Bols Banana (700 ml)

When the Bulsius family established their distillery on the outskirts of Amsterdam in 1575, their earliest recipes leaned on exotic botanicals sourced through the Dutch East India Company — a supply chain that gave Bols unrivalled access to tropical aromatics centuries before they became commonplace. That same institutional knowledge of botanical blending underpins every expression in the 30+ flavour liqueur range today. Bols Banana is produced at the Lucas Bols facility near Dam Square, where botanical esprits and tinctures are blended with Eau Divine — a proprietary 20% ABV sugar solution — neutral grain alcohol, and purified water, then left to marry until the Master Distiller approves the batch. The house philosophy, 'Semper Idem' (Always the Same), means every bottling is held to an archival flavour standard rather than adjusted for seasonal variation. What distinguishes this expression within the fruit liqueur category is its grounding in a centuries-old botanical blending tradition rather than the synthetic flavour engineering common in mass-market banana liqueurs. Bottled at a typical Bols liqueur ABV range of 17–24%, it is designed for cocktail integration, carrying enough fruit-forward intensity to register through citrus and dairy without dominating the build.