Jenever

That was great.

They had like 200 different Genevers or something.

It was overwhelming and not speaking a ton of English there.

So I just kind of had to try to point and try things.

In the Low Countries, the region we now think of as the Netherlands and Belgium, distillers have been producing a juniper-flavoured spirit since at least the 16th century.

They called it Geneva, or Genever, from the Dutch word for juniper.

It was made from malted grain, which gave it a rich, slightly bready flavour, quite different from the sharp, clear London gin of later centuries.

English soldiers fighting in the Low Countries during the long wars of the late 16th and 17th centuries are often said to have encountered this drink and brought a taste for it home.