And thats exactly what Im here to drink.

But, like genever, vodkas popularity worldwide has ebbed and flowed.

I think that cocktail culture is cyclical, Nolet tells me.

A hand holding a cocktail over the Photo taken in Amsterdam skyline

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We saw bartenders choosing dark spirits and experimenting with esoteric ingredients.

Interior of the Pulitzer Amsterdam bar

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Exterior of the Nolet Distillery in Amsterdam and Bartender Charles Joly making a Ketel One cocktail

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Cocktails on a table at Pulitzers Bar in Amsterdam

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A cocktail and bar snacks on a table at Pulitzer Amsterdam looking over a canal in Amsterdam

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