character
Superalcolici
Magazine: February 2008

Its history has origins in Holland: in 1600, chemist Sylvius Franciscus experimented making a remedy for stomach and kidney problems using alcohol and juniper berries, thus “Jenever” was born, later becoming “gin”. The remedy was so successful that it arrived in England and then English gin came about: the “London dry gin”. A type of gin is also produced in Italy with the best juniper berries in the Mediterranean. There are quite a variety of gin types: the “classic” London dry is colourless, dry and fragrant; “Old Tom gin” is sweetened with sugar. The preparation consists of a water solution, alcohol, juniper berries and other aromatic substances, put into the still and left to sit at 40-50° centigrade for three days. The process lasts two days, before proceeding onto distilling. Gin is used these days primarily as a base for cocktails. The tulip glass is the most suitable for tasting.