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Konig's Westphalian Gin

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29: 17: 237: 117:, "The Spirit that rejuvenates". Other such slogans included "The only perfect gin", "The Royal Liqueur" and "The Royal Appetiser & Digestive". Its advertising included the obviously spurious claim that it was "highly recommended by all doctors against kidney, bladder and stomach troubles and especially for 52:
produced up to the early part of the twentieth century from mineral water at H. C. König's "model distillery" in Steinhagen, Westphalia, Germany, said at the time to be the largest and the oldest gin
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Konig's gin has been marketed in Germany as "Steinhäger-Urquell" ("urquell" translates as "original source" or "wellspring", as with the beer
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gins, it sought to differentiate itself from its competitors through exaggerated advertising slogans.
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The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893.
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the exclusive privilege to distil alcohol and the area is still known for its
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berries from the bushes of that plant that grow on the slopes of the nearby
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The firm's advertising said that the gin was supplied to the British
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GmbH in Salzburg, Austria, and produces and distributes spirits and
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Konig bottles of Germany and Austria at Miniature Bottle Library.
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Drink: An A-Z of Alcoholic Beverages
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In common with other contemporary gins, König's was sold in tall
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Vol. 25, No. 2, Focus on Diversity (Autumn, 1992), pp. 198-207.
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Antique German Salt Glaze Stoneware Gin Bottle HC Konig
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theginisin.com, 10 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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The gin claimed unlikely medicinal benefits under the
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Frederick William of Brandenburg
Count of Ravensberg
Steinhagen
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Teutoburg Forest
Steinhäger
slogan
cholera
malaria
typhus
stoneware
The Stage Year Book
Royal Colonial Institute Year Book
The English Illustrated Magazine
Pilsner Urquell
House of Commons
House of Lords
royal warrant of appointment
trade fairs
World's Columbian Exposition
Beer Lane
Mozart Distillerie
liqueurs
Drink portal
König Brauerei

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