Lucas Bols USA Releases Bols Barrel Aged Genever
Aged Genever made from a unique 19th century recipe will compliment the already popular Bols Genever 1820 and expand the overall Genever category
Lucas Bols, the world’s oldest distilled spirits company, has announced the release of Bols Barrel Aged Genever, a new expression of Genever developed exclusively for the U.S. market. The new Bols Barrel Aged Genever is made using a 19th century recipe and aged for 18 months in oak casks. Designed with bourbon connoisseurs in mind, Bols Barrel Aged Genever embraces the wood characters of aged American whiskies while maintaining the herbaceous, juniper flavors of the original Bols Genever.
Master Distiller Piet Van Leijenhorst, secret-recipe keeper and steward of Bols Genevers for over 25 years, is always looking for new ways to bring the authentic Dutch spirit of Genever to all corners of the globe. He deemed this original 19th century Bols Genever recipe perfect for aging, a nod to the great aged-whisky traditions of the United States while staying true to the traditional practices of making Genever.
Bols Barrel Aged Genever is made according to an authentic recipe used by the company in the 19th century that is different from the recipe used to make Bols Genever 1820. The heart of the Barrel Aged Genever is malt wine: a rye, wheat and corn distillate triple-distilled made in copper pot stills. This is then blended with a unique bouquet of traditional Genever botanicals such as hops, cloves, anise, licorice, ginger, juniper and many others. Aged for at least 18 months in barrels from the French Limousin region, an area well known for its exceptional cooperage quality wood, Bols Barrel Aged Genever is pale golden in color and boasts powerful wood-infused flavors. This unique spirit represents true craftsmanship, authentic Dutch heritage and superb quality. It should be enjoyed like fine bourbon: at room temperature, with a splash of ice or water, as an aperitif, a digestive or in an old-fashioned whisky cocktail.
Lucas Bols, distillers since 1575, has a long tradition of aging Genevers. For centuries Genever has been bottled and shipped around the world in the brown clay Genever jugs that can still be found in old shipwrecks or during archaeological digs. Bols Barrel Aged Genever is bottled in grey earthenware jugs from the German Westerwald region, a spectacular homage to the 17th century tradition.
