Gin

Beefeater Crown Jewel was released in 1993 for the international Duty-Free market but sadly discontinued in 2009 in favor of Beefeater 24. Re-released as a limited in 2015 but that batch quickly sold out. Crown Jewel is a regular Beefeater infused with grapefruit. Quite soft and exceptional tasty. This is batch #2.

Beefeater London Dry Gin is a crystal clear 100% grain spirit which was first made in 1862 and has been a global succes eversince.

Beefeater Wet was launched in 1999, designed to be a diffferent style of Gin by adding extra spice, pear essence and sugar. Beefeater Wet remained in production until 2005.

Bokma Royal Dark was introduced around 1995, a jenever which matured on Limousin Oak. Royal Dark was the most expensive jenever in it’s time and perhaps this was the reason it was discontinued not much later…

Bols 10-year old Corenwijn is a limited release which was introduced 26 June 2008 and sold out shortly thereafter. This Corenwijn has aged and was blended in ‘t Lootsje, the historic cellar where Bols has stored some 700 French oak barrels each containing 350 liters spirit.

Booth’s High & Dry Gin was introduced after WWII as their second Gin, next to their Finest Dry Gin. It was promoted as ‘the world’s driest gin’. This bottle High & Dry Extra Dry Gin dates from the early 1970’s.

Gordon’s produced Distiller’s Cut between 2004 and 2009. Distiller’s Cut contained Lemon Grass and Ginger which made it a totally different Gin compared to the regular Dry Gin. At it’s introduction Distiller’s Cut was described as ‘the latest work in the Gordon’s collection, crafted with quadruple dis...

This Gordon’s Dry Gin was released around 1959. The neck label states ’17 under proof british’ which is normal language means the % volume is 17 under 57,19% = 40,19%. This is one of the best preserved old Gordon’s we have seen for a long time.

Gordon’s Special Dry London Gin in a discontinued 1980’s version, still bottled at 40% abv whereby current versions have a reduced volume of 37,5%.

Tanqueray relaunched 16.000 cases of Malacca in early 2013, Tanqueray Malacca is a sweeter gin with less juniper emphasis and more citrus than the classic style. Originally introduced in the late 1990s, Malacca was discontinued after a short lifespan but has been resurrected after gradually assuming cult status among cocktail revivalist barte...

Tanqueray’s Old Tom Gin was first made in 1835 as a classic sweeter type of Gin. This is a limited edition replica with it’s label being copied from the last version which was marketed.

This 20cl hipflask Tanqueray Special Dry dates from the 1970’s.