Presentation by Philip Duff at Sydney Bar Show 2010 about the role of the gigantic medieval Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West Indies trading companies in spreading distilling around the world. Oh yes, and discovering Australia in 1606!
33. 1827 Continual distilling invented 1860 First continuous still in The Netherlands. 1862 “ In the nineteenth century, Holland or genever gin was imported [to the USA] at a ratio of 5 or 6 gallons to every gallon of English gin.” David Wondrich
34. Thank you for your attention! This presentation: www.slideshare.net/philipduff [email_address] 1606 And All That
Editor's Notes
From Dublin, Ireland. Jet-set drinks consultant, trainer, writer and speaker. Founded Liquid Solutions in 1999. Was once deported from Yugoslavia (not in handcuffs though). Opened door 74 Nov. 2008
From Dublin, Ireland. Jet-set drinks consultant, trainer, writer and speaker. Founded Liquid Solutions in 1999. Was once deported from Yugoslavia (not in handcuffs though). Opened door 74 Nov. 2008
From Dublin, Ireland. Jet-set drinks consultant, trainer, writer and speaker. Founded Liquid Solutions in 1999. Was once deported from Yugoslavia (not in handcuffs though). Opened door 74 Nov. 2008
From Dublin, Ireland. Jet-set drinks consultant, trainer, writer and speaker. Founded Liquid Solutions in 1999. Was once deported from Yugoslavia (not in handcuffs though). Opened door 74 Nov. 2008
From Dublin, Ireland. Jet-set drinks consultant, trainer, writer and speaker. Founded Liquid Solutions in 1999. Was once deported from Yugoslavia (not in handcuffs though). Opened door 74 Nov. 2008
From Dublin, Ireland. Jet-set drinks consultant, trainer, writer and speaker. Founded Liquid Solutions in 1999. Was once deported from Yugoslavia (not in handcuffs though). Opened door 74 Nov. 2008
Augier Freres, Elizabeth Janssen Robert Stein documented as having stayed in Schiedam First continual stills in Holland in 1860 Very strong links with British royal families, exiled courts, Protestant nobility; links also cultural, musical, societal
Augier Freres, Elizabeth Janssen Robert Stein documented as having stayed in Schiedam First continual stills in Holland in 1860 Very strong links with British royal families, exiled courts, Protestant nobility; links also cultural, musical, societal
King Philip ordered confiscation of all foreign ships in Spanish and Portuguese harbours British East India Company started after observing the Early Voyages, but never established a permanent trading base abroad
Most powerful corporation the world has ever seen. Chartered to conduct military operations, acquire territories, sign treaties and trade. 50,000 employees, global spice-trade monopoly, 40% dividend return at peak. Wrested spice trade from Portuguese, all spice now flowed to Amsterdam
6 chambers (Amsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Middelburg Board of 17 Directors Rotated chairmanship, split shipbuilding contracts, awarded dividends of up to 399%, amounting to 50 million euros between 1700 and 1780. Chartered to build forts, appoint governors, sign treaties and billet soldiers by the State of the Netherlands. World's first joint-stock company, in which you could buy shares which were trade-able (which is why the book The Dutch East India Company was brought out by the Amsterdam stock exchange). Shares gave no influence in the doings of the VOC At one stage had 50,000 employees, of whom 80% f soldiers and 35% of sailors were foreign: Baltic and Scandinavian states, East Europe and UK (Henry Hudson) 300 year trade monopoly with Japan from 1600s onwards in Deshima (Delft), similar monopolies with Siam (Thailand) The rise of punch! And the spread of genever
Willem Janszoon and Jan Roosengijn take Duyfken southeast from Banda to the Kei Islands, then along the south coast of New Guinea, skirting south of the shallow waters around False Cape and then continuing east-southeast until they reach and chart the shores of Australia's Cape York Peninsula.
North & South America, West Indies (incl. ABC islands Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao), plus west Africa. Slave trade – also to West Indies, also to other countries’ islands Genever on west coast Africa Ray Charles example
North & South America, West Indies (incl. ABC islands Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao), plus west Africa. Slave trade – also to West Indies, also to other countries’ islands Genever on west coast Africa Ray Charles example
North & South America, West Indies (incl. ABC islands Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao), plus west Africa. Slave trade – also to West Indies, also to other countries’ islands Genever on west coast Africa Ray Charles example
North & South America, West Indies (incl. ABC islands Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao), plus west Africa. Slave trade – also to West Indies, also to other countries’ islands Genever on west coast Africa Ray Charles example Ghana, Angola Slave cost 90 euros, swapped for sugar in Caribbean Rituals genever
1630 New Holland in Recife Brazil
1624: Nieuw Nederland, Niewu Amsterdam Delaware, jersey, Pennysylvania Willem Kieft, governor general of New Amsterdam, before Stuyvesant 1 st US grain distillery on Staten Island in 1644. Rye!
Willem Kieft, governor general of New Amsterdam, before Stuyvesant 1 st US grain distillery on Staten Island in 1644. Rye!
Willem Kieft, governor general of New Amsterdam, before Stuyvesant 1 st US grain distillery on Staten Island in 1644. Rye!
Willem Kieft, governor general of New Amsterdam, before Stuyvesant 1 st US grain distillery on Staten Island in 1644. Rye!
Willem Kieft, governor general of New Amsterdam, before Stuyvesant 1 st US grain distillery on Staten Island in 1644. Rye!
From “King of Drinks”. Belgians had been using continual stills since 1832.