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Jenever

Juniper malt spirit sipped brim-full from tulip glasses.

Netherlands Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Malt-wine spirit flavoured with juniper, described by Dutch physicians in the sixteenth century; English soldiers in the Low Countries took it home as gin.

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What is Jenever?

Jenever is a wine & spirit from Netherlands: juniper malt spirit sipped brim-full from tulip glasses. Malt-wine spirit flavoured with juniper, described by Dutch physicians in the sixteenth century; English soldiers in the Low Countries took it home as gin.

Made with

juniperbarley

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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