Bobby's Schiedam PINANG RACI SPICE Dry Gin 42% is a characterful Dutch dry gin that combines Schiedam’s time-honoured distilling tradition with Indonesian spices. It is named after and inspired by Jacobus “Bobby” Alfons, who hailed from Naku on the Indonesian island of Ambon and refined his jenever in the Netherlands using spices from his homeland. He referred to this personal blend of spices as ‘Pinang Raci’, which roughly translates as a mixture of various spices. His grandsons, Sebastiaan and David, revived this family tradition in collaboration with their long-standing distilling partner, Herman Jansen. Seven generations of distilling experience, combined with a modern approach, ultimately formed the basis for Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin and the further developed Pinang Raci range.

For Bobby’s Pinang Raci Spice Blend No. 1, more than 70 different spice combinations were tested before the final recipe was finalised. At the heart of the blend are bay leaves, turmeric and galangal, complemented by ginger, sweet orange, cloves, cinnamon, lemongrass, cubeb pepper, coriander and juniper. The result is an aromatic gin with a distinctively spicy character and notes that are both warm and fresh. The recipe offers a contemporary interpretation of the flavours of the Indonesian Spice Islands, combining them with the Dutch distilling tradition of Schiedam. With an alcohol content of 42 per cent and a bottle size of 0.7 litres, this dry gin from the Netherlands is robust enough for cocktails without the subtle spice nuances being overshadowed.