Elz Valley Distillery Weis: White Fruit Brandies and Liqueurs from the Black Forest

Enjoyment is a virtue -- not only in the Black Forest. Throughout Germany, in many parts of Europe, and even overseas, customers enjoy drinking the fine spirits from Gutach im Breisgau. In Finland and Australia, the Elz Valley Distillery Georg Weis is even market leader with individual products.

With traditional recipes handed down from generation to generation, extensive experience, and modern distilling technology, the Elz Valley Distillery Georg Weis produces white brandies and liqueurs of the highest quality. Our motto is: We only make what we really know how to make. And you can taste it.

A young man who loved nature and its gifts, at the tender age of 15 Georg Weis brought the old family recipes to light again and began to produce clear fruit brandies. At the time, his father Andreas Weis was a soldier far away. Georg delivered his brandies with his motorcycle, and soon they were popular throughout the whole region. What Georg Weis had begun as a second source of income in the difficult times of WWI, soon became the main source of income for the family farm. When he came of age, Georg Weis had long known what his life's work would be: in 1924, the Elz Valley Distillery Georg Weis was officially founded. The traditional farmstead was transformed slowly but surely into a modern company.

WWII interrupted this development. In 1940, Georg Weis was drafted. The copper pots of the distillery became a victim of the needs of the Wehrmacht, as well as the delivery truck. When Georg Weis returned home in 1945, he had to start over from scratch. With business acumen and daring, he managed to once again get the distillery going as a working enterprise. The complex was continuously enlarged and the circle of customers expanded. In the early seventies, Clemens Weis, the son of the founder, took over the business, and in 1996 he handed over the reins to the third generation of the family. Hansjörg and Christian Weis today run the company with the same "spirit" and passion that drove Georg Weis 85 years ago -- and that led to success. To the health of connoisseurs everywhere....

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	History & Philosophy In Gutach, in the heart of the Elz valley, the art and tradition of distilling tasty fruit has been cultivated for generations. At least since the year 1786, distilling fruit has been a custom in the Weis family. The modern "spirited" history of the Elz Valley Distillery Weis began in 1917. More...