Westheimer Bier-Whisky

Mellow, Sweet Fruity
2024-02-25

The Wünnenberg Heritage Association takes care of preserving the history of the town of Wünnenberg. In the cellar of the small Fachwerkhaus, which the association calls its home, stands a small copper still. Every now and then, whisky is also distilled there. The nearby Westheimer Brewery supplies a small amount of their beer mash for this purpose. From this, the association produces its own house-made “Bier-Whisky”. Today we are tasting the bottling from 2023. According to the label, it's a genuine Single Barrel Malt with a Bordeaux Wood Finish, bottled at a wonderful 46% - so definitely not overly diluted. In conversation, they reveal to us its age: the whisky has spent 3 years maturing in wooden casks.

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Smell

The aroma is fruity but also herbaceous. We detect a herbal note. This harmonizes nicely with the fruity aromas of black cherries, red grapes, and dried plums. There's also a slight maltiness and a hidden hint of jerky.

Taste

The mouthfeel is creamy and spicy right away. Here we still strongly feel the distillery character - typical for such a young whisky. However, the aromas of the nose pleasantly continue on the palate. Herbal with a hint of red wine, rounded off by something unique that reminds us most of sandalwood.

Finish

The finish is medium-long with spicy oak. However, there is no trace of any ethanol sharpness or metallic note here either. Rounded and smooth, there is also a reminiscence of the raw spirit in the mouth later on.

Thoughts

You can't produce whisky in smaller quantities. The Wünnenberg Heritage Association produces a small gem here regionally and extremely sympathetically. Of course, this malt does not have the finesse and elegance of significantly longer-aged bottlings - but that cannot be the expectation. Despite this, a quite tasty whisky is produced here with a lot of craftsmanship. The very fair price is needed by the association to finance production and storage. If you're nearby, a visit to Wünnenberg is definitely worth a detour.

Rating: 65/100 - Good (Marcel: 65 | Sascha: 65)

Value for Money: 4/5 - Good

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