Dutch brandy Bols), Hooghoudt, Hoppe (made by Bols), Hulsink, Klasse A (house brand of Dutch liquor shop Mitra), De Kuyper, Legner Fine Vieille (not officially named "Vieux" as it only contains 30% of alcohol), Olifant and Plantiac (made by Boomsma). Dutch brandy Dutch brandy (, ) is a distilled spirit made from either grain or molasses alcohol flavored with various essences and extracts produced in the Netherlands. It was formerly referred to as "Dutch cognac" until that name was legally restricted to grape brandy from the Cognac region of France. Dutch names included "Koetsiertje" or "Koetsierscognac" (cognac drunk by carriage riders -
Lucas Bols "Distillateurs- en Liqueurbereiders Handboek door een oude patroon van 't Lootsje" (English: Distillers and Liqueur makers Handbook by an old patron of "The Little Shed"), which is now in the Bols archives. In 1868 the firm was again sold, this time to the Moltzer family who greatly expanded the company. In 1889, the "Rozengracht" canal was filled in order to provide a new major thoroughfare for Amsterdam. The old site was abandoned and a modern steam powered distillery was built in nearby Nieuw Vennep. Other distilleries were built in Scheveningen and in Emmerich, just over the Dutch border in Germany.