Slyrs Explained

Slyrs
Type:German
Image Size:250
Owner:Slyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KG
Founded:1999
Status:Active
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Brand 1:Slyrs
Type 1:Single Malt Bavarian whisky

Slyrs (pronounced as /de/) 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]

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

The name Slyrs is derived from Slyrse, the old Bavarian name for the Schliersee and the monastery of the same name.[4]

History

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., 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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Spirits: Bavaria's Going Frisky for Whisky!. MUNICHfound.com website. Munich Found Verlag. 22 March 2014. March 2005.
  2. Web site: Klimek. Oliver. Distillery Visit: Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt. dramming.com website. Oliver Klimek. 22 March 2014. 15 April 2010.
  3. News: Petzinger. Jill. Taking on the Scots: German Distillers Swap Schnapps for Single Malts. 22 March 2014. Spiegel Online. 25 February 2011.
  4. Web site: Rathaus Schliersee. Besiedlungsgeschichte der Region Schliersee .
  5. Web site: magazin . Rüdiger Albert, manager . Whiskys aus Deutschland: Deutsche Brenner im Whiskyrausch . 2022-05-20 . www.manager-magazin.de . de.
  6. Web site: 2015-01-12 . Der Whisky vom Berg: Slyrs Mountain Edition . 2022-05-20 . FOODHUNTER.
  7. Web site: Zwei Dutzend Fassl auf Bergtour . 2022-05-20 . www.merkur.de . de.
  8. Web site: Slyrs PX Finishing. https://web.archive.org/web/20140322055702/http://www.worldwhiskiesawards.com/slyrs-px-finishing.22214.html. dead. 22 March 2014. World Whiskies Awards website. Whisky Magazine. 22 March 2014.