Slyrs (German pronunciation: [ˈʃliːɐ̯s]) is a German whisky distillery in Schliersee, a small town in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria. The distillery is controlled by the Stetter family, which also operates a schnapps distillery previously used to distill Slyrs whisky.[1][2]
| Location |
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|---|---|
| Owner | Slyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KG |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Status | Active |
| Slyrs | |
| Type | Single Malt Bavarian whisky |
According to Andrea Stetter, one of Slyrs' managing directors, Slyrs whisky is fundamentally different from Scotch, with "... a mild, fruity taste ...", and "... can be drunk as soon as it is three years old."[3]
Name edit
The name Slyrs is derived from Slyrse, the old Bavarian name for the Schliersee and the monastery of the same name.[4]
History edit
The distillery in the district of Neuhaus was founded in 1999 by Florian Stetter, who trained as a brewer and maltster.
Since whiskey has to be stored by law for three years and the production quantities are comparatively small anyway, only a limited edition of 100,000 bottles was initially sold and then distributed locally. In 2011, between 40,000 and 50,000 people visited the distillery. As of 2011[update], the whisky distillery was the largest in Germany.[5]
In December 2014, a newly built warehouse was inaugurated on the Stümpfling mountain at an altitude of 1501 meters, which can hold up to 40 barrels of 225 liters each.[6] Under the special climatic conditions, the whiskey stored here should develop a different taste than that stored in the valley.[7]
Awards edit
Slyrs' Sherry Edition No 1 was awarded the Gold Award for the Best European Single Malt in Whisky Magazine's World Whiskies Awards 2014.[8]
References edit
- ^ "High Spirits: Bavaria's Going Frisky for Whisky!". MUNICHfound.com website. Munich Found Verlag. March 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ Klimek, Oliver (15 April 2010). "Distillery Visit: Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt". dramming.com website. Oliver Klimek. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ Petzinger, Jill (25 February 2011). "Taking on the Scots: German Distillers Swap Schnapps for Single Malts". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Rathaus Schliersee. Besiedlungsgeschichte der Region Schliersee".
- ^ magazin, Rüdiger Albert, manager. "Whiskys aus Deutschland: Deutsche Brenner im Whiskyrausch". www.manager-magazin.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Der Whisky vom Berg: Slyrs Mountain Edition". FOODHUNTER. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ "Zwei Dutzend Fassl auf Bergtour". www.merkur.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ "Slyrs PX Finishing". World Whiskies Awards website. Whisky Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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Bibliography edit
- Buxton, Ian (2012). 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die. Edinburgh: Hachette Scotland. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9780755363193.
- Roskrow, Dominic (February 2013). "Slyrs - Whisky's best kept secret". World Whisky Review website. Connosr Ltd. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - Toprak, Mehmet (April 2010). "Whisky with a Bavarian twist". The Atlantic Times. Times Media GmbH. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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External links edit
Media related to Slyrs at Wikimedia Commons
- Slyrs – official site
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