De Borgen Malt Genever (1L, 40%)

De Borgen Malt Genever follows a 16th-century approach to distilling and carries the highest malt content in the De Borgen core range. It is made at Hooghoudt Distillery in Groningen and bottled at 40% in a 1 litre bottle. The blend is 57% malt spirit, from equal parts wheat, rye and corn, with 43% neutral grain distillate. It is distilled on copper pot stills with juniper, caraway, fennel, star anise, angelica root and sweet woodruff, then aged six months in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. The nose is full of cereal: fermenting grain, wheat hull and wet sawdust. Juniper, coriander and black pepper arrive on the palate, with oak, spice, caramel and vanilla. The finish is warming, with brown sugar, coffee and a touch of cream.