| Slyrs | |
| Type: | German |
| Image Size: | 250 |
| Owner: | Slyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KG |
| Founded: | 1999 |
| Status: | Active |
| Capacity: | x litres--> |
| 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]
The name Slyrs is derived from Slyrse, the old Bavarian name for the Schliersee and the monastery of the same name.[4]
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]
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]