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[Christine A Seelye-King]

> Lucas Bols began a liqueur distillery in Amsterdam in 1575;  Amsterdam
was at that time an important harbour town which saw the through-traffic
of sugar, spices and herbs.  [There follows a speculation about using
sugar water from the washing down sweet-makers' trays to distil.  No
support here for this.]  Bols is now a multinational, apparently.
> Cairistiona


In one of my many small recipe booklets published by manufacturers, I
have the Bols Liqueurs & Brandies booklet.  The inside front cover reads
thusly:

"The Story of BOLS	
The year ws 1575.  Holland was on the brink of its "Golden Age", and out
on the mail road to Haarlem from Amsterdam a tiny building was being
constructed.  It was soon to be known as " 't Lootsje", -the "little
shed" of Lucas Bols.  it was here that the young master stiller was to
start his career as Holland's most renowned maker of liqueurs and
brandies.  Working with a crude kettle and using the very best grains,
seeds, fruits, and  herbs, Lucas coaxed subtle characteristics of scent
and taste and color.  "Do not mutilate nature," he would say.  "Guide her
to perfection."  Still today nature is being "guided" with the ageless
recipes originated by Lucas Bols over 400 years ago.  These processes
have been handed down in confidence from father to son with the results
that the delicate Old World beverages bearing the Bols name are among the
most famous in the world."  

On the back cover, the distributor information reads:
 Liqueurs and Brandies 30 - 78 Proof.  Produced and Bottled in the USA
under personal supervision of the Amsterdam Directors by Erven Lucas Bols
Distilling Company, Louisville, KY

Christianna

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