More than 3 centuries later two Dutch lads undertook the same journey that William of Orange did, travelling from their home town to London: a city that still remains, after all those years, the world’s gin capital. Fascinated by the royal Dutch-Anglo heritage of this spirit, these two lads decided to trace its history back to discover the original 1689 recipe that ignited the craze.
This desire led to an intensive search that lasted over 18 months: one that culminated in the discovery of a secret recipe buried in a dark corner of the Royal British Library's rare book section. After acquiring the rights of the recipe, they found the perfect partner to help recreate the delicate flavours of the original gin: Herman Jansen, one of Hollands finest distillers, founded in 1777 and based in the Dutch Gin & Genever capital Schiedam.
The result was Gin 1689 - a gin that fuses English and Dutch culture together, produced by one of Holland’s oldest distillers and based on that same 350 year old recipe.
