Slyrs

Distillery in Germany

Bayrischzeller Straße 13
83727 Schliersee
Germany

OwnerSlyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KGFounded1999StatusActiveSlyrsTypeSingle 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]

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. 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

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

^ "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= (help)
^ 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= (help)
^ 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= and |work= (help)

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. {{cite web}}: 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. {{cite news}}: External link in |work= (help)