Retired farmer Ernst Bader has over the past seven years put his farm called Holle and the tiny village of Lauwil in northern Switzerland firmly on the whisky map.
Bader was the first Swiss to distil whisky when new alcohol laws came into force in 1999 and little could he suspect then that his whisky would make a name for itself way outside the borders of Switzerland.
Holle used to be a dairy farm, which also produced fruit - mainly cherries - from its 600 fruit trees. While the trees remain and Bader still produces a variety of fruit schnapps, the cows have disappeared.
The farm is now best known for its single malt whisky – a labour of love that came about with a little bit of prompting from an alcohol administration official who was fond of Bader's home brewed beer.
When the alcohol law was modified in Switzerland so that local producers were permitted, for example, to use barley to make whisky and potatoes to produce vodka, Bader was advised to try his luck.
AND IT IS A REALLY GOOD ONE!!!!!
SO SHUT UP WITH MILK....
Retired farmer Ernst Bader has over the past seven years put his farm called Holle and the tiny village of Lauwil in northern Switzerland firmly on the whisky map.
Bader was the first Swiss to distil whisky when new alcohol laws came into force in 1999 and little could he suspect then that his whisky would make a name for itself way outside the borders of Switzerland.
Holle used to be a dairy farm, which also produced fruit - mainly cherries - from its 600 fruit trees. While the trees remain and Bader still produces a variety of fruit schnapps, the cows have disappeared.
The farm is now best known for its single malt whisky – a labour of love that came about with a little bit of prompting from an alcohol administration official who was fond of Bader's home brewed beer.
When the alcohol law was modified in Switzerland so that local producers were permitted, for example, to use barley to make whisky and potatoes to produce vodka, Bader was advised to try his luck.
AND IT IS A REALLY GOOD ONE!!!!!
SO SHUT UP WITH MILK....