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Destillerie

Company:
Destillerie Franz Bauer GmbH
Address:
Prankergasse 29-31
Place:
8020 Graz
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Obst-Brände
  • Obst-Geiste & Spirituosen
  • Liköre
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
Destillerie Franz Bauer: Fruit in its clearest form/b>

The Franz Bauer distillery has been involved for 100 years in the processing and refinement of fruits and captures their aromatic richness in various distillates. The company was founded in 1920 as a distillery business in Gamlitz and Ehrenhausen. Some years later, the current company head office was acquired in Prankergasse. Today, Bauer is the only still existing distillery in Graz. The fruit and bonded distillery is among the most modern, steam-heated distillation plants in Europe. Over a million kilograms of fruit are distilled carefully here annually using the traditional method of double distillation.

Processing the fresh fruits requires great care in the various production steps. Each distillate has at least a year’s time to be able to fully develop, and is stored in various stainless steel, wooden or clay containers. The result: consistent quality, bottle for bottle – for 100 years. This is what sets the Franz Bauer Distillery apart. The ‘Distillery Tour’, which includes a tasting (detailed information at: www.bauerspirits.com), provides an insight into the entire production process.

The Master Class Distillery 2021 and World Class Distillery 2021 (Distillery of the Year 2021 – Gold & World Spirits Award) received double gold for Green Panther Kürbiskernlikör (pumpkin seed liqueur) (Spirit of the Year 2021) and Wodka Mikitra, and in addition 24 golds and 13 silvers.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Double-Gold 96Bauer Green Panther Kürbiskernlikör2021Details
Double-Gold 95.3Wodka Mikitra2021Details
Gold 95Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Vogelbeer Geist2021Details
Gold 94.3Bauer Minzling2021Details
Gold 94Bauer JagerTee2021Details
Gold 94Bauer Karamell küsst die Kaffeebohne2021Details
Gold 94Stroganoff Vodka2021Details
Gold 94Wodka Nikita2021Details
Gold 94Orangerie Triple Sec2021Details
Gold 94Bauer Spirit of the Alps ZirbenZauber2021Details
Gold 93.3Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Zwetschken Schnaps2021Details
Gold 93Baracuda White Light Rum2021Details
Gold 93Bauer Orangenpunsch2021Details
Gold 92.7Bauer Heiße Hexe2021Details
Gold 92.7Bauer Rumpunsch2021Details
Gold 92.3Bauer Kuss der Haselnuss2021Details
Gold 92Freiherr von Pranck Tresterbrand2021Details
Gold 91.3Bauer Geile Nuss2021Details
Gold 91Freiherr von Pranck Zwetschkenbrand Fass Kollektion2021Details
Gold 91Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Würziger Wacholder2021Details
Gold 91Bauer Spirit of the Alps Wurzelsepp2021Details
Gold 90.3Bauer Inländer Rum2021Details
Gold 90Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Marillen-Schnaps2021Details
Gold 90Stroganoff Red Spirit2021Details
Gold 90Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Kirschen-Schnaps2021Details
Gold 90Bauer Waldbeerpunsch2021Details
Silver 89Bauer Weichsel Likör mit Bierbrand2021Details
Silver 89Bauer Marillenpunsch2021Details
Silver 88Bauer Schubi Dubi2021Details
Silver 88Bauer Früchte Punsch2021Details
Silver 88Bauer Bratapfelpunsch2021Details
Silver 87Freiherr von Pranck Marillenbrand Fass Kollektion2021Details
Silver 87Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Obst-Schnaps2021Details
Silver 86Bauer Gold Nuss Haselnusslikör2021Details
Silver 84Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Williamsbirnen Schnaps2021Details
Silver 84Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Himbeer Geist2021Details
Silver 83Bauer Styrian Panther Spirit - Gebirgsenzian2021Details
Silver 83Bauer Spirit of the Alps Latschentraum2021Details
Silver 80Bauer Hirschkrah2021Details

Destillerie

Company:
Edelbrennerei Destilleum
Address:
Anton-Bieber-Weg 4
Place:
63762 Großostheim
Country:
Germany
Products:
  • Obst-Brände
Destilleum Michael Mayer – Specialities from Franconia

In Pflaumheim on the north-easterly edge of the Odenwald forest, Michael Mayer runs his Destilleum distillery with passion and a ‘burning heart’. His motto “Everything is possible, nothing is a must. Normal is for other people!” has accompanied him throughout his life. In 1995, together with a friend, he took over a vineyard in Großostheim near Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia, but while the vines never really thrived, the berry bushes and sloes grew rampant. So the two of them decided to produce fruit wines: from blackcurrants, raspberries and sloes. Runaway sales at the local Christmas market further encouraged his passion and paved the way for liqueur production. Because Michael Mayer wanted to give his ginger liqueur more aroma, he invested in a distillation system and became a ‘part-time’ distiller – he works full-time for the Großostheim waterworks.

The ‘raw materials’ for the production thrive in his own garden: for example, chilli for the chilli-cherry liqueur, and the family helps pick and process the fruit in his orchard. On a separate plot of land, the creative distiller takes part in the Franconian ‘Mustea’ re-cultivation project, which is responsible for the preservation of old varieties of quince. He has also planted rare varieties, such as sorb, medlar and wild service. The latter requires special, elaborate harvesting, in which four people take four days, standing at least three metres off the ground, to collect 180 kilograms of berries for 4.6 litres of spirit. This also explains why Michael Mayer is well known for his specialities, including elder brandy, quince brandy, medlar brandy, Jerusalem artichoke brandy as well as ginger brandy and spirit. Anyone who wants to know more can make an appointment to view the distillery and enjoy a tasting session, as well as have the possibility to buy products in the farm shop.

At the World Spirits Award, the Destilled London Dry Gin won a bronze medal.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Bronze 74Destilled London Dry Gin2015Details

Handel

Company:
ALDI Ireland
Address:
Birch House, Millennium Park, Naas, Co. Kildare
Place:
W91 YX71 Naas
Country:
Ireland
Products:
  • Destillerie
Aldi Ireland: Gin and whiskey in retail

Aldi Ireland has several top products in its spirit range: Boyle’s Gin from the Blackwater Distillery and Ardfallen Whiskey from the West Cork Distillery, in addition, Mo Chara Passionfruit & Mango Gin from the Old Carrick Mill.

The Blackwater Distillery has been an Aldi partner since 2016 and developed the private label Boyle’s Gin exclusively for the Irish and British retail market. The product volume of the Blackwater Distillery for Aldi has risen strongly in recent years, whereby 140,800 bottles of the gin series were sold in 2018. The successful gin brand is manufactured in Blackwater Valley, West Waterford, with selected imported ingredients as well as regional apples, blackcurrants and elderflower. CEO Peter Mulryan – former TV producer and author of the book ‘The Whiskeys of Ireland’ – explains, “The partnership with Aldi has helped us to increase turnover enormously, and also to have the security to invest and expand. This includes on-site bottling facilities and a visitor centre.” Ardfallen Whiskey from the West Cork Distillery got its name from the region in County Cork where the malted barley comes from, and is only manufactured in small batches. The business was founded in 2003 by childhood friends who started out with only two small stills they had bought in Switzerland. Now the largest distillery in the country, it currently employs over 80 staff and exports to around 70 countries.

At the World Spirits Award, there was Gold for Ardfallen 10 Year Old Whiskey and Boyle’s Gin, and Silver for Boyle’s Sloe & Damson Gin and Ardfallen Whiskey.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 93.3Ardfallen 10 Year Old Whiskey2026Details
Gold 90Boyle’s Gin2026Details
Silver 88Ardfallen Whiskey2026Details
Silver 84Boyle's Sloe & Damson Gin2026Details

Handel

Company:
BURSCHIK`S R. Nfg. Erste österr. Wermutwein-Kellerei
Address:
Zinckgasse 8
Place:
1150 Wien
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
  • Destillerie


AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 92.3Burschik's Vermouth Klassik2021Details
Gold 92Burschik's Vermouth Oak2021Details
Gold 91.3Burschik's Vermouth Dry2021Details
Silver 88Burschik's Vermouth Red2021Details

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