Photo Gallery A German Dram
The Germans, it seems, are not content with just making world-famous beer and schnapps. Now they are taking on the Scots at their own game, with a growing number of distillers producing single malt whisky. Here, Cornelia Bohn makes whisky in a distillery she buillt in an old horse stable in the eastern German state of Brandenburg.
Bohn is a pharmaceutical engineer by trade and still works full time in a nearby town.
The Preussische Whisky distillery in Schönermark: "My whisky will reflect the open spaces and rolling hills of my countryside," says Bohn.
Local water from springs in the Uckermark region is used to give Preussische Whisky a distinctive taste that reflects the Brandenberg countryside.
A copper pot still in Cornelia Bohn's distillery: "I have found my pure passion," she says.
A Bavarian single malt is made here at the Slyrs distillery on Lake Schliersee. Andrea Stetter, one of the managing directors of Slyrs, argues that Slyrs is fundamentally different from Scotch. "Our process gives the whisky a mild, fruity taste," she says.
Torsten Römer of the Spreewald Brewery in Brandenburg shows off his Sloupisti single malt whisky, which has been praised for its big personality.
A loch in the Scottish Highlands. Wild, breathtaking beauty is just one of the images that people associate with the tradition and heritage of single malt whisky.
German single malts may lack the heritage of Scottish whisky, but they make up for that in taste.
