This single cask bottling in The Alrik series is a strong and aromatic counterpart to the classic mild Harz whisky from Elsburn (Glen Els). Since 2012, whiskies made with 100% smoked malt (smoked with beech and alder wood, so-called woodsmoked) have been produced in small batches. This version here is hand-bottled in 2024 at the distillery on site, the whisky matured in an ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry quarter cask.
Elsburn (until September 2019 distributed under the name The Glen Els) is the best-known single malt whisky from the Harz region, produced by Hercynian Distilling Co. / Hammerschmiede, a manufactory for spirits and distillery for whisky in the Harz region of Lower Saxony. The name, like the Elsburn brand, is derived from the geographical location of the spirits manufactory on the Elsbach, in Zorge.
As of 2017, there are already more than 150 distilleries in Germany producing German whisky. Most distilleries produce clear brandies and use whisky production as a niche and side business. Whisky output is at a very low level of sometimes only a few thousand bottles a year depending on the distillery.
This single cask bottling in The Alrik series is a strong and aromatic counterpart to the classic mild Harz whisky from Elsburn (Glen Els). Since 2012, whiskies made with 100% smoked malt (smoked with beech and alder wood, so-called woodsmoked) have been produced in small batches. This version here is hand-bottled in 2024 at the distillery on site, the whisky matured in an ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry quarter cask.
Elsburn (until September 2019 distributed under the name The Glen Els) is the best-known single malt whisky from the Harz region, produced by Hercynian Distilling Co. / Hammerschmiede, a manufactory for spirits and distillery for whisky in the Harz region of Lower Saxony. The name, like the Elsburn brand, is derived from the geographical location of the spirits manufactory on the Elsbach, in Zorge.
As of 2017, there are already more than 150 distilleries in Germany producing German whisky. Most distilleries produce clear brandies and use whisky production as a niche and side business. Whisky output is at a very low level of sometimes only a few thousand bottles a year depending on the distillery.
