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Ernest Hemingway had it right. \u201cDon’t bother with churches, government buildings or city squares; if you want to know about a culture, spend a night in its bars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alcohol holds a mirror to society. In\u00a0the\u00a0Netherlands<\/a>\u00a0it took windmills to produce\u00a0jenever\u00a0\u2013 the original gin made from milled grain. The secret formula for\u00a0Hungarian<\/a>\u00a0spirit\u00a0Unicum\u00a0escaped from communism, then returned home after the\u00a0Berlin<\/a>\u00a0Wall fell. In short, these once-in-a-lifetime\u00a0drinks are historically good.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fruits, herbs and botanicals have been distilled across Europe for many years into an amazing array of different drinks, from Unicum in Hungary to Jenever in the Netherlands. 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