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T he earliest known written reference to Genever later came to be known as Gin appears in the 13 th century encyclopaedic work Der Naturen Bloeme (Bruges), with the earliest printed recipe for genever dating from the 16 th century work Een Constelijck Distileerboec. By the mid 17 th century, numerous small Dutch and Flemish distillers had popularized the re-distillation of malt spirit or malt wine with juniper, anise, caraway, coriander, etc. The invention and development of the Column Still (1826 and 1831) made the distillation of neutral spirits practical, thus enabling the creation of the "London Dry" style that evolved later in the 19 th century. The National Jenever Museums are located in Hasselt, Belgium, and Schiedam, the Netherlands. Since 2009 the second Saturday in June has been designated as World Gin Day.
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