Wynand Fockink
Wynand Fockink is an Amsterdam distillery founded in 1679, with a tasting room in an alley behind Dam Square. Known for genever, aged from young to eleven years, and old-fashioned Dutch liqueurs.
An Amsterdam tasting room since 1679
Wynand Fockink is one of the oldest names in Amsterdam’s drinks scene. The distillery began in 1679 and is located in Pijlsteeg, a narrow alley just behind Dam Square. The tasting room is there too: a small, old-fashioned café where you drink genever and liqueur as people in Amsterdam have done for centuries. The glasses are filled to the rim, and you take the first sip leaning forward, without lifting the glass.
The range revolves around two things. First, the genever: a young and an old, plus Superior genevers aged for three, five or eleven years in oak barrels, as well as a five-year-old rye genever. Wynand Fockink also makes Dutch liqueurs with names you are unlikely to find elsewhere on the shelf, such as almond cookie, apple pie, liquorice and fennel. And for those who prefer gin, there is the Amsterdam Dry.
In brief
Genever, gin and liqueur from Wynand Fockink
Gall & Gall sells 16 bottles from Wynand Fockink. First the genevers, from young to eleven years old, followed by the gin and a selection of the liqueurs.
Wynand Fockink Young Genever
Smooth, fresh and balanced, with subtle grain notes and a hint of juniper.
Wynand Fockink Old Genever
Full-bodied and rich, with malt wine, gentle spices and a hint of sweetness. Traditionally distilled.
Superior Genever 3 Years
Three years in oak casks. Rich and rounded, with malt wine, vanilla and soft spices.
Superior Genever 5 Years
Five years in various oak casks. Deep and complex, with malt wine, vanilla, oak and soft spices.
Superior Genever 11 Years
Aged for eleven years. Complex and elegant, with rich malt wine, vanilla and oak notes. The oldest in the range.
Rye 5 Year Genever
Genever made with rye, aged for five years. Smooth and spicy, with rye and oak and a hint of vanilla.
Wynand Fockink Amsterdam Dry
Classic dry gin with fresh juniper, lively citrus and subtle spiciness. Crisp, with a slight bitterness.
Kaffa Coffee
Coffee liqueur made from beans from the Kaffa region in Ethiopia. Intense, with slight bitterness and gentle sweetness.
Bitterkoekjes Liqueur
Velvety smooth, with almond and subtle spiciness. Tastes like the cookie served with coffee.
Licorice Liqueur
Salty, sweet and spicy licorice notes. Full-bodied in alcohol for a liqueur.
Apple Pie
Juicy apple, cinnamon and a hint of vanilla. Soft and dessert-like.
Wynand Fockink also makes liqueurs from blackberries, apricots, ginger, speculaas and fennel. You can read what liqueur is exactly on our liqueur page.
Malt wine, vanilla and soft spices
Malt & vanilla
Malty grain with soft spices. The Superior genevers also bring vanilla and oak, while the rye genever has a spicy note.
Round and full-bodied
Light and fresh in the young, full and slightly sweet in the old. The longer it is aged, the rounder and more complex it becomes.
Warm
A warm, soft finish. With the eleven-year-old, long, with wood and vanilla.
Tasting profile of Superior Genever 5 Years. The young genever is lighter; the liqueurs are high in sweetness.
Three ways to drink Wynand Fockink
As in the tasting room: a full glass, with the first sip taken without hands.
To the brim, bent forward
Fill a tulip glass of genever to the brim. Take the first sip bent forward, with your hands behind your back, so nothing is lost. Then lift the glass.
Glass: genever glass →Aged genever neat
Pour the Superior 5 or 11 Years at room temperature into a tumbler or tasting glass. Serving it cold closes off the vanilla and wood notes.
More about korenwijn →As a boilermaker
A full glass of young genever next to a glass of pilsner. First the genever, then the beer right after it.
Boilermaker →Cocktails with Wynand Fockink
Genever in a sour or a Collins, gin in a Martini, and coffee liqueur in an Espresso Martini.
Kopstoot
A full glass of genever next to a glass of pilsner. Not a cocktail, but a classic.
Amsterdam Sour
Genever with lemon, sugar and egg white. The Dutch take on the sour.
Dry Martini
Gin and dry vermouth, ice-cold and clear.
Espresso Martini
Vodka, espresso and coffee liqueur, shaken hard.The right glass for Wynand Fockink
A tulip-shaped glass filled to the brim, a tumbler for aged genever and a liqueur glass for liqueurs. These are the glasses we recommend ourselves.
Everything else you wanted to know about Wynand Fockink
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Buy Wynand Fockink
Want the bottle at home right away? Order Wynand Fockink online from Gall & Gall. Gall & Gall has 16 of them.
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