St Kilian
St Kilian
DISTILLERY: St. Kilian
ABV: 53.1%
AGE: 5 Years
CAT: Single Malt German Whisky
BATCH: #1
RRP: £69.95
Here’s the second of our brand new labels for our World of Smoke series, welcoming this German distillery to the legion of Boutique-y labels
St. Kilian is one of the few German distilleries designed to make only whisky. It’s also the largest in the country. Founded in 2015, it’s equipped with copper pot stills from Forsythes of Scotland, and wooden washbacks from Joseph Brown of Dufftown they have a capacity of 0.6 mlpa per year.
The distillery’s name name comes from the story of three travelling monks who Christianized the local area.
They use traditional a Scottish style setup including Forsyth’s stills & wooden washbacks.
Beech wood has been used to impart it’s smoky flavours to the malt during the kilning, and the whisky has then been matured in an ex-Cherry Wine cask.
NOSE
Fruity and herbal; Dried fruits and raspberry leaves Bright cherry notes alongside fragrant wood, with a gentle woodsmoke in the background.
TASTE
The fruitiness comes across on the palate, with Cherry tunes, complete with a malty touch of menthol. There’s a drying woody finish to this too, with menthol lingering.
ABOUT THE LABEL
The distillery has collaborated with heavy metal bands on bottling projects, including Judas Priest!
Our label design is a not so subtle nod to this, with our rock’n’roll medieval monks.
The monastery windows are in the shape of their still, and bottles.
Loving that flying vee!
