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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:
Aeijst GmbH
Place:
8403 Lang
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Gin
Aeijst: Making gin an experience

Spelt Aeijst, pronounced ‘eye-st’ – the Styrian dialect word for the branches on which botanicals grow. It is actually a London Dry Gin, but the name Styrian Pale Gin describes its own special style. The simple design of the bottle is reflected in its taste: clear and pure, both inside and out. 25 years ago, Wolfgang Thomann discovered schnapps distilling. With an old copper vat, fruit from his own garden and a few helpers he distilled alcohol for the first time. Since September 2018 there has been a new production site in St. Nikolai im Sausal, with a distillery open for tours and rooms for events and tastings. The centrepiece of the former winegrower’s house is a 400-litre copper vat.

Aeijst Gin is stored for one year in a new French barrique from Vosges, and another year in a rum barrel (18-year-old rum). It is bottled into hand-blown and signed bottles from the Viennese glassworks Comploj, limited to 500 bottles. Following this classic barrel aged gin and some experiments, Aeijst Umbra was created, a new definition of gin. “For us it is the spirit par excellence. Made from organic botanicals and natural spring water, slowly distilled in small batches, and unfiltered. An interpretation that breaks with well-known gin tastes.” New to the product range is Aeijst Peat, the first of its kind in Austria. It is a gin made from juniper berries that were smoked over Styrian peat from the Garanas high moor in western Styria.

At the World Spirits Award, there was double gold for Aeijst Peat Gin (Spirit of the Year & World Spirits Award 2021).
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Double-Gold 95.7Aeijst Peat Gin2021Details

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

Handel

Company:
Franz von Durst
Address:
Schedlerstraße 1
Place:
6900 Bregenz
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
Limomacher: Regionally produced – socially labelled

Limomacher is a young Bregenz enterprise, according to their own definition “excellent in graphics, design, customer service, lemonade production, social involvement and coffee drinking”. However, a look at the brief biographies of the four-person team reveals quite a bit about their wide-ranging qualifications. All lemonades are produced regionally in Vorarlberg according to their own recipes. Short pathways right up until labelling – also labels for private customers and companies on request – reinforce sustainability, along with filling exclusively in glass bottles. The labelling, as well as the whole warehousing, are handled by Lebenshilfe Vorarlberg, a support organisation for people with disabilities. This is an indication that social thinking has been of great importance from the beginning.

At the beginning of 2018, the ‘Franz von Durst’ brand started in Spar shops, followed by the start-up shelf at Metro. The company developed a gin along with a tonic water for this purpose, as the first manufacturer in retailing that offers both as a one-stop shop. The gin that is also regionally produced goes perfectly with the tonic water and its animating and aromatic concept offers an exceptionally fruity drinking experience. Aside from the juniper base, five further botanicals play a role: angelica root provides a slight tanginess and supports the homogenous taste; orange peel is characterised by a range of aromatic substances and a fine hint of citrus; liquorice provides a complex sweetness with a slightly earthy note; elderberry has an intensive and refreshing taste; and hops gives it a special something.

“We are delighted that the Vorarlberg locals have received our gin so well and that we can expand step by step also into other provinces,” say the two young entrepreneurs.

At the World Spirits Award, gold was achieved by Franz von Durst Gin, and silver by Franz von Durst Dry Gin Wild.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 91Franz von Durst - Gin2021Details
Silver 89Franz von Durst - Dry Gin Wild2021Details
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