Molly Cummings

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Living Your Legacy · From Biology Professor to Building America’s Next Gin · 22 May 2026 podcast

The name for gin actually comes from the word for juniper in Dutch.

Okay.

I did not know that.

So gin was originated or originated in the Netherlands and it comes from the word genever, which means juniper in Dutch.

And that gives you a clue that the key ingredient in a gin is juniper.

So because Europe doesn't have a lot of biodiversity in juniper, everyone uses, guess what?

The common juniper.

So it's in everything over there.

Wow.

And so every other distillery or nearly like 99.9% of all the other gins in the world are made by simply ordering your common juniper that comes to you from Europe in a box.

I mean, most of the things we put in our mouth come from plants.

Even if it's an animal, that animal was eating plants first.

And so it all comes back to plants.

And those of us in the spirits world, sometimes we forget every ounce of alcohol comes from a plant.

And it's important to have lots of diversity when we're talking about this world, the natural world.

Biodiversity makes this world go round.

As soon as we start focusing and monoculturing, the world kind of tips over and gets in trouble.

And so keeping and honoring biodiversity is really key.

And what I love about gin is it is the most biodiverse alcohol out there.

It's got more plants in a bottle than any other spirit.

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