That meant that the basic building blocks were rum, raw rye whiskey, Dutch-style gin, plus apple and peach brandy, Madeira wine, cider and ale.

这意味着最基础的就是朗姆酒、黑麦威士忌、荷兰风格的杜松子酒，再加上苹果和桃子白兰地、马德拉白葡萄酒、苹果汁和浓啤酒。

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It became an immediate hit with the upper classes in England, who came to like Dutch gin quite as much as they liked French brandy.

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Ben van Doesburgh, chief executive of De Kuyper Royal Distillers, a 316-year-old Dutch gin and spirits maker in Schiedam, acknowledges the common currency's benefits for business.

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Invented by a Dutch doctor, Franciscus de la Boe, in the mid-17th century, gin (originally called genever) was made by redistilling pure malt spirits with juniper berries.

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