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ReGINerate – Gin across the spectrum

The innovative ReGINerate product range has an impressively wide-ranging gin spectrum. The driving force behind the project is Martin Kern, a trained media businessman and lateral starter, who brings a passion for gin, love of detail and good taste with him. His partner, Ernst Deselaers, a farmer and distiller, stands by his side with his know-how, experience from his own distillery, and with the necessary cool-headedness and diligence. This helped Martin to fully immerse himself in his craft, to understand it, become inspired by it, interpret it, and then continue to develop it. After nearly 18 months it happened – ReGINerate was launched on the market.

Martin Kern discovered gin in 2012, and, with his decision to change careers, it also became his passion. First it was ‘Learning by Burning’, whereby each distilling process was a learning process that expanded his knowledge and experience. Then he tackled the art of seasoning – which aromas work with each other, and which do not. Building on this, he developed some impressive recipes. The necessary alcohol comes from wheat, which Ernst Deselaers grows on his own farm.

And this is the gin trio: with Silk City Dry the classic juniper tone is central, accompanied by lemon verbena, Szechuan pepper and ginger, nothing more is necessary; the fruity, complex, new interpretation of Artisan Gin Made The Slow Way shows that gin is more than just a visit to the herb garden or the spice drawer; and Artisan Gin Made The Sloe Way is the first real sloe gin in the world.

At the World Spirits Award, the trio stood up to the test – 3 times gold.

Nordbrand Nordhausen: Special spirits from Thuringia

Nordbrand Nordhausen was founded in 1948 upon the ruins of four former Korn distilleries. The oldest, the Friedrich Degen distillery, goes back to the year 1776. Until 1990, formerly small distilleries were added on, including Brennerei Seidel. Today it is the traditional distillery of the well-known Echter Nordhäuser brand. Gins and caraway are distilled in this historical area. The famous Roggenkorn (rye) is made in a distillery that was built in the 1920s as a German spirits reutilisation centre and has also been part of Nordbrand Nordhausen since 1948.

The market leader in Germany in various segments has a wide product range (over 100 different variants). A line of premium spirits and premium liqueurs under the brand Echter Nordhäuser Traditionsbrennerei are distilled by hand. These include Feiner Alter Doppelkorn with at least three years of barrel maturation as well as Meisterstück, a Korn brandy (grain distillate) matured in the barrel for 25 years, which came onto the market in September 2020 as a one-off. The portfolio also includes various gins of the Echter Nordhäuser brand, including Violet Gin. A specific recipe was developed for this that merges a juniper distillate with one made of hibiscus, lavender and mallow blossoms. The harmonious brandy is rounded off with oranges and raspberries, which are added in an aroma basket for distillation. In this way, experienced Korn master distillers can always keep creating modern and fresh innovations.

At the World Spirits Award, silver was awarded to Meisterstück, and bronze to Violet Gin.

Stock Polska – Prestige products with history

Polmos Lublin (known today as Stock Polska) was founded by the industrialist Emil Plage in Lublin in 1906 and was able to survive both world wars and the communist state leadership. The company was nationalised in 1948 and re-privatised in 2001. It traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange until 2005 and was sold in 2006. The new owners, Oaktree Capital Management, purchased the spirits division from Eckes Stock in 2007 and thereby laid the foundations for the current Stock Spirits Group. The company has its headquarters in Luxembourg, its service centre in Great Britain and its production sites in the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland.

Stock dates back to the year 1884 when Lionello Stock founded a beverages business in Trieste. He purchased a distillery in 1920 in what is currently part of the Czech Republic with the aim of tapping into new markets. This was followed by distilleries, bottling plants and warehouses in Italy, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia. In the 1920s, Stock was one of the biggest companies of its kind in Europe.

After an absence of 70 years, Stock returned to Poland and began to manufacture at the historic site of Lublin, 150 kilometres south-east of Warsaw. Intensive investment led to the creation of the most modern distillery in Poland and a leadership position on the vodka market. Poland’s most popular flavoured vodka is produced here: Zoladkowa Gorzka.

Lots of Stock products are produced by traditional recipes. These classical brands appeal to connoisseurs all over the world. In return, work is constantly being done on innovations that correspond to modern tastes and new drinking cultures. Quality standards are constantly upheld in both areas, of course.

The quality of the products was recognised at the World Spirits Award with a gold medal for the Orkisz Spelt Vodka.