FRUITSLAGERS Gekke Bessen (Crazy Berries) 34cl Syrup
Flavour: A syrup of blackcurrants, raspberries, white and red currants, chokeberry, blackberries to dilute (1:8) – 1 bottle of syrup = 2.72 litres of soda
Crafting / Tasting Notes: Some berries deviate from the ideal picture, but ain't no such thing! The fruit farmers think Gekke Bessen are just too crazy. Gekke Bessen is an ode to the whole spectrum of the Dutch berry world. A syrup made from berries that are normally refused, that look just a little bit different. We just have to have those! Tasty residual streams rule the roost here. Blackcurrants, raspberries, white and red currants, chokeberry, blackberries.... All squeezed pulps go to ferment on vinegar after a few days and provide complexity. Wild blackberry leaf and vervein from Warmonderhof provide a green, fresh finish. This is how the fruit farmers brew a Dutch cassis: like biting through a berry!
Ingredients: infusion of fruits and herbs, (water, lime , rosemary , hops), sugar, natural vinegar, 20% currant juice, 10% blackberry juice, 5% raspberry juice, food acid: citric acid, salt,
Food Values: Per 100 ml (diluted 1:8), Energy 112 kj (27kcal), Carbohydrates (6.4 g), Of which sugars (6.3 g), Fat (0 g), Saturated (0 g), Dietary fiber (0.4 g), Protein (0 g), Salt (0 g)
Cocktail Suggestion:
CosNOlitan:
1 shot Gekke Bessen
1 shot Mineral Pine Forest
Shake with ice, top up with sparkling water, and garnish with red berries
Crazy Berry Daiquiri:
1 part Gekke Bessen syrup
1 part Woody Reed Lands 0% or Rum
1 part lime juice
4 parts sparkling water
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