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The second Saturday in June

Celebrating World Gin Day

RIEDEL Drink Specific Glassware Neat glass filled with fig cocktail on black bench.

It's on days like today we are grateful for the Dutch who brought us, among other things, the telescope, the fire hose and Bluetooth. But today we pay homage to their miracle essence - Gin.

The origins of gin

Certain plants have always been used to produce medical substances. One of them is the juniper, whose Dutch name is "Jenever". The doctor Dr. Franciscus Sylvius de la Boe treated fever patients with juniper distillate, which became known as "genever".

In the 16th century, the Dutch already knew that one can drink this spirit without suffering from physical discomfort and refined the alcohol so skilfully with herbs or fruits that even their king became a fan of this spirit. The English soldiers who supported the Netherlands during the Dutch war against Spain brought the genever to England, where it was abbreviated as "gin" and produced according to a Dutch recipe.

Two RIEDEL Drink Specific Glassware Highball glasses filled with cocktail on white plate and wooden benchtop.

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RIEDEL Drink Specific Glassware Neat glass filled with cocktail on black bench.

Violet gin & tonic

Ingredients (makes 1 cocktail)

  • 4cl / 40ml Gin Illusionist
  • Good quality tonic water
  • Figs
  • Ice
  • Lemon peel, for decoration

Preparation

Wash figs, cut into thin slices and drape on the edge of a RIEDEL Drink Specific Glassware Rocks glass. Add ice cubes, Gin Illusionist and top up with Tonic Water.

To decorate, place a strip of washed lemon peel on the edge of the glass, cut once from below and once from above until it can be pulled apart in an N-shape.