— niets, brussels · since 1898
three categories · one philosophy
0.0% abv
Serious drinks.
Quiet finish.
For every hour but the morning after.
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botaniets · the garden · 50cl
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A century-old Brussels distillery. Three categories, three crafts — distilled, dealcoholised, macerated. Serious drinks for the hours alcohol used to own.
1898
founded
III
categories
1k+
venues
— three categories, three crafts
We don't pretend
they're the same problem.
Each category is named for its craft, not for the bottle inside it. Distilled, dealcoholised, macerated. Three serious traditions — none of them alcoholic.
The Garden
plants, distilled — then gently undone
from
€25
featuring
Botaniets · 4 expressions
The Cellar
real rum, dealcoholised, re-aged in oak
from
€36
featuring
Havaniets · Glenniets coming
The Maceration
italian blood oranges, no alcohol to begin with
from
€22
featuring
Aperiniets Originale
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g. niets, ixelles · c. 1898
— since 1898
Five generations.
One radical question.
George Niets — botanist, distiller, pioneer — built our legacy from the language of plants. A century later, his great-great-grandson Alexandre returned to the old ledgers and asked: what if we kept the craft and removed the only thing the world no longer needs?
1898
founded
V
generations
III
categories
0.0%
verified
— the reception
Poured by the bars we respect.
01
“It is not a substitute. It is a new canvas.”
Nick Bril
The Jane · Antwerp · 2★
02
“Earns its place in the most demanding glass.”
Team Handshake
World's 50 Best · CDMX
03
“A serious distillate. Full stop.”
G. Apostolopoulos
Amazonico · London