WE TOURED A JENEVER DISTILLERY IN DORDRECHT (gin vs. genever)

In this episode, Michelle and Alex make their own gin and genever and get a full tour of the distillery at Rutte in Dordrecht, and finally figure out the difference between gin, genever, and jenever.
Episode 74 · Filmed on July 10, 2023 · Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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0:00 Introduction
0:59 History of the Rutte distillery
2:22 Behind the scenes of the Rutte distillery
3:49 Trying licorice root for funsies
4:26 Back to the tour of the distillery
5:17 What is gin? And what is jenever?
5:54 Genever vs. jenever
6:25 Dutch courage
6:44 Michelle makes gin
9:09 Alex makes genever
10:26 Naming and wrapping our bottles
10:48 How can you do this workshop?
11:12 Wrap up
#expatlife #netherlands #gin #distillery
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In 2020, we quit our jobs to travel the world, and... yeah, that didn't happen. So in 2022, we decided to make an even BIGGER change, packing up our lives (and our cats 🐈), moving from Austin, Texas, to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Subscribe for new videos like this every week!

[@DutchEdelweiss]

You both look so happy. Looks like you’re having a great time in the Netherlands.

[@buncharted]

it’s also all of the jenever 😂😂😂

[@nicoanker1343]

Michelle looks always happy.

[@peet4921]

Jenever helps a lot.

[@Paul_C]

Or maybe she just glad she fled the US? Who can say ❤😊

[@peet4921]

@@Paul_C I think you're on to something here.

[@jajo579]

Thanks for this very informative video! Never knew the difference between Gin and Jenever. To answer your question, my favorite mocktail is the "Lime Zynger" it is a pretty specific recipe and not well-known but it IS my favorite 😊

[@henkhemming6674]

my favorit cocktail is half a pint of really cold beer filled up with cold fanta or sinas,very refreshing

[@cloudspecs3864]

Super leuk zeg veel plezier!❤

[@jackvandersluis1723]

Very informing video, thanks!

[@peak196]

Fantastic episode, I enjoyed it.

[@CakeboyRiP]

Even i learn new things from your videos. Thank you

[@evertjethoe]

Hi Buncharted, see the video on YT: Amsterdam Food tour Trying out Indonesian and Surinamese food!. Video is a month old and the restaurant is called: Nieuw Albina - Surinaams - Chinees Eethuis. You can see how Roti Chicken is supposed to be eaten in that video. And i hope you go try some their 😇👍🏽

[@MichelBaek]

The Hangover part 4. That was a nice tour. ❤❤❤

[@Loggiebeat]

Great video guys👍🥃 Went for a workshop there a few years ago with my coworkers. Also did the tour and it was so interesting and so much fun. I really can advise this experience to everyone visiting Dordrecht 🙌

[@hermandegroot1946]

Wow, you enjoy your time in the Netherlands. You are professionals in video science. When we were young ( now 77 yo) we read a book that was "Kruimeltje" or "Pietje Bell" , everybody read it. It took place at the beginning of the 20th century in Rotterdam! The naughty boys stood at a cafe. When a man came outside with a sip of jenever still in his mouth to enjoy it a little longer...they asked: sir, what time is it? Then he had to swallow it.

[@B0K1T0]

Did you ever try a "kopstootje"? It's a classic Dutch combo: a shot of jenever followed by a glass of beer.

[@tresenie]

Belgian jenever is still one of the most important drinks in some Belgian cristmas markets and some brands started experimenting with flavours like passionfruit, chocolate, violets,...

[@peet4921]

Ooops, missed opportunity. Visit Schiedam, tallest historical windmills on the planet and have their own Jenever museum. Schiedam used to have the most Jenever distilleries, fewer now, but still the biggest ( Bols, Ketel1, de Kuijper, Nolet)

[@buncharted]

we can do both :)

[@peet4921]

@@buncharted You should.

[@plukkie070]

I was wondering if i could make it to Schiedam and back on the bike... i was looking up to one of those windmills and wondered why they were so tall, had a nice drink at the Korenbeurs they have a nice inner garden, i think they said that back in the day it used to be a trading hub for ingridients for like Jenever.

[@peet4921]

@@plukkie070 Correct, in Dutch it's called the 'Korenbeurs', which actually means as much as 'corn exchange'.

[@ilonkagootjes858]

​@@peet4921corn is to specific i think. It's maïs.

[@cyrielmartens3575]

Omg! I've been there as well! I can tell you, when they gave us the paper sheet with the math exercise. There was a lot of confusion in the first seconds haha.

[@buncharted]

😂😂😂

[@peternogwat7576]

Cheers!

[@thesillypig785]

Jenever with lemonsyrup and sparkling water makes a great cocktail during this hot weather!

[@buncharted]

yum!!

[@hcjkruse]

This might be even more fun than Schiedam! Still worth to visit for the mills and the jenever museum, city museum and the small coop museum behind the city museum. Schiedam in literature known as Zwarth Nazareth because of the slums and jenever. I grew up in Schiedam. In the 1980s every Friday a distillery had its cleaning day and the sewers turned red from bessenjenever. My father worked on sewer technology those days. They still had open basins at some pumping facilities. Those days the basins were dark red and there was a heavy alcohol smell.

[@katmartinez3737]

Nice, interesting video. When I lived in Germany (Cologne), we often drank Bessen Jenever. It was a beautiful red colour and so smooth!

[@rudyloedeman5730]

Really nice video❤ don't drink the mixtures normally however I do like Dutch Beerenburg or the sweeter Jagermeister now and then

[@peterf1]

Fascinating video. Love the tour. I'm a bit of a scotch guy, but I do like a good gin and tonic. Haven't explored beyond Hendricks Gin, but I'm now inspired. I guess the flavor profile you can create is unlimited. That's always fun. My first time in NL was on a bike and boat tour and one night the host pulled out a 'special' red gin he thought Americans would like because it's sweet. It was horrid. My wife later explained that it was an 'old ladies' gin she remembered her grandmother drinking. Forget the name... ?

[@mneoud]

It was probably "Bessenjenever"

[@buncharted]

aileen told us about this but i can’t remember the details - it was sweetened with sugar and typically consumed by older generations!

[@peterf1]

@@mneoud That is it! Thank you.

[@janharml]

Personaly I love the pardyswyn from Rutte 👍

[@annemieverhoeven2566]

That is intresting😮

[@erikmulder2574]

That is a good one, loved the video. Very famous is also kettle one distillery. My favourite cocktail must be planters punch, a rum based cocktail with fruit juices and grenadine when I remember correctly

[@buncharted]

KETEL ONE IS DUTCH??? omg it is!!! wow! we'll definitely have to visit there!

[@erikmulder2574]

@@buncharted good to see I can educate as well as learn 😜 It is the Nolet distillery, In my view one of the best

[@MarceldeJong]

Heh funny, I was in Dordrecht 2 weeks ago, visited the Dordrechts museum and stayed for a city wide music festival. And stood in front of the sign of the Rutte distillery. There's a great Surinamese lunch place just around the corner there.

[@buncharted]

ruby's!

[@whitevader007]

OK fun thing is that I've been to Dordrecht many times. I've been in this shop too, but normally I go to the right and visit a totally different shop. About 50 meters close to the bridge there is the shop of Koko Loko, a tattoo and piercing shop. I have to there this year because there is an old project on my back that has to be finished.

[@ialrakis5173]

super interesting. I like a good simple gin, and you can't go wrong with fever tree tonic 🙂. as a sidenote, i like to put some juniper berries in my big 'cauldron' when making a chicken broth

[@aislingbooks]

Cinnamon currant genever sounds yummy. My favourite cocktails: blood-orange margaritas, which I only found while visiting my brother in West Palm Beach, Florida. And fireball cinnamon whiskey - another yums.

[@ramonamaramis]

Super nice viddy guys! Back in my college days we used to drink 'Japies' - pronounced as: ya-peas'-: jenever mixed with apple juice, which sounds as a safe and innocent mix drink (but has for obvious reasons the opposite effect of being innocent😂)

[@buncharted]

that sounds DELICIOUS!

[@ramonamaramis]

@@buncharted its delish. And DANGEROUS😉

[@grienling]

I prefer the Jonge Jenever from the distilleries Olifant and Hooghoudt . in a longdrink glass with a quarter jenever and three quarters bitterlemon .

[@funzischubert8083]

We passed you today at the Erasmus Bridge. We are from Germany and currently on vacation here. I've watched some of your vlogs to get ideas what to visit in Rotterdam. I would've never expected to see you there 😄

[@buncharted]

haha this comment brought us so much joy you should have said hi! 😄 we're glad we could help plan your trip to rotterdam!

[@funzischubert8083]

@@buncharted i was so shocked. The first thing i noticed was that fluffy thing on the camera 😄 sorry for not saying hi but thank you so much for your comment and of course the vlogs 😉

[@buncharted]

haha there’s nothing subtle about us - the mic on the camera and my moustache 😂

[@Eitner100]

In 1688 the Dutch Willem III introduced Jenever in England. Gin is a derivat from Jenever with one different alcohol ingredient. Jenever was first described in 1650. London Dry Gin is the closest drink to Jenever. In other words: it was the 17th century and not the 16th as the host says.

[@Rubber_Ring]

My favourite jenever is Rogge jenever (jenever from rye). I always used to think jenever was an 'old folks' drink (I only ever tasted 'jonge jenever', which I really didn't like that much). Until I visited a jenever distillery in The Hague, called Van Kleef. Did a tasting there of a selection of their jenevers and I was converted. If you ever find yourself in The Hague again, I recommend visiting Van Kleef.

[@B0K1T0]

+1 for Van Kleef! Had a tasting there once and I enjoyed it a lot. I still rarely drink jenever, but it was also somewhat of an eye opener for me :)

[@jeroencote5212]

small tip (but not sure you like it) is dutch whisky made in Twente called Sculte, it is not cheap but it is very nice and perhaps it could also be a place for you to visit one day.

[@bernardbouzon5499]

Tasted bols juniper years ago, it was too strong for me

[@user-mp3of8hs8g]

🎉🎉🎉

[@1206anton]

When you visit a pub in the Netherlands, you must order a "kopstoot". A "kopstoot" is a beer with a young jenever (drink) next to it, so in separate glasses. You must first drink the glass with jenever in one time empty and then drink slowly the beer. Real nice.

[@tresenie]

A variant i've heared of in Belgium is een "duikboot" where the glass of jenever is submerged in the beer.

[@1206anton]

@tresenie Yes, is softer to drink. A "kopstoot" feels really like a "kopstoot".

[@eriktabbers3599]

Nicely pronounced in Dutch by the way at the beginning of the video 😮🎉😂. I always am amazed when someone with English as the first language says things in Dutch correctly. It's very difficult for most people. Keep practicing 😉. By the way are you guys ever moving back to the states or are you here to stay? Because you guys really seem to be happy with what you do and it's nice to see tbh. ❤

[@buncharted]

we’re here to stay as long as the netherlands will have us 😁

[@eriktabbers3599]

​@@bunchartedwell you're lucky that you are American. You can apply for an indefinite verblijfsvergunning (green card) after 5 years. That is if you do the things that are required. It's nice that you two like this country. I love the enthusiasm. Some American youtubers are actually quite negative about the Netherlands but I don't understand why tbh. 😅

[@peterf1]

@@eriktabbers3599 I think you have to try extra hard to not like the Netherlands. But sadly, you're right, some do.

[@Lilygirl283]

​@@bunchartedI hope you stay, you are definitely a lovely addition to the Netherlands...

[@leojonkers3181]

Jenever comes from Schiedam.

[@GoliathAngelus]

Wauw wat interesant

[@Unknown-tj5tv]

i like some other dutch drink calls Sonnema Berenburg and i mixed it with coca cola it s super

[@grienling]

Berenburg is good when you are sick

[@henrimessinghausen5185]

Why haven't you talked about the fantastic door to the shop of the Rutte distillery?

[@buncharted]

it is a nice door!

[@henrimessinghausen5185]

@@buncharted It sure is....I liked the vid and will probably visit the Rutte store (not just for the door but will make my own jenever as well)

[@Diana2Chi]

The woman who explained everything can speak English very well!😊

[@buncharted]

i hope we can someday speak dutch half as good as she speaks english :)

[@paulthiel5145]

Given the fact that's she's been there since 1872, she's also still very well preserved 😊

[@H1SCOTTY]

Zoethout? I’m always using it for tea.

[@buncharted]

that would be good

[@damarmar1001]

Rutte makes the best jenever. Especially the old jenever has no competition from other brands. And I don't say this because I live in Dordrecht. I say t because it;s the truth..

[@frankgeurts3912]

Schiedam is jenever Capital

[@NakedPigeon]

8:41 the camera got drunk 🙈

[@buncharted]

HAHA

[@marcarcarmar9977]

Yep again nice funny and informative👌 .. keep up the good work .. and Alex you have a great .. aa nice wife .. aaj what am I saying😲 .. woke .. eueu joke ✌😇

[@AlbertZonneveld]

You looked flushed from the alcohol 🤪

[@buncharted]

😂😂😂

[@frankgeurts3912]

Why is it could Jonge Jenever,i missed that

[@buncharted]

i’m not sure - but it looks like it has less malt wine and more grain alcohol in it

[@buncharted]

oh that’s probably why it’s young - less of the aged stuff (the malt wine alcohol)

[@spanishseduction1984]

Jonge genever have a maximum of 15% maltwine, and no minimum. It is even possible to have 0% maltwine in jonge genever. Oude genever have a minimum of 15% maltwine in it, and no maximum. So you can have even 100%, but then we stellen it normaly as Maltwine. We have also a product between Oude Genever and 100% Maltwine, that's called Korenwijn, that has a minimum of 51% moutwijn and that is great stuff. Maltwine is the great stuff with the lovely taste, because the alcohol of maltwine is made of grain. During WW2 there was not enough grain available for making alcohol, and it was cheaper to make alcohol from melasse. Negative point: the taste wasn't that great as with the old style genever. People in the Netherlands gave it the name jonge genever or oude genever, to make clear if the genever was in the old style (oude genever) or New style (jonge genever). Most people only know jonge genever, and dislike genever for that reason, not knowing how great Oude Genever is. If I have to advise genever to a non genever drinker and to be sure they will love it: Zuidam Distillers in Baarle Nassau. Their 5 year old korenwijn is so great that in many tastings it is used as mistery drink. Many whiskylovers think they have a lovely whisky in the glass, but actualy it is the Dutch Proud: Genever (the product that ruled the world long time ago (VOC).

[@frankgeurts3912]

The Woman,is secretly Michelle her sister🤗

[@buncharted]

haha they look nothing alike!!! 😂😂😂

[@ruudvisser712]

@@buncharted Of course noy, because actress Sarah Chalke is already Michelle's sister...

[@user-xi6nk4xs4s]

Zuipschuiten ;o).

[@buncharted]

haha yep

[@frankgeurts3912]

My grandparents drank jenever,i dont know anyone drinken Gin

[@ikke5212]

proost😉

[@ruudvisser712]

Oh dear... Having lived next door to my beloved Schiedam (jenever capitol of the world) for a year you decide to only now do a jenever thing? In Dordrecht? Snifff...

[@buncharted]

we'll visit schiedam soon! but we had to show love to our new home :)

[@Ralph_NL]

You pissed off Nijmegen and Maastricht in one sentence.... Oldest city? Dordrecht?

[@rw80]

Dordrecht is de oudste stad van Holland. Nijmegen en Maastricht liggen niet in Holland. Klopt dus helemaal wat gezegd wordt.

[@Ralph_NL]

@@rw80 oh krijgen we die, gaan we ons land weer opsplitsen dan? Holland bestaat als land niet meer volgens mij 😉

[@buncharted]

it’s the oldest city in holland (looking at the provinces of north and south holland)

[@harrybruijs2614]

Coorenwijn is much nicer

[@marcovaneersel4532]

Jenever walk alone

[@buncharted]

hahahah this is one of our favorite comments of all time

[@meneersjonnie]

Booze

[@buncharted]

haha yup