A pinch of Fleur de sel, a squeeze of grapefruit and the unmistakable taste of our MONKEY 47 Distiller's Cut 2025 – a love child of the Camargue and the Black Forest. Simply merveilleux (wunderbar)! Ingredients 4 c…
This part is really only for the uninitiated. Our long-standing friends will already be familiar with the motto “same same, but different”. For the rest, here’s the short version: each year, driven by botanical curio…
Just another Gin? Hardly. More a case of Bollenhut, turban, and bowler – a batch-distilled and unfiltered Gin that unites British traditions, the spices of India, and the rich landscape of the Black Forest with u…
According to the founding tale, Wing Commander Montgomery “Monty” Collins of the Royal Air Force – watch lover, cricket enthusiast, and globetrotter – was said to have been posted to the British sector of divided Berlin.…
So this bit is just for the absolute newbies. Everyone else is already well aware of our motto “same same, but different”, so we’ll just summarise it briefly here: botanical curiosity, obsessive pursuit of unpar…
The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is d…
Ingredients 4 cl MONKEY 47 Experimentum Series 2y09 : Rome 3.5 cl MONKEY 47 Sloe Gin 5 cl Lillet Rose 1 barspoon Salted Caramel Syrup with Vanilla 5 drops Balsamico Vinegar Cacao Powdered Sugar Preparation Mix…
The Monkey Gland is not the typical drink name and it's origin is, well, interesting. First of all there are two possible authors of the Monkey Gland cocktail. The first is Frank Meier – legendary bartender at the R…
Black Forest Distillers, in its role as Data Controller, respects your right to privacy when you use our digital media (such as our websites, our mobile applications, our pages on the social network, any online…
Same same, but different – actually, hold on a minute. After so many years, why don’t we spare you the detailed introduction and just briefly formulate the essentials: botanical curiosity, obsessive pursuit of unp…
Ever wondered how to make the ultimate German sausage sandwich? Ja? Wir auch! That’s why we invited renowned British chef, sandwich expert and sausage guru Max Halley over to our home in the Black Forest. After e…
The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is d…
Springerle are wunderbar traditional holiday cookies from southern Germany that are made using a special cookie mold. They have a delicate, crisp texture and are known for their unique and distinctive appearance.…
Enjoy with us a Monkey 47 Grog. Ingredients 4 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1 cl Islay Whisky 1 tsp. Honey 1 tsp. Apricot jam Fill up with Chamomile tea Preparation Heat up all ingredients, stirr it until the…
Since we’ve been doing this for more than a decade now, let’s dispense with the usual introduction … All right, all right – a quick run-through for the newcomers: botanical curiosity, obsessive pursuit of unparal…
The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is d…
Ingredients 5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 2.5 cl Lime juice 8 cl Genmaicha tea 2 cl Simple syrup 4 cl Soda water 1pc. Rice cracker Preperation Build in your favourite highball glass over ice and garnish with a…
In the true style of la dolce vita, the classic Negroni cocktail is served as an apéritif and gets its name from the Italian bon vivant and Count Camillo Negroni. The origins of the drink trace back to around 1920 …
The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is d…
Ingredients 2 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 2 cl Lillet Blanc 2 cl Blue Curaçao 2 cl Lemon Juice Absinth in Spray bottle Lemon zest Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupette …
The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is d…
Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin / Barrel Cut, Smoke House Cut, Distiller's Cut 2019, 2020, 2021
Driven not just by our oft-cited botanical curiosity, but rather by our practically obsessive pursuit of the utmost quality, those of us at Monkey 47 embark each and every year on a search for the right 48th…
The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is d…
"A resurrected technical monument of national importance" is how the town of Vöhrenbach in the Breg valley refers to its Linach valley dam. In actual fact, it is even under heritage protection because it …
Ingredients 25ml Monkey 47 Dry Gin 25ml Orange Curacao 25ml Lillet Blanc 25ml Lemon Juice 1 Dash of Absinthe Preparation Shake well with ice, strain into a coupette or cocktail glass. Garnish with a Grapefruit…
Ingredients 50ml Monkey 47 Barrel Cut 30ml Tawny Port 2.5ml Sugar Syrup 2 Dashes of Orange Bitters 2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters Preparation Stir all ingredients over ice and strain into a coupette! Garnish with a…
Ingredients 2 cl Monkey 47 Dry Gin 3 cl Monkey 47 Sloe Gin 4 Raspberries 2 cl fresh lemon juice 1 cl sugar syrup 1 egg white Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupette.
Ingredients 30ml Monkey 47 Sloe Gin 30ml Campari 30ml Punt e Mes Preparation Stir all ingredients over ice, strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with an Orange Slice. Cheers!
Ingredients 6 cl Monkey 47 1.5 cl vodka 0.75 cl Lillet Blanc Preparation Stir all ingredients over ice, strain into a chilled Martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist. Prosit!
Konnichiwa, fellow proponents of botanical curiosity! The 10th year of our obsessive hunt for exotic aromas took us to the Land of the Rising Sun – to our most trusted cooper, to be exact. After starting our effort t…
Scarcely any other spirit has changed so dynamically and continued to develop over the past three centuries. Originating in medieval monasteries, where archaically distilled alcohol was flavoured with juniper…
Ingredients 4.5 cl Distiller`s Cut 2020 1 cl Cocchi Americano 0.5 cl Crème de Cassis 3 dashes of Peychauds Bitters Preparation Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a rocks g…
Ingredients 4 cl Monkey 47 Barrel Cut 1 cl orange juice 1 cl lemon juice Ginger Ale 7 dashes of Angostura Bitters Lemon Zest Mint Sprig Preparation Add all ingredients to a collins glass over ice. Stir well.…
Ingredients 4 cl Monkey 4 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1 cl Dry Vermouth Tablespoon of Funky Monkey Onions Brine Funky Monkey Onions Preparation Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupette glass.…
Ingredients 6 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 2,5 cl lime juice 1,5 cl simple sirup 8 fresh mint leaves Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupette. Garnish with mint leaves. …
Ingredients 6 cl Schwarzwald Sloe Gin 3 cl fresh lemon juice 1 cl sugar syrup Soda water to top up Preparation Add all of the ingredients except the soda water to the shaker, fill with ice cubes and shake…
Ingredients 2,5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Sloe Gin 2,5 cl apricot brandy 2,5 cl lime juice 1,5 cl chilled water Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with a lime zest or…
Willhelm Hauff’s fairy tale Heart of Stone tells the story of a charcoal burner whose dissatisfaction with his lot in life leads him to take a number of ill-fated decisions. In the end, he winds up back in the same j…
Ingredients 5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1.5 cl Cointreau 2 cl fresh lemon juice 1 spoon English orange marmelade Orange zest Preparation Stir marmelade and Monkey 47 together until it dissolves. Add the…
The journey is an arduous one. Slowly, our car’s plaintive-sounding motor fights its way up the steep and narrow road. Buttercups, dandelions, and poppies bloom off to the side, and lime-green butterflies flutter a…
Ingredients 4 cl Distiller's Cut 2019 7 Leaves of moroccan mint 2 cl Runny Honey 3 cl fresh Lemon juice 4 cl fresh brewed Apple Tea (1 egg white optional) fresh grated nutmeg sellery stick Preparation Slightly…
Ingredients 1,5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1,5 cl Dry Vermouth 1,5 cl Sweet vermouth 1,5 cl Grand Manier 1,5 cl Orangensaft 1 Ds. Orange Bitters Orange Zest Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice…
After nearly 10 years of these texts, we could probably spare you the introduction, but the newbies will hopefully appreciate a brief review: botanical curiosity, the hunt for exotic aromas, numerous expeditions,…
In collaboration with Studio Mark Braun and the venerable ceramics manufacturer Tecco, we’ve developed a one-of-a-kind Cooler for the perfect Monkey 47 bottle serve. Made of stoneware and finished with the grey s…
Ingredients 2 cl Monkey 47 2 cl bourbon 2 cl lime juice 2 dashes bitter 10 cl ginger ale Preparation Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Add Monkey 47, bourbon, lime juice and bitter. Top up with ginger ale.…
Near the centre of Vienna, the Josef Cocktail Bar serves up innovative, contemporary creations and fine spirits in a Baroque atmosphere synonymous with the Austrian capital. It's not all powdered wigs and…
"Go where the pepper grows!" This German expression (which is a roundabout way of saying "get lost") dates back to the days when the sea route to India was discovered, which added countless new…
If something tastes good, it should look good, too. Pretty much anyone can come up with something bland, after all, and so our tornado of perfectionism continued to cut a wayward swath through Monkey HQ. Having…
The legendary Pegu Club in Burma, in which Montgomery Collins – the forefather of Monkey 47 – undoubtedly spent many an enjoyable hour, is shrouded in numerous myths and tales. This was a traditional gentlemen’s club …
A good third of our ingredients come from the Black Forest itself and are definitely NOT what you would find in a typical gin! Along with bramble leaves and spruce shoots, Montgomery Collins also chose to include…
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In collaboration with Studio Mark Braun and the venerable Glas Manufaktur J. & L. Lobmeyr, we've come up with a one-of-a-kind Tumbler that’s perfect for a sip of Monkey 47. Made of whisper-thin, hand-blown c…
The world of self-proclaimed spirits experts, craft adepts, and gin whisperers agrees: Gin doesn’t need to mature! “Produce today and sell tomorrow” – is that truly the only way forward? As…
Ingredients 5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1 cl simple syrup 15 mint leaves Preperation Muddle all ingredients, shake it with ice cubes and double-strain into a silver mug filled with crushed ice. Garnish it…
Ingredients 6 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 3 cl runny honey 2,5 cl lemon juice lemon zest Preparation Shake and strain into a coupette. Garnish with a lemon zest.
A instant classic, the Bramble was created in the mid 1980’s by Dick Bradsell at Fred’s Club in Soho, London. Bradsell who to this day is still bartending is one of the most loved people in the industry and the man who…
The Monkey is a big fan of the classics. To put a fresh twist on one of the greats – the gin soda – why not forgo our original recipe in favour of Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Sloe Gin? The delicate hint of almonds often ass…
Second Sunday in the Advent season at the Wild Monkey Inn. Enjoy a Black Forest Punsch with us. Ingredients 4 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 4 cl cloudy Apple Juice 2 cl Cinnamon Syrup 8 cl Rosehip Tea 4 cl Pear…
Third Sunday in the Advent season at the Wild Monkey Inn. Enjoy a Satanico Pandemonium with us. Ingredients 5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 7,5 cl Cider 5 cl hot water 1 tsp spiced butter 1 cl sweet sherry…
Fourth Sunday in the Advent season at the Wild Monkey Inn - it's finally Christmas Eve! Enjoy a Wild Monkey Teapo(r)t with us. Ingredients 4 cl Monkey Gin 4 cl white port 1 piece of fresh lemongrass 1 piece of…
Ingredients 4.5 cl Monkey 47 4.5 cl Riesling (medium dry) 2 dashes orange bitters Preparation Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass with a handful of ice cubes. Stir and strain into a nice martini glass.…
Ingredients 5 cl Monkey 47 2 cl Chartreuse Jaune 1 cl lemon juice 1 cl lime juice 3 dashes simple syrup 2 cl soda Preparation Pour all ingredients (except the soda) into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice c…
Ingredients 4 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 2 cl fresh lemon juice 3 cl simple syrup 2 dashes Creole Bitters 3 mint leaves Champagne Preperation Pour all ingredients except the Champagne into a mixing glass with…
If you are looking for a real insider’s tip in Palermo on the beautiful island of Sicily, head to the edge of the port. Here, the Nautoscopio shipping containers open their doors from spring to autumn, providing an i…
Strangers in the night have been the subject of songs at least since Frank Sinatra’s famous tribute in 1966. Whether or not the Stranger bar in Gothenburg (Sweden) has played a significant role in this lore is lost t…
Au Contraire! More Bollenhut than Bowler and Turban, this masterfully handcrafted and unfiltered sloe gin is unique in its complexity while accentuating great British traditions and the nativeness of the Black…
Driven by an unquenchable curiosity for botanicals and a passionate desire to explore new sensory territory, combined with a soft spot for exquisite distillates, our Master Distiller, Christoph Keller, has been…
Mens sana in corpore sano. After several years of sensory research and experimenting with a variety of glasses in search of a healthy mind in a healthy body (the perfect gin and tonic as it were), we have adopted a…
his year, our Master Distiller, Christoph Keller, once again embarked on a special distillatory mission. You know how it is – botanical curiosity, a desire to explore new sensory territory, a knack for discovering p…
Attention all bartenders, connoisseurs and Monkey tamers – the motto in the Black Forest is “zest like the best.” In collaboration with Moritz Wenz Studio and the venerable knife manufacturer, Otter Messer – the former …
Every year, our often-showcased botanical curiosity reaches its distillatory crescendo during our quest to find the “Species Rara”, that one extra-special ingredient for our Monkey 47 Distiller´s Cut. You can prob…
Along with our oft-cited botanical curiosity, it's our practically obsessive quest for the highest quality that leads us out on annual botanical expeditions to our suppliers. Orandum est ut sit mens sana in…
As is widely known, our often-showcased botanical curiosity reaches its distillatory crescendo during our quest to find the "Species Rara", that one extra-special ingredient for our Monkey 47 Distiller's…
After several years of sensory research and experimentation with all kinds of wood in search of the Monkey’s perfect companion, we’ve adopted a very traditional approach in our hunt for the perfect barrel-aged Mon…
This chapter in our never-ending search for unique aromas and new sensory experiments led us straight to the Palatinate (southwest Germany), where wooden barrels are still made by hand for the maturation and…
The distillation process we use is a complex one. Along with conventional maceration and distillation techniques, we employ the principle of percolation, which involves channelling alcoholic vapours through more…
Today, we’d like to introduce you to the (ok, not-so-secret) main ingredient of our Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Sloe Gin. Blackthorn – or sloe, as Prunus spinosa is also known – is a plant steeped in myth and legend. It's …
For some time now, Monkey 47 has been produced in the Black Forest at a distillery dubbed “The Wild Monkey”, which is located at the Schaberhof. An idyllic location that, until its purchase by Black Forest Dis…
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In our maceration process, we steep botanicals in a mixture of highly rectified ethyl alcohol and soft Black Forest spring water for "one day and two nights", or precisely 36 hours. Contrary to popular…
Our approach to distillation is a complex one: It involves both distilling the macerate and using steam extraction to channel the alcoholic vapours through fresh botanicals using a Carter-Head still. Steam…
4 cl M47 Top it up with 7up and garnish it with a lime slice and lemon zest. Cheers!
The extraordinary quality of the Black Forest's spring water is essential to what we do. With its low levels of salt and other minerals, this water is the perfect complement to all types of distillates - especially…
We produce our gin's characteristic tangy notes through a complex combination of citrus fruits and herbal ingredients. Alongside bitter orange and lemon balm, we also use the seeds of the local Angelica…
Infusing a gin with a fresh floral note is one of the most refined arts in distillation. In addition to lavender, the traditional source of the flowery aromas in commercial gins, we use the blossoms of Black Forest…
Anybody who sits in front of his fire these days, savoring a fine drop of Monkey 47 and gazing into the warm glow has probably had his wood delivered to the front door or bought it at the local hardware store. But…
The low mountain ranges of the middle and southern Black Forest are home to numerous heaths that are dotted with ancient juniper trees. Since time immemorial, juniper berries have therefore been used to give aroma…
As I’ve already mentioned, we use no fewer than 47 hand-picked herbal ingredients to make Monkey 47. Hang on a minute – are you detecting something of a pattern here? You don’t exactly need to be…
The brown pharmacy bottle with its monkey label not only provides a home for Monkey 47 but can also be used as an accurate timepiece. For gin and tonic with 4 deciliters of Monkey 47, the 0.5-liter bottle holds e…
Zoltan Nagy, a member of the National Mixographic Society, is known not merely for his outstanding negronis, but also for the cocktail artistry he continues to put on display as manager of Budapest's legendary…
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Inspired by the classic southern icon, the Mason jar, the Mason Shaker is a unique four-piece cocktail shaker that harkens to American eras past. Mason jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food.…
Everything you wanted to know about Gin but where afraid to ask! This being said we have opened the gates of our Distillery to some of europes best Bartenders, Mixologists and true long term companions. Welcome to…
Yes, that's the way it is – and real soccer, I mean, football, is only to be found in England. We have already described above the legally mandated standards with respect to gin. On top of that, there is no…
The word "gimlet" used in this sense is first attested in 1928. The most obvious derivation is from the tool for drilling small holes, whose name is also used figuratively to describe something as sharp…
The Juniper Sling recipe created for luxury perfumer Penhaligon's by Zachary de Git of Singapore´s one and only Tippling Club is a true piece of craftsmanship. Designed on the fragrance's actual flavor chart and …
This extravagant gin and tonic has been created for us by Dario Gentile from the Jing´an Shangri-La in Shanghai. Into a chilled, pure crystal glass, pour 50 ml of Monkey 47. Add cubes of clear ice together with …
A Collins is a cocktail with a classic sour base but that is fizzed up using soda water. There are numerous tales on the origins of the cocktail name, but the most popular account is about a mischievous character…
Twentieth Century is a cocktail created by a British bartender called C.A. Tuck, and named in honor of the celebrated Twentieth Century Limited train which ran between New York City and Chicago from 1902 until…
Vesper is a cocktail enshrouded in myths that is made of gin, vodka and Kina Lillet. It was invented by the author Ian Fleming in 1953 in his first James Bond book, Casino Royale, for the most famous secret agent,…
Legend has it that this mystical cocktail originated in London's Ciro's Club at the end of the Roaring Twenties. The elegant version of the White Lady we know today was created by none other than Harry MacElhone,…
The Martini is a cocktail classic that is usually made with gin and dry, French vermouth. There are numerous theories about the origins of the Martini. In 1997, Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown compiled a list of…
It was around 1888 when New Orleans bartender Henry C. Ramos developed his special gin fizz (the Ramos) and made his bar, the Imperial Cabinet Saloon, the toast of the town. The attention was not just due to the…
The father of this classic gin drink is Arthur Tarling, a bartender in London's Café Royal, who won first prize in a London cocktail competition in 1933 with his recipe. Light and refreshing, the Red Lion has quite …
The difference between a Tom Collins and a Gin Fizz can be summed up using the following simple rule: one is stirred, while the other is shaken. To put it even more simply: The Gin Fizz is a sour topped up with…
A classic 1:1:1 drink (with equal proportions of all ingredients), the Negroni ranks among the true evergreens of any bar. (By the way, you can find the recipe on our page entitled “Don Camillo and His Monkey”.) The…
A instant classic, the Bramble was created in the mid 1980’s by Dick Bradsell at Fred’s Club in Soho, London. Bradsell who to this day is still bartending is one of the most loved people in the industry and the man who…
The Clover Club Cocktail is a drink that pre-dates Prohibition, and is named for the Philadelphia men's club of the same name, which met in the Bellevue-Stratford hotel in the early days. It has a long history…
The French 75 was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry's New York Bar—by barman Harry MacElhone. Located at 5, Rue Daunou, between the Avenue de l'Opéra and the Rue de la Paix in Paris, France, the …
The exact origin of the Gibson is unclear, with numerous popular tales and theories about its genesis. According to one popular theory Charles Dana Gibson is responsible for the creation of the Gibson, when he…
In French, bijou means “jewel” – an appropriate name for this gem of a cocktail. Developed by Harry Johnson, according to legend the ingredients reflect the resplendent colors of three jewels – gin as a diamond, vermout…
If you think that the Bronx Cocktail is only drunk by tough guys, to the sounds of hip-hop, then think again. The mild-mannered Black Forest monkey also enjoys its sweet and fruity taste. How and where this…
We don’t know for sure if this cocktail can raise the dead, but we can safely say that it will help revive your spirits. Lest you don’t have a copy of Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book (first published in 1930)…
As with many classic cocktails, the Aviation is enshrouded in numerous myths. The original recipe for the Aviation cocktail appeared in Hugo Ensslin’s 1961 ‘Recipes for Mixed Drinks’ collection. Originally from Germa…
The Last Word is a Gin based prohibition-era cocktail originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club. The Last Word consists of equal amounts of gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur and freshly pressed lime…
Thought to be the ‘Father’ of the Martini, the Martinez’s origins belong in a cloudy haze of uncertainty. Nothing unusual for Cocktail classic oft he early days. It most likely started life sometime in the 1860’s and 70’…
The monkey from the Black Forest is not actually a fan of hocus-pocus; he prefers to keep things things clear and simple. Except, of course, when it comes to the legendary Hanky Panky, born around 100 years ago in…
If you've ever wondered what monkeys and tomatoes have in common, you'll find the answer in Singapore – from the inventor of the legendary Screaming Tomatoes cocktail and Bar Manager of L'Aiglon, Louis Tan Chuan M…
In November 1844, a pioneer was born in Mühlburg, in the lovely Black Forest, whose patent now dominates our streetscape: Carl Friedrich Benz. As a graduate mechanical engineer, he’s one of the most important in…
A member of the ginger family, root ginger is a monocotyledonous plant whose rootstock, or “rhizome”, is used as both a spice and a type of medicine. Indigenous to the tropics and subtropics, zingiber officinale is cul…
The mountain ranges of the Central and Southern Black Forest, as well as the neighboring Swabian Mountains, are still home to numerous heathlands dotted with age-old juniper trees. Which is why juniper berries have…
Certainly Not! Admittedly, it appears somewhat eccentric to claim that a recipe for gin has the power to unite great British traditions, the exoticness of India, and the purity and nativeness of the Black Forest.…
Picture a photo of a Black Forest meadow. Now imagine you're really there: the soft grass under your feet, the faint twitter of birds overhead, and the trees gently swaying in the warm, fragrant summer breeze.…
With everything that you find in the Ratsapotheke pharmacy in the small Black Forest town of Schiltach, you could start producing your own Monkey 47. For the pharmacy museum has, amongst other things, distillation…
Connections play an important role in the Black Forest. Whether it's combining a clock movement with the call of a cuckoo, marrying ham with the smoky, spicy flavor of the forest, or refining excellent alcohol with…
We really are not kidding when we explain over and over again that when we were, so to speak, “kissed by the Monkey” about six years ago, we didn't want to create a “brand,” but rather, just…
Before we get started, it's important to understand that there's more than one kind of gin. Over the centuries, several different styles have been developed, including Old Tom, Plymouth, and London Dry, and…
I can remember the moment quite distinctly: I was sitting at my desk on a rainy day in Detroit, in the fall of 2006, when an old friend from Germany called me up and told me a story that would change my life in a…
Furthermore, anyone who enjoys the unadulterated taste of juniper should take a trip to central Germany, or more precisely, to the city of Hagen, where the Steinhäger and Schinkenhäger schapps varieties…
Alcohol is an essential and important component in every gin, in addition to water and a number of plant-based ingredients and spices -- or so it should be. And so it is shocking to discover that many experts on…
An essential element in our business partnership, the glue, so to speak, that holds two people as different as Christoph and myself together, consists in “being right!” And thus I recall with great…
It was news to me, and I could hardly believe it: neutral spirits are, quite simply, not neutral, and the joyful expression on my partner's face confirmed it. Alexander had indeed been right when he brought in a…
After a series of morning tasting orgies, Alexander showed up nearly every time at the distillery armed with a sensory “ranking list.” We subjected our distillates to further tests, and analyzed the…
Let's imagine we're back in the late 1950s in the Black Forest. We find ourselves in a valley in the Black Forest, just about right in the middle, in the region around the town of Freudenstadt, far away from the…
When we settled on a classification for our gin we made a deliberate choice. We did not merely intend to produce one more dry gin just like any other, not in the least. What we were aiming for was something I…
If our word wasn’t good enough for you, how about the word of the world’s most pre-eminent wine critic Robert Parker who recently stated on Twitter: “a friend brought me back a bottle of Monkey 47 GIN, made from 47 botan…
Just as gin is now superseding the rather soulless vodka, the good old record is also experiencing something of a revival. When the CD embarked on its global success story, the vinyl record disappeared from music…
One man, one hotel, two concepts. Arnd Henning Heißen is the creative magician who has transformed ‘The Curtain Club’ and ‘Fragrances’ at The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin into places of extravagant indulgence with worldwid…
Montgomery Collins, the forefather of Monkey47, spent his early years in India, which is what makes his gin so exotic. As the son of a diplomat, it is likely that he was in contact with a maharaja, although we…
Truly humble and always in a gentle mood, Björn set out to lift the cocktail scene in Sweden from the ground up by doing what he does best – making cocktails of unrivaled quality. Parallel to working as a bartender at…
A true cult bar for sophisticated drinking devotees, Bar Basso was the first-ever Milanese joint to introduce the “aperitif” to everyday people. An historical cocktail bar founded by Mirko Stochetto, Bar Basso tra…
Janes & Hooch is a modern take on a vintage dive bar in the heart of Sanlitun's factory district of Beijing. Coming from two opposite sides of Australia, Warren Pang, Perth (The Opposite House, d. lounge) and…
