Slyrs

Distillery in Germany

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* Bayrischzeller Straße 13
* 83727 Schliersee
* Germany

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Owner| Slyrs Destillerie GmbH & Co. KG
Founded| 1999
Status| Active
Slyrs
Type| Single Malt Bavarian whisky
Slyrs Single Cask, 55,8 vol, 3 Jahre

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

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The name Slyrs is derived from Slyrse, the old Bavarian name for the Schliersee and the monastery of the same name.[4]

## History

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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

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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

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1. ^ "High Spirits: Bavaria's Going Frisky for Whisky!". www.munichfound.com. March 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
2. ^ Klimek, Oliver (15 April 2010). "Distillery Visit: Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt". www.dramming.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
3. ^ Petzinger, Jill (25 February 2011). "Taking on the Scots: German Distillers Swap Schnapps for Single Malts". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
4. ^ "Rathaus Schliersee. Besiedlungsgeschichte der Region Schliersee".
5. ^ 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)
6. ^ "Der Whisky vom Berg: Slyrs Mountain Edition". FOODHUNTER. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
7. ^ "Zwei Dutzend Fassl auf Bergtour". www.merkur.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-20.
8. ^ "Slyrs PX Finishing". www.worldwhiskiesawards.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

### Bibliography

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* 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". www.connosr.com. Connosr Ltd. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
* Toprak, Mehmet (April 2010). "Whisky with a Bavarian twist". www.atlantic-times.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

## External links

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Media related to Slyrs at Wikimedia Commons

* Slyrs – official site

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