Slyrs
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]
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| Location |
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| Owner | Slyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KG |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Status | Active |
| Slyrs | |
| Type | Single Malt Bavarian whisky |
Slyrs Single Cask, 55,8 vol, 3 Jahre
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]
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References
- "High Spirits: Bavaria's Going Frisky for Whisky!". MUNICHfound.com website. Munich Found Verlag. March 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2014. External link in
|work=(help) - Klimek, Oliver (15 April 2010). "Distillery Visit: Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt". dramming.com website. Oliver Klimek. Retrieved 22 March 2014. External link in
|work=(help) - Albert, Rüdiger (2 December 2011). "Whiskies aus Deutschland: Deutsche Brenner im Whiskyrausch". Manager-Magazin (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2014. External link in
|newspaper=(help) - Petzinger, Jill (25 February 2011). "Taking on the Scots: German Distillers Swap Schnapps for Single Malts". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- "Slyrs PX Finishing". World Whiskies Awards website. Whisky Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014. External link in
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Bibliography
- 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. External link in
|work=(help) - 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. External link in
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