– PASSIONATE CRAFT –
The art of distillation
Home grown distillate – we distil for you
The most important base for producing a good fine-grain distillate is the quality and consistency of the raw material.
We grow our own wheat to ensure the best raw material quality each year. This is how we can influence the variety and fertilisation. Of course we also apply the most modern of technologies and tried and tested principles for crop rotation. The blue-yellow EU Quality seal for »protected geographic indication (PGI)«, for instance, on the Haselünne Korn confirms that not only bottling and distillation but also cultivation of the raw material takes place here with us in Haselünne.
Barley-kilned-malt – sweetly scented – essential
To convert the wheat starch into sugar we have been using sweetly scented barley-kilned-malt for decades. That is germinated barley after it has been dried.
We gladly do without the usual technically produced enzymes. Yeast converts the formed sugar into alcohol.
The delicately sweet scent of malt can then be found in the aroma of our fine-grain-distillates and in the different Edelkorn and Korn variations.
Made by professionals who are truly passionate about their craft.
We achieve the high quality of our »Rosche Fine Distillates« by constructing our own distillation equipment and sticking to tried and tested distillation processes as well as by having a »good nose« for our products and a sophisticated sense of taste.
We only use the core element of each distillation process to produce our spirits. Therefore our Korn is characterised by an especially mild flavour and the excellent bouquet of wheat. A maturing process in stainless steel or stoneware vessels rounds off the flavour. Maturing in wooden barrels, previously filled with wine or brandies, produces interesting and unique fine spirits based on Korn after several years of storage.
No additional purchase of industrially produced Korn alcohols
Only a few Korn spirit producers in Germany still have a functioning distillery for making their own raw and fine distillates. There is great emphasis on buying additional grain alcohol from a few large suppliers. Hardly anyone exclusively produces – like us – spirit beverages from their own self-distilled fine grain distillate. This guarantees that we have a special status for Korn in the market. We produce three of the five geographically protected brand names in Germany:
Haselünner Korn, Hasetaler Korn and Emsländer Edelkorn.
Select herb concentrates and fruit juices
The purity of our own grain distillates also benefits the production of our liqueurs and fruit spirits, of juniper brandy and other Korn specialities: this is because the rounded taste experience in each glass is a result of the balanced combination of the best herb and fruit extracts and the fine-grain distillate and, naturally, the best Haselünne water.
The aroma of our Korn and its mildness superbly underscore the relevant fruit or herbal tones of the ingredients. We do not produce these ourselves, but procure the best quality from leading suppliers. We do not spare any cost when buying, but invest in the best quality. A minimum quantity of 100 g sugar per litre of finished product is prescribed for liqueurs. Products labelled as spirit beverages are sweetened with less than 100 g sugar per litre of finished product or not at all.