Slyrs

Slyrs

Inside the distillery in 2014
Location
Owner Slyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KG
Founded 1999
Status Active
Slyrs
Type Single Malt Bavarian whisky

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]

As of 2011, the whisky distillery was the largest in Germany.[3]

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."[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. "High Spirits: Bavaria's Going Frisky for Whisky!". MUNICHfound.com website. Munich Found Verlag. March 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. Klimek, Oliver (15 April 2010). "Distillery Visit: Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt". dramming.com website. Oliver Klimek. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. Albert, Rüdiger (2 December 2011). "Whiskies aus Deutschland: Deutsche Brenner im Whiskyrausch". Manager-Magazin (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. Petzinger, Jill (25 February 2011). "Taking on the Scots: German Distillers Swap Schnapps for Single Malts". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  5. "Slyrs PX Finishing". World Whiskies Awards website. Whisky Magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)

Bibliography

External links

Media related to Slyrs at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 47°42′09″N 11°53′08″E / 47.70250°N 11.88556°E / 47.70250; 11.88556


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