France Flashcards
Distilleries of Brittany
-Warenghem
-Mine d’Or
-Celtic Whisky Distilleries
-Distillerie des Menhirs
Waremghem Distillery
Founded in Lannoin in 1983 by Gilles Leizour
-needed to diversify his core business of mead, liqueurs and apple brandy
-using existing stills - blended whisky was released in 1987
-in 1994 they added Scottish-style Pots made in Charante and made Armorik Single Malt in 1998
-focused on clear wort, different yeasts and tighter cuts resulting in extra fruits
-Aging is mainly in ex Bourbon with some oloroso and STR
La Mine d’Or Distillery
-Founded in 2016 by Stehane Kerdode
-near the Broceliande Forest, famed in Arthurian legend (distiller’s whiskey Galaad is Breton for Galahad)
-Unpeated French barley
-wort split between stainless (5-6 days) and French Oak (4 days)
-Two different still designs
-First still is direct-fired lamp glass with long downward lyne arm and worms - gives oily fruity new make
-Second still is a Stupfer hybrid pot and linked column that runs in a single pass to a worm
-French oak casks and ex-Cognac, Acacia, Chestnut and Cherry
Celtic Whisky Distillerie
-Founded by Jean Donnay in 1997 it was originally called Glann ar Mor distillery
-renamed Celtic Whisky Distillere - Glann ar Mor is now one of its brands
-Maris Otter barley
-Direct fired stills
-run slow with condensing in worms
-Seashore location gives an undoubted salinity to unpeated Glann are Mor and peated Kornog Roc’h Hir
Distillerie des Menhirs
-Founded by Guy Le Lay in 1986
-family began distilling lambig (apple brandy) in 1920s
-makes Breton whiskey with buckwheat
-Yeilds are very low
Distilleries of Alsace
-Distilllerie Bertranc
-Miclo
-Distillerie Bertrand
-Bertrand family draws from centuries of making fruit spirits
-Whisky became part of the portfoilio in 2000
-Uberach Single Malt in 2003
-Both Uberach and organic St Wendelin Single Malt distilled in a Holstein still
Alsace IGP for Whisky
-Can only be made from non-GMO malted barley, yeast, and aged in oak casks less than 700L for a minimum of three years in an unheated cellar
-other woods can be used after three years
Miclo Distillery
-Family owned and located in Lapoutroie (Alsace Welch country)
-another producer diversifying from eau-de-vie
-began to distill in 2011 in collaboration with local Meteor brewery
-Unpeated, smoked, and peated malts distilled in Holstein column stills
-Aged primarily in ex-wine casks
Distilleries of Central/East France
-Ninkasi
-Twelve
-Rozelieures
-Domaine des Haute Glaces
-Domaine du Vercors
Whisky distilleries in Cognac
-Alfred Giraud
-Tessendier & Fils
-Maison Boinaud
-Les Bruleries Modernes
-Brenne
-Masison Lineti
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