Press Release: Highlight Bottlings for the End of the Year

Germany's largest whisky distillery is releasing the new Core Range CLASSIC - Mild & Fruity and PEATED - Rich & Smoky, as well as the new Grave Digger - Fields of Blood - Single Malt Whisky, alongside the Signature Editions TWELVE and THIRTEEN

Rüdenau, December 2022
St. Kilian Distillers has added two new members to its popular limited Signature Edition series, which were presented to the public during the big online whisky tasting on December 29, 2022. The mild Signature Edition TWELVE is a four-year-old single malt, mostly matured in ex-Moscatel de Setúbal dessert wine casks (225 liters) and blended with whisky from former Jamaican rum casks and fresh American oak casks (190 liters each). The result is a creamy-sweet fruit composition, perfectly complemented by tropical aromas and mildly warming oak notes. A total of 12,550 bottles of Signature Edition TWELVE were bottled at an alcohol content of 50.8% ABV. The special feature of the smoky Signature Edition THIRTEEN is its unusual composition, as it is a blend of five different wood types. In addition to Palatinate and Hungarian oak, unique woods such as wild black locust (false acacia), chestnut, and cherry were used. "Following the great success of our mild Signature Edition FIVE, which used five different fresh wood types, it was always an idea of ours to showcase this in the peated segment as well," says Master Blender Mario Rudolf. "Especially the wild black locust, with its meaty BBQ notes, combined with the chestnut, delivers a beautiful strong, dark-colored bottling." Distillates from 2016, 2018, and 2019, made from Scottish peated malt with 54 ppm, matured in the five virgin fresh wood cask types to create a rich, intensely colored, and characterful single malt. The result is a creamy-spicy melange of dark fruit jam with sweet vanilla cream, combined with warming wood notes and aromatic peat smoke. 8,650 bottles of Signature Edition THIRTEEN were bottled in the iconic still shape with an alcohol content of 53.9% ABV. In addition to the two limited Signature Editions TWELVE and THIRTEEN, the heavy metal bottling Grave Digger – Fields of Blood also premiered. A peated single malt whisky with 54 ppm and 47% ABV, limited to 5,450 bottles.

St. Kilian Core Range

With the two new bottlings, Classic and Peated, St. Kilian presents its eagerly awaited Core Range. "The idea here was to create a series, alongside our Bud Spencer and Terence Hill whiskies, that is permanently available and 100 percent from St. Kilian," explains Managing Director Philipp Trützler. The two standard bottlings consist of mild and peated single malts, respectively, 70% of which were matured in various bourbon casks and 30% in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks. Together with Amarone casks, these are among the main cask types at St. Kilian Distillers and thus guarantee long-term availability. "The 70:30 ratio of bourbon to sherry casks has proven to be a wonderful blend for us and also offers a combination that was previously missing in our portfolio," Mario Rudolf happily states. The non-peated standard bottling St. Kilian Classic - Mild & Fruity impresses with ripe apricots and peaches, rounded off by creamy vanilla, spicy oak, and subtle herbal notes. For the peated version St. Kilian Peated - Rich & Smoky, heavily peated barley malt from the Scottish Highlands with a phenol content of 54 ppm was used. The result is a single malt that shows a rich intensity of grilled apricots, creamy toffee, and subtle oak spice, enveloped in warming peat smoke. Both three-year-old standard single malts are bottled with an alcohol content of 46% ABV in the specially designed 0.7-liter pot still bottle.

Ready for dispatch from January 11, 2023

As always with St. Kilian Distillers, the five single malt whiskies are neither colored nor chill-filtered. The retail price for consumers for both the Signature Editions TWELVE and THIRTEEN, as well as the two Core Range bottlings Classic and Peated, is €49.90. The new heavy metal bottling Grave Digger – Fields of Blood is available for €59.90. As usual, the new bottlings can be found in the St. Kilian Distillers online shop, directly at the visitor distillery in Rüdenau, and at selected retailers.

Tasting Notes: Signature Edition TWELVE

APPEARANCE
Bright Gold

AROMA
Tropical aromas of rum and sweet molasses develop with ripe pineapple, grapes, and juicy peaches into an exotic fruit bouquet, rounded off by fine oak spice.

TASTE
Juicy peaches, sweet grapes, and creamy vanilla with ripe pineapple pieces are perfectly enveloped by a pleasantly warming blend of spicy oak, grape seed notes, and a pinch of pepper.

FINISH
Creamy-sweet fruit compote and red grape jelly linger pleasantly long with subtly dry notes of grape seeds and mildly warming oak.

Alcohol Content:
50.8% vol

RRP:
€ 49.90 (0.5l)

Tasting Notes: Signature Edition THIRTEEN

APPEARANCE
Amber

AROMA
Intense fruit notes of ripe cherries and apricots harmonize with creamy vanilla, delicate peat smoke, and a juicy BBQ note, complemented by aromatic wood tones and spicy oak.

TASTE
Juicy apricots, red cherries, and sweet vanilla cream combine with warming wood notes, fine spicy oak, white pepper, and a hint of ginger, subtly wrapped in aromatic peat smoke.

FINISH
The creamy-spicy melange of dark fruit jam and fine tannins lingers pleasantly long with warming peat smoke, subtly dry ash notes, and a hint of cocoa.

Alcohol Content:
53.9% vol

RRP:
€ 49.90 (0.5l)

Tasting Notes: St. Kilian CLASSIC - Mild & Fruity

APPEARANCE
Light Gold

AROMA
Complex fruit notes of ripe apricots, peaches, yellow plums, and plantains marry with creamy vanilla to form a sweet fruit melange, underscored by finely spiced oak and a delicate herbal note of fresh mint and a touch of sage.

TASTE
Balanced sweet and warming at the same time with apricots and peaches, creamy toffee, and spicy oak aromas, piquantly refined with a pinch of white pepper and perfectly rounded off with a hint of fresh mint.

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

Alcohol Content:
46% vol

RRP:
€ 49.90 (0.7l)

Tasting Notes: St. Kilian PEATED - Rich & Smoky

APPEARANCE
Gold

AROMA
The captivating fruit bouquet of grilled apricots, juicy pears, and ripe bananas is refined with sweet vanilla and a splash of lime, perfectly enveloped by mild peat smoke, and complemented by dry ash tones with cooling mint.

TASTE
Full-bodied sweet and fruit-driven with vanilla, apricots, and pears, in harmonious interplay with creamy toffee and delicate peat smoke, which elegantly highlights the warming oak spice with a pinch of white pepper and fresh mint.

FINISH
Comfortingly warming with creamy fruit compote and dark toffee, sustained by smoky ash and a subtly dry oak spice.

Alcohol Content:
46% vol

RRP:
€ 49.90 (0.7l)

Tasting Notes: Grave Digger – Fields of Blood – Single Malt Whisky

APPEARANCE
Amber

AROMA
Mild peat smoke envelops a fruity potpourri of red berries, ripe peaches, and sweet grapes, refined with vanilla, a hint of oak spice, fine tannins, and subtle floral notes.

TASTE
Wonderfully creamy sweet and fruity with vanilla, red berry compote, and juicy grapes, accompanied by warming oak spice with fine tannins and enveloped in mild peat smoke.

FINISH
Long-lasting and pleasantly warming with creamy grape sweetness and fine spicy oak, followed by dark chocolate and subtly dry ash notes.

Alcohol Content:
47% vol

RRP:
€ 59.90 (0.7l)

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About St. Kilian Distillers GmbH

Germany's largest whisky distillery from Rüdenau, Lower Franconia, near Miltenberg on Main, produces top-class whisky that has been awarded numerous gold medals at the most renowned whisky competitions around the globe. In addition, awards such as "Distillery of the Year" and "Whisky of the Year" attest to the international top level that the still young distillery, founded in 2012 by investment banker Andreas Thümmler, has now reached with its whiskies. St. Kilian Distillers supports responsible alcohol consumption, which you can learn more about at https://www.massvoll-geniessen.de/. Further information about the company and portfolio can be found at stkdev.lichtschreiber.de.

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