Batavia-Arrack Van Oosten

In the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company found this alluring complement to the spice trade that brought them East, and the drink soon found its passage with these voyageurs to Amsterdam and onward to growing demand in London and New York. More than rums, gins or other spirits, the Batavia Arrack had then as now the extraordinary effect of elevating the aromatics of spices and citrus.