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How to make the Gin Basil Smash with gin from ‘the smallest distillery in the Netherlands’

With the latest gin creation Rutte Celery Gin, the Dutch distillery’s loving attention to detail down to the last ingredient becomes quite apparent. The refinement of gin with aromatic celery and cardamom demonstrates high distillation expertise and creativity without neglecting treasured traditions. Celery was already used by the founder Simon Rutte as an ingredient, so it has its say in the Old Simon Genever, too.

Nico de Soto on Mace, pop-ups, and how to use spices in drinks

Frenchman Nico de Soto owns two bars, one of which, New York bar Mace, landed at number 28 on the World’s 50 Best Bars list last year; we caught up with him on his visit to Australia, the place where he first began behind the bar.

Explainer: WTF is a mistelle?

The history of this style of drink is said to go back to the middle of the last millenium, and, as is often the case with these kinds of origin stories, came about by happy accident when someone fortified a barrel that had juice in it, and not wine.

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