Water of Life - Whisky

Since our excursion to Scotland in 2007, the idea of distilling our own whisky has been pending. In the Highlands, we get confindent with the Scottish national drink due to lack of Franconian beer supplies. On special occasions such as Irish Folk concerts or anniversaries, tasting trays with four different types of malt whisky are offered for sale and became a great success.
10 years later,  a wash was brewed for the first time according to our Gramppus recipe and distilled in February 2017. The result was a very fine, mild and malty spirit, which was quickly sold out. The 2018 and 2019 vintages were largely consumed as “new make.” Part of it was used to experiment with various small barrels made of French Limousin oak and old sherry and whiskey barrels. In 2018 a first experiment with toasted Franconian cherry wood was very promising.

In 2022 we fillrd the first "Single Malt Whisky" in bottles. Reducing alcohol of cask strenth to 40%, we used fresh spring water of  Weismainquelle below Ochsenkopf. The result is fascinating and our whisky is equal to 12 or 18 year old whiskys worldwide.

New vintage 2021 and 2022 mature in our cool vault and is waiting to be called Whisky.

The 2021 (No. 2) and 2022 (No. 3) vintages are sold out again. The wash for Single Malt No. 4 has now been distilled. The distillate is currently stored in various French Limousin oak barrels, old sherry and former bourbon whiskey barrels in the cool vaulted cellar, waiting to be called whiskey after 1096 days.