St. Kilian Classic Mild & Fruity German Single Malt Whisky (2022) 70cl

St. Kilian Classic Mild & Fruity German Single Malt Whisky (2022) 70cl

St. Kilian produces internationally award-winning single malt whisky in the Scottish tradition. Made in Germany and inspired by whisky cultures from all over the world.

Here, pure barley malt meets copper pot stills – and decades of whisky expertise meets German engineering.

The single malt whisky convinces with ripe apricots and peaches, which are rounded off by creamy vanilla, spicy oak and fine herbal notes. are rounded off.

TASTING NOTES

NOSE
Multi-layered fruit notes of ripe apricots, peaches, yellow plums and plantains combine with creamy vanilla to form a sweet melange of fruit, which is underpinned by finely spiced oak and a delicate herbal note of fresh mint and a little sage.

PALATE
Balanced sweet and at the same time warming with apricots and peaches, creamy toffee as well as spicy oak flavors, spiced up with a pinch of white pepper and perfectly rounded off with a hint of fresh mint.

FINISH
Creamy caramel notes linger pleasantly with fine brittle, subtle dry oak spice and a hint of fine herbs.

St Kilian Story

Three traveling monks with “Aqua Vitae” in their luggage on their way to Franconia

In the 7th century, the monks Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan travelled to Franconia on the orders of the Pope in Rome to Christianise the stubborn pagans there. All previous attempts had failed. Their predecessors had all ended up on the stake. But in their luggage they were the first to bring “Aqua Vitae” – the water of life – as well as a small copper still for its production. They presented their barley brandy as a gift to King Gosbert and his Queen Gailana at the court in Würzburg and reported on its healing effects on body and mind. The king and his queen, as well as all the vassals in the court, were immediately enthusiastic. Kilian and his brothers were allowed to establish the production of Aqua Vitae in Würzburg and use the drink to convince the pagan citizens of Christianity. High-ranking and common people alike valued this new medicine for external but, above all, internal use .

The legend of the creation of St. Kilian Whisky in Rüdenau

On their missionary journeys throughout Franconia, the monks also came to Rüdenau, the current location of our distillery. There they mixed their drink with the water from the Ottilienbrunnen, a healing spring where water gods had been worshipped long before, in the times of the Romans, who guarded the Limes there. What was created there later is now a legend: St. Kilian Whisky. You can read more about how the three monks ultimately became martyrs and why they are still worshipped as apostles throughout Franconia today in a booklet that is available to purchase in our shop in Rüdenau.

Three Men – One Mission

More than a thousand years later, three men who had a passion for "Aqua Vitae" came together again on a mission. Up until then, the art of whisky production in Germany had been advanced by distillers on local stills through maturation in barrels. However, copper pot stills and washbacks made from fine woods are needed to produce a complex single malt whisky using the original process from what is now Scotland and Ireland. In 2012, our founder Andreas Thümmler, a successful technology investment banker and passionate whisky collector, together with David F. Hynes , the Irish whisky legend from Dublin, had the idea and plan to establish Germany's largest whisky distillery in the beautiful Odenwald near Miltenberg am Main. They were joined by master brewer and master distiller Mario Rudolf from Amorbach.

The first “Spirit of St. Kilian” and many other signature editions

The three men put the plan into action and after four years of construction, in 2016 the first Spirit of St. Kilian flowed from the distillery's two 6000 liter Forsyth copper stills in the tranquil whisky village of Rüdenau. In May 2019, the team presented its first three-year-old single malt whisky, the "First Kilian". From then on, St. Kilian is setting new quality standards in the production of "Whisky made in Germany" with its Small Batch Signature Editions. Our name "St. Kilian" is dedicated to the monk from Ireland and his brothers who impressed and convinced us Germanic peoples of the miraculous qualities of Aqua Vitae more than 1000 years ago. That is still our "mission" today.

46% ABV

70cl