Belsazar is an absolute novelty in the German wermut scene, a category perhaps less known than the vermouth of Turin or the vermouth of Chambery, although equally rich in history. The company was founded in 2013 by Sebastian Brack and Maximilian Wagner, respectively from the world of mixers and spirits, and relies on the collaboration of the Schladerer House Distillery, a historic facility located in the center of the Black Forest in the Baden-Württemberg region.
Alfred Schladerer embodies the sixth generation of master distillers specialized in the production of indigenous fruit brandy, a fundamental ingredient in the process of obtaining wermut. The 4 variants that make up the range include all 4 fundamental ingredients: selected wines from the most characteristic local productions, wild and cultivated botanicals, fruit brandy and aged wine must.
In the 4 wermuts six different cuvees and assemblies are used, with the addition of fortified wine must with a French brandy reserve aged for 30 years. 20 different botanicals (spices, herbs, fruits and inflorescences) are used in the aromatization phase, after infusion in neutral rye alcohol for a variable period depending on the degree of extraction required.
The subsequent addition of fruit brandy is a highly distinctive passage for the end result: Schladerer uses endemic fruits from the Baden region and mostly wild. The richest in natural sugars are fermented and subsequently distilled in small copper stills; this category is called Wasser and includes Black Forest cherries and Williams pears.
The fruits with an insufficient quantity of sugars to start a spontaneous fermentation are macerated in neutral alcohol and redistilled; this second category falls under the name of Geist and includes the small raspberries of Baden. After the final addition of wine must aged in small oak barrels, the liquid is further left to rest in cement tanks, to then be filtered and bottled without the addition of colorants.
Distillates have different alcoholpercentages. So, we have defined a parameter allowing you to better understand and compare different prices. This parameter is calculated by dividing the bottle price by the alcohol content. The alcohol content (or strength) is the amount of pure alcohol (ethanol) contained in the distillate.
This parameter indicates the price of a single 4cl dosage of distillate. It is calculated by dividing the price of the bottle by its quantity (expressed in cl), then multiplying by the centilitres of the recommended single dose, as average in cocktail recipes.
