Hooghoudt Beerenburg 74 herbs
The classic Beerenburg in Hooghoudt's version: 74 herbs, slightly bitter, warm, and robust. Serve ice-cold in a stemmed glass, as a kopstoot alongside a beer, or as a bitter base for a cocktail.
A robust herbal bitter with 74 herbs
Beerenburg is a Dutch herbal bitter made with genever, which became especially popular in Friesland. Hooghoudt makes its own version with 74 herbs. The result is slightly bitter, warm, herbal, and robust, with notes of bay leaf and licorice, and herbs such as rosemary, nettle, and gentian root.
At 30% alcohol, it's lighter than genever, but its flavor is more pronounced. This is the bolder of Hooghoudt's two Beerenburgs; Kalmoes Beerenburg with 77 herbs is more refined and warmer with spices.
In brief
Bitter, warm, and herbal
Bay leaf & licorice
Herbal and green: bay leaf and rosemary, with a sweet note of licorice underneath.
Robust and slightly bitter
Warm and robust, with nettle and a light bitterness that builds.
Gentian
A dry, bitter finish from gentian root that leaves the mouth feeling clean.
Flavor profile of Hooghoudt Beerenburg 74 kruiden, served ice-cold.
Beerenburg, Northern-style
You drink Beerenburg ice-cold and without any fuss. Its bitterness also makes it a good way to start or finish a meal.
Ice-cold, served in a stemmed glass
Put the bottle in the freezer and pour 35 ml into a stemmed aperitif glass. The cold mellows the bitterness and brings out the bay leaf and licorice.
Aperitif glasses →Kopstoot with a blonde beer
A shot of ice-cold Beerenburg alongside a crisp, blonde beer. The beer washes away the bitterness and gets you ready for the next sip.
Kopstoot →Beerenburg Sour
Shake 40 ml Beerenburg, 25 ml lemon juice, 15 ml sugar syrup and one egg white first without ice, then with ice. Serve over ice in a tumbler: bitter, sour and herbal.
Go to the Sour →Cocktails with a bitter Dutch base
A herbal bitter works in cocktails like Campari or an amaro: as a bitter backbone.
Kopstoot
Beerenburg alongside a beer. In Friesland and Groningen, it's at least as common as genever.
Beerenburg Sour
Lemon, sugar and egg white make the bitterness soft and rounded.
Dutch Americano
Red vermouth, soda and Beerenburg instead of Campari. A light, bitter aperitif.
Shots
All the shot recipes in one place. Ice-cold Beerenburg is a northern classic.The right glass for Beerenburg
A stemmed aperitif glass for enjoying neat, a roemer for a kopstoot, a tumbler for the Sour and a highball glass for the Americano.
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