Bols

Bols is most often encountered as the name of a historic Dutch liqueur brand. Lucas Bols established a distillery in Amsterdam in the 16th century, and the Bols name became one of the oldest continually operating spirits brands. The company markets a broad range of products, including genever and a wide array of fruit liqueurs, as well as the blue curaçao widely used in cocktails. Bols liqueurs have been popular with bartenders around the world and have played a role in the development of modern cocktail culture.

Apart from the brand, bols can appear in other contexts as a plural form or part of names in different languages, and it is not connected to the Dutch company in those uses. When capitalized as Bols, the term generally refers to the brand and its products. The lowercase form may occur in text as a misspelling or as a separate word in non-English languages. In any case, the capitalized form is the standard reference for the Dutch liqueur brand, while the lowercase form carries no specific, universal meaning in English.