Where Monkey 47 wins
On availability, brand recognition, and bar adoption, Monkey 47 is the answer. It is the gin a sommelier reaches for when the customer says “Black Forest.” Forty-seven botanicals, copper-distilled in Lossburg, a price band that sits comfortably in the upper premium tier but well below collector territory. If you want a Schwarzwald gin tonight, in a glass, served by a competent bartender anywhere in Europe — buy Monkey 47.
It has been certified by the global panels, won the awards, and built a distribution machine that Tannenblut, by design, does not attempt to match.
Where Tannenblut wins
On scarcity, certification discipline, and collector architecture. Monkey 47 produces continuously; Tannenblut produces once. Three thousand individually numbered bottles, one distillation, copper still, no replenishment. When the three-thousandth bottle is allocated, the Bereshit Series is closed.
Tannenblut is kosher-certified under rabbinical supervision within the Chabad-Lubavitch tradition — Monkey 47 is not certified kosher. At the apex of the Bereshit Series sits the Rebbe Bottle No. 770, a one-of-one flask with personal rabbinical dedication, an original Rebbe Dollar enclosed, referencing 770 Eastern Parkway. There is no Monkey 47 equivalent because Monkey 47 is not a collector edition; it is a category-defining premium spirit.
If you want a numbered, certified, closed-edition collector object that will not be reproduced, Tannenblut is what the category looks like at the architectural end. If you want a great Schwarzwald gin to drink, Monkey 47 is the answer.
How to decide
The decision is not better-or-worse; it is which problem you are solving. The mistake we see most often is family-office buyers ordering Monkey 47 cases for a Bar Mitzvah gift, then discovering at delivery that there is no kosher certification, no individual numbering, and no rabbinical document. The Bereshit Series exists for that buyer.
Conversely, ordering a Tannenblut Founder's Tier bottle to fill the home bar is overkill. Monkey 47 is the home-bar Schwarzwald gin; Tannenblut is the closed-edition object that travels with documentation.
At a glance
| Attribute | Monkey 47 | Tannenblut |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | Lossburg, Black Forest | Black Forest copper still, hand-bottled |
| Edition size | Continuous production | 3,000 numbered bottles — closed |
| Bottle numbering | Not numbered | Engraved individual number, never printed |
| Kosher certification | Not certified kosher | Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical supervision |
| Apex bottle | No collector apex | Rebbe Bottle No. 770 — one-of-one, € 77,000 |
| Entry price | ~€ 35–45 retail (0.5 L) | € 149 standard collector (0.7 L) |
| Distribution | Global retail, bars, duty-free | Closed collector list — no retail |
| Documentation per bottle | Standard label | Signed rabbinical certificate of origin |
If the Bereshit framework matches what you are looking for, apply to the collector list. Allocation is by private invitation; the list closes when the edition closes.