Brauereigasthof Geyer KG

About Brauereigasthof Geyer

Brauereigasthof Geyer KG in Oberreichenbach (Erlangen-Höchstadt district) operates an inn with restaurant and festival hall as well as a hotel with guest rooms at Hauptstraße 18. Its value chain includes its own brewery, its own fine spirits distillery, a beer cellar open daily and a beverage market. The brewery brews, among other things, red beer; 1000 liters of it serve as the mash base for the homemade whiskies. The distillery produces its own schnapps and whisky and also offers contract distilling of customer mash. The whisky matures in bourbon barrels made of American white oak as well as in sherry casks (Ximénez) and is partially bottled at cask strength; products are shipped within Germany via DHL. The business caters to gastronomy and hotel guests as well as beverage customers in the surrounding area.

Site

Oberreichenbach

Processes

Inn/Restaurant, Festival hall, Guest rooms/Hotel, Beverage market, Beer cellar, Own distillery (whisky, schnapps), Contract distilling of mash, Shipping via DHL (within Germany)

Materials

Red beer, Whisky, Contract distilling, Kirschwasser

Industries

Gastronomy, Brewery, Distillery, Hotel industry, Beverage trade

1. 01

   Brewing of beer (including red beer)

2. 02

   Mash preparation (1000 l red beer for whisky)

3. 03

   Distilling of schnapps and whisky

4. 04

   Maturation in bourbon and sherry casks

5. 05

   Bottling (partially at cask strength)

6. 06

   Distribution via inn, beverage market, beer cellar and DHL shipping

Beer, Spirits and Distilling Processes

Locations

Oberreichenbach

DE

Brewery inn, hotel, brewery, distillery, beverage market, beer cellar

Materials

Beer, whisky, schnapps

Products

Inside the production

History

1. First whisky bottling: 197 bottles at cask strength after approx. 5 years of maturation in a bourbon barrel.

2. Oldest whisky almost 8 years old: 5 years in American white oak, 2.5 years in a Ximénez sherry cask (0.7 l, 55 % vol).