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All hail jenever - (0) THE precursor to gin that began the British love (1) ............ with juniper-infused hooch. The nectar was (2) ............ to England by mercenaries from the Low Countries in the 17th century. For a blast of jenever pleasure today, head one hour by train east of Brussels to Hasselt, which hosts Belgium's national jenever festival (3) ............ October. Hasselt's status as Belgium's jenever capital explains the presence of the Nationaal Jenever museum. It is housed in a beautifully restored and (4) ............ active 19th-century distillery on Witte Nonnenstraat. During Jenever Feesten there is a bronze fountain on Maastrichterstraat, from (5) ............ jenever flows instead of water. If you're struggling to find it, ask anyone for The Barrel Man, but you'll have to wait your (6) ............. A jenever tram glides (7) ............ town; marching bands play as waiters race with laden trays to win their own weight in jenever. Street corner pop-up bars tempt visitors with jenevers from (8) ............ Flanders.