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Batch LXXIX. Schwarzwald, Tuesday March 19, 2024 NO. 47
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Episode VII: Monkey Gland for Pablo

On the hunt for Spruce Shoots - Black Forest

Picea abies

© Jochen Hirschfeld

Spurred on by an oft-cited herbal curiosity, but even more so by a well-nigh obsessive pursuit of the highest-possible quality, Black Forest Distillers embark on botanical expeditions each year. In 2019, the journey led them into the very depths of the Black Forest on a hunt for … spruce shoots! One in three of the botanicals in Monkey 47 are locally sourced from the Black Forest, and spruce shoots are one of them. Al...

Monkey 47 presents: The Wild Monkey Inn

Episode IV: A villain's "Last Word"

Monkey 47 presents: The Wild Monkey Inn

Episode I - The Wunschmaschine

From the Island to the Bottle - Sicily

Volcano of Lemons

© Jochen Hirschfeld

In February 2015, we set out for Sicily – more specifically for the foot of Mount Etna, Europe’s most powerful volcano. Guided by our local expert, Calogero, we visited an old plantation in the Cavagrande region, whose groves of trees were already being weighed down by the lemons we hoped to lend a hand in harvesting. In the Sicilian community of Sant’Alfio, which lies on a plane of lava that cooled...

Black Forest Klamauk

Whatever became of ... Ernst Stavro Blofeld?

© Discodöner

Once an international villain by trade, Mr Blofeld now lives a secluded life in the northern Black Forest, where he has been running a highly successful Ayurvedic cat salon for four years. We recently managed to convince him to talk with us about the constant passage of time. Mr Blofeld, you started what may be the most successful criminal organisation of the modern age and ran it for more than 40 ...

Monkey 47 presents: The Wild Monkey Inn

Episode V: A Ramos Gin Fizz for Alex

Monkey 47 presents: The Wild Monkey Inn

Episode III: A French 75 for Monsieur l'Inspecteur

From the Field to the Bottle – Provence

Fields of Purple

© Jochen Hirschfeld

Along with our oft-cited botanical curiosity, it’s our practically obsessive quest for the highest quality that leads us out on annual botanical expeditions to our suppliers. In late July 2015, we embarked on a journey to the vast lavender fields of Provence, seeking to breathe in the intoxicating scent of the dried blossoms that lend Monkey 47 its incomparable floral aroma. This mission, which we dubbed “Botanical Expedition: Lavendula Angustifolia”, would whisk ...

The Monkey and His Simian Sidekicks

King Louie, Cheetah, Miss Baker, and Herr Nilsson

© Bernd Kammerer

Upon making his move to the Black Forest – to the Schaberhof and the Wild Monkey distillery, to be precise – the Monkey began turning his surroundings into a picturesque new home. Primates are not all that different from people, after all, and relocating typically offers the opportunity to rearrange the furniture a bit. The minders thus worked with the Markdorf-based coppersmith Arnold Holstein for more than two years on designing and manu...

Monkey 47 presents: The Wild Monkey Inn

Episode VI: A Gibson for Aristoteles

Like Winnetou in the prairie – Croatia

Stairway to Borovica

© Jochen Hirschfeld

Along with our oft-cited botanical curiosity, it’s our practically obsessive quest for the highest quality that leads us out on annual botanical expeditions to our suppliers. Like Winnetou rinding across the prairie, our search took us to the Dalmatian coast near Plitvice, where we finally encountered the perfect juniper aroma. The juniper`s unique characters starts with the earth in which it grows. For millennia, the bushes have been sp...

Monkey 47 presents: The Wild Monkey Inn

Episode II: A Royal Gin & Tonic for her Majesty

Forest in a Bottle – Portugal

Raiders of the Lost Bark

© Jochen Hirschfeld

This botanical expedition began in the spring of 2015 in the montados and ended near Porto, where Paulo and his brothers represent the third generation to run his family’s cork business. As you might have already guessed, they produce the corks that keep the Monkey in the bottle. The Ribatejo region is a former province of the Tejo plains northeast of Lisbon, which are also referred to as the “Garden of L...

The Carnival Steed of Constance

The Polizeiblaetzle and his steed!

© Axel Hoedt

Led by the Polizeiblaetzle on horseback – Blaetzle refers to the felt scales that adorn the policeman’s garment – the Blaetzle boys of Constance’s fools’ guild roam the city’s alleyways on Holy Thursday in keeping with a long-held Alemannic Carnival custom. Their traditional costume, or Haes, is made according to set rules and is typically sewn by the costume wearer himself. It consists of three pieces – pants, a tunic and a hood – c...

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