Drinks
All the drinks we have a page about, neatly organized by brand. For each bottle, you'll find its strength, taste, varieties, the cocktails it works best in, and the glass to serve it in. If you'd first like to know exactly what a drink is, start with the type pages.
Which drink, which glass?
We sell glasses, not drinks. Still, the question we get most often is about drinks. Which glass goes with which bottle? Should an Old Fashioned be served in a tumbler or a highball glass, and why do you fill a jenever glass to the brim? That's why we've created a page for each of the best-known brands.
Every brand page lists the alcohol content and an honest taste profile. You'll see how the different varieties compare, three ways to serve the drink, the cocktails it works best in, and the glass we recommend for it. If you'd rather search by type of drink than by brand, the type pages below start with the basics: what it is, how it's made, and which brands make it.
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Search by type instead of by brand
Don't have a brand in mind yet? Here you'll find all kinds of drinks in one place. Each page explains what it is, how it's made, how to drink it, and which brands make it.
Whisky
From a smooth Irish whiskey to an Islay malt that tastes of peat smoke and seaweed: whisky is the broadest category on the shelf.
Gin
From London Dry to cucumber and pink: in twenty years, gin has gone from dusty to the busiest shelf.
Jenever
The oldest Dutch spirit, and the drink that gin evolved from.
Rum
From the clear bottle behind the Mojito to a dark rum you drink neat: rum comes from everywhere sugarcane grows.
Liqueur
From cream liqueur to coffee liqueur, and from orange to herbs: liqueur is the broadest category on the whole shelf.
Vodka
The drink that prides itself on having no flavor, and that’s how it ended up in half of all cocktails.
Tequila
In the Netherlands, tequila has long been the drink you take as a shot, and that does the drink a disservice.
Cognac
Cognac is neither whisky nor liqueur: it is wine that has been distilled twice in a copper still and then aged for years in French oak.
Champagne
A sparkling wine that can only be called that if it comes from the Champagne region.
Wine
Wine is fermented grape juice, and its color comes not from the juice but from the skins.
White wine
Dry white wine has almost no sugar left, while sweet white wine does; the difference lies in how much sugar is converted into alcohol during fermentation.
Red wine
Red wine is made from dark-skinned grapes whose skins ferment along with the juice: the juice itself is colorless; the skins give it its color and tannins.
Rosé wine
Rosé is simply wine made from dark-skinned grapes, where the skins ferment briefly with the colorless juice.
Prosecco
Prosecco is the Italian sparkling wine made from the Glera grape, which gets its bubbles not in the bottle but in a sealed tank.
Cava
Like champagne, Cava undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle, but it comes from Spain and is much more affordable.
Crémant
Crémant is French sparkling wine from outside the Champagne region, made using exactly the same second fermentation in the bottle.
Cider
Fermented apple juice, made like wine but served like beer.
Vieux
The Dutch spirit that resembles cognac but isn’t, and whose bottles are almost all exactly 35%.
Aperitif
From an orange spritz on the terrace to vermouth served neat over ice: an aperitif is low in alcohol and bitter or herbal in flavor, and it’s meant to stimulate the appetite.
Shots
From licorice and salty licorice to peppermint, cinnamon and sour fruit: shots are the bottles and mini bottles passed around at a party.
Herbal bitter
The little glass brought to the table after a meal: dark, herbal and bittersweet.
Bourbon
Vanilla, caramel and charred oak: bourbon gets its flavor from two rules that are stricter than anywhere else.
Moscato
Moscato is white wine made from the Muscat grape, and it really is sweet, with peach, apricot and honey.
Verdejo
Verdejo is the white grape of Rueda, the Spanish region along the Duero River, and it produces dry wine with citrus, green apple and fennel.
Lambrusco
Lambrusco is a lightly sparkling red wine from Italy’s Emilia-Romagna, and yes, sparkling wine can be red too.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is dry because very little residual sugar remains in the wine after fermentation.
Sauvignon blanc
A New Zealand sauvignon blanc has the same juicy fruit as a French one, but a much more intense flavor.
Merlot
Yes, merlot is red wine: it’s a blue grape, and blue grapes make red wine.
Burgundy
Burgundy is a wine region in eastern France where the taste is tied to the soil the grapes grow in, down to the exact plot of land.
Valpolicella
Valpolicella is red wine from Veneto, and the name covers a whole range: from light classico through fuller-bodied ripasso to amarone.
Rioja
Rioja is Spain’s largest wine region, along the Ebro River, and what’s on the label is mainly about aging: crianza, reserva or gran reserva.
Brunello
Brunello di Montalcino is a red wine from Tuscany made from 100 percent Sangiovese, the grape called Brunello in Montalcino.
Limoncello
The yellow liqueur from southern Italy, made only from lemon peel and meant to be served ice-cold straight from the freezer.
Japanese whisky
A Japanese man learned the craft in Scotland and brought it home.
Beerenburg
The Frisian herbal bitter that was actually invented in Amsterdam.
Amaretto
The Italian liqueur that tastes of almond without necessarily containing any.
Ouzo
The Greek anise drink that turns milky white as soon as water is added.
Sambuca
The Italian anise liqueur served with three coffee beans that turns milky white when water is added.
Blue Curaçao
The bright blue liqueur that tastes of orange, from an island where the peels come from.
Whisky & bourbon
Blends from Scotland, bourbon from Kentucky, whiskey from Ireland, and malt from Japan.
Johnnie Walker
The world's best-selling Scotch whisky, with a color for every occasion.
Chivas Regal
The Scotch blend with the Strathisla heart, from 12 Years to 25.
Ballantine's
The Scotch blend with the coat of arms, from Finest to 10 Years.
The Famous Grouse
The Scotch blend with the grouse, Scotland's own best-selling whisky for decades.
Glen Talloch
The Scotch blend that's been on Dutch shelves for decades, with an unusually high proportion of malt.
Dimple
The Scotch blend in the dimpled, three-sided bottle, made by the Haig family.
Monkey Shoulder
The Speyside whisky with three monkeys on the bottle, made for mixing.
Jack Daniel's
The world's best-known American whiskey, from a town where you're not allowed to buy it.
Jim Beam
The world's best-selling bourbon, made for seven generations by the same Kentucky family.
Jameson
The triple-distilled Irish whiskey in the green bottle, the world's best-selling.
Nikka
The whisky of the Japanese man who learned the craft in Scotland and brought it home.
Hibiki
The Japanese blend in the 24-faceted bottle, made from dozens of malt and grain whiskies.
Single malt
From Speyside and the Highlands, as well as the smoky malts of Islay and Skye.
The Macallan
The Speyside malt that made its name with sherry casks.
The Glenlivet
The whisky that defined the Speyside style: fruity, smooth, and approachable.
Glenfiddich
The world's best-selling single malt, in the triangular bottle with the stag.
Aberlour
The Speyside malt that gets its character from sherry casks, with an over-60% cask-strength bottle as an outlier.
Aberfeldy
The Highland malt built around honey, and the heart of the Dewar's blend.
The Dalmore
The sherry-aged single malt with the twelve-point stag on the bottle.
Dalwhinnie
The smooth honey whisky from Scotland's highest distillery.
Laphroaig
The whisky of peat smoke, iodine, and sea breeze that you either love or loathe.
Lagavulin
The heavily peated single malt from the south of Islay, with the smoke and iodine the region is known for.
Bowmore
Islay's oldest distillery, with a smoke gentler than that of the south coast.
Talisker
The whisky from Skye, with a peppery finish unlike any other malt.
Rum
White, spiced, or dark. From Cuba and the Caribbean, as well as Suriname and the Philippines.
Bacardi
The white rum from Cuba that has been the foundation of the Mojito and the Daiquiri since 1862.
Havana Club
The Cuban rum that makes Mojitos and Daiquiris just right.
Captain Morgan
The spiced rum with the captain on the bottle.
Don Papa
The sweet rum from the Philippines with the colorful bottle.
Diplomático
The Venezuelan rum often called the best sipping rum in the world.
Bumbu
The rum in the heavy bottle with a string around the neck, rich in vanilla and caramel.
Borgoe
The Surinamese rum that in the Netherlands is mostly served with Surinamese cuisine.
The Kraken
The pitch-black spiced rum in the bottle with two handles and a squid on the label.
Stroh
The Austrian après-ski rum, with the infamous Stroh 80.
Gin & vodka
Clear spirits, and the base for gin and tonics, Martinis, and almost every clear cocktail.
Gordon's
The gin with a wild boar on the label, the London Dry standard for over 250 years.
Tanqueray
The green fire-hydrant-shaped bottle, and the gin most bartenders use to make their gin and tonics.
Hendrick's
The gin in the dark apothecary bottle that made cucumber popular in gin and tonics.
Absolut Vodka
The Swedish vodka in the apothecary bottle, with a flavor for every cocktail.
Smirnoff
The world's best-selling vodka and the base for the Moscow Mule, Cosmopolitan, and Espresso Martini.
Grey Goose
The French vodka made from Picardy wheat and spring water from the Cognac region.
Cîroc
The vodka made not from grain or potatoes, but from French grapes.
Zubrowka
The Polish vodka with a blade of grass in the bottle, made with hand-picked bison grass from the ancient Białowieża Forest.
Puschkin
The Berlin vodka with colorful bottles that's passed around as ice-cold shots at every party.
Esbjærg
The vodka with the Scandinavian name that's simply made in Leeuwarden.
Tequila & cognac
Agave from Jalisco and the great cognac houses of France.
Don Julio
The tequila in the short, wide bottle from the highlands of Jalisco.
Patrón
Handcrafted tequila from the hills of Jalisco, in a bottle with a cork and beeswax seal.
Clase Azul
The tequila you recognize by its blue-and-white ceramic bottle.
Casamigos
The tequila George Clooney and Rande Gerber first had made just for themselves.
Hennessy
The world's best-known cognac house.
Rémy Martin
The cognac with the centaur on the bottle, from VSOP to Louis XIII.
Champagne
The great houses of Reims and Épernay. From the oldest house to the best-selling bottle.
Moët & Chandon
The world's largest Champagne house, based in Épernay since 1743, and the bottle that shows up at almost every party.
Veuve Clicquot
The house of the yellow label from Reims, made great under a widow who took the helm at twenty-seven.
Dom Pérignon
The house that makes only vintage Champagne, and only in years good enough to do so.
Ruinart
The world's oldest Champagne house, founded on September 1, 1729, in Reims, with Chardonnay as the golden thread running through its entire range.
Taittinger
The Champagne house from Reims with 288 hectares of its own vineyards and cellars in ancient Gallo-Roman limestone quarries.
Liqueurs
Sweet, fruity or spicy. These are the bottles that give a cocktail its flavor.
Cointreau
The French orange liqueur found in the Margarita, Cosmopolitan and Sidecar.
Grand Marnier
The French liqueur of cognac and bitter orange in the bottle with the red ribbon.
Licor 43
The golden vanilla liqueur from Cartagena with 43 ingredients.
Disaronno
The world's most famous amaretto, from Saronno, Italy.
Villa Massa
Limoncello made with lemons from Sorrento, served ice-cold from the freezer or in a spritz.
Pallini
The limoncello of a Roman family, made with lemons from the Amalfi Coast.
Malibu
The white bottle with the palm tree that tastes like summer.
Passoã
The black bottle with the pink passion fruit liqueur, made famous by the Pornstar Martini.
Safari
The bright orange liqueur of passion fruit, mango and papaya that you drink with orange juice or 7-Up.
Peachtree
The peach liqueur that made Sex on the Beach famous around the world in the 1980s.
Drambuie
Scotch whisky, heather honey and herbs in one golden liqueur.
Berentzen
The green bottle with the apple that has been showing up at every party for decades.
Kleiner Feigling
The little square bottles with the fig logo that show up at every student party.
Berliner Luft
The crystal-clear peppermint liqueur from East Berlin, served ice-cold at the table.
De Kuyper
The Schiedam family business behind the blue curaçao, bitter orange liqueur, and vieux found in almost every Dutch bar.
Cream & coffee liqueurs
Creamy or with coffee. For after dinner and for the Espresso Martini.
Baileys
The Irish cream liqueur made with whiskey, cream, and cocoa.
Kahlúa
The Mexican coffee liqueur behind the Espresso Martini and the White Russian.
Tia Maria
The coffee liqueur with vanilla and Jamaican rum that made the Espresso Martini a classic.
Sheridan's
The bottle with two chambers: coffee and chocolate on one side, vanilla cream on the other.
Amarula
The cream liqueur made from the marula fruit, with an elephant on the label.
Boswandeling
The yellow party liqueur made with banana and coconut, enjoyed ice-cold as a shot.
Koekie
The Dutch caramel liqueur invented in a Nijmegen café that took just twenty-five recipes to get right.
Genever & herbal bitter
Classics from the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy, for drinks with friends and after dinner.
Bols
The Amsterdam brand behind genever, Corenwyn, Bols Blue, and dozens of liqueurs.
Ketel 1
The genever from the Nolet family of Schiedam, and the vodka that made them world-famous.
Bokma
The genever in the square bottle that's round on the inside, and the brand that made grain genever famous.
Hooghoudt
The Groningen family distillery behind the genever, beerenburg, and vieux found on every table in the north.
Sonnema Berenburg
The Frisian herbal bitter enjoyed neat, with cola, or alongside a beer.
Jägermeister
The German herbal bitter with 56 ingredients, served ice-cold.
Underberg
The 2 cl bottle in brown paper that appears after a heavy dinner.
Fernet-Branca
The most bitter bottle behind the bar, and a cult drink among bartenders for exactly that reason.
Schrobbelèr
The smooth herbal liqueur from Tilburg, a staple of carnival and the Tilburg fair.
Angostura
The bottle with the oversized label found behind every bar.
Linie Aquavit
The Norwegian aquavit that crosses the equator twice in sherry casks before being bottled.
Aperitifs & vermouth
Light and bittersweet. Before a meal or on the patio.
Aperol
The orange aperitif from Italy that heralds summer.
Campari
The bright-red Italian bitter that gives the Negroni and Americano their color and bite.
Martini
The Italian vermouth that gave its name to a cocktail.
Lillet
The French aperitif made from Bordeaux wine and citrus, famous for the Lillet Spritz.
Noilly Prat
The French dry vermouth that ages outdoors for a year in the sea air and gives the Dry Martini its backbone.
Shots & party drinks
Small, cold, and sweet. These are the little bottles passed around the table.
Flügel
The little red bottle that goes around at every party.
Kleiner Klopfer
The box full of little bottles you knock on the table before drinking.
Sourz
The brightly colored sweet-and-sour liqueur, served ice-cold as a shot or mixed with 7-Up.
Trojka
The brightly colored vodka liqueur, served ice-cold as a shot or with Sprite in a highball glass.
Fireball
The cinnamon whisky liqueur that tastes like hot cinnamon candies.
Gold Strike
The cinnamon shot with real gold flakes and 50% alcohol.
Salmari
The jet-black salmiak liqueur from Finland, served ice-cold as a shot.
Dropshot
The Dutch licorice liqueur served ice-cold as a shot.
Apenshot
The Brabant shot that brings banana and licorice together.
Nozem Oil
The shot from the Achterhoek that became big at Zwarte Cross, with citrus and chili pepper in the glass.
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