How the Korn gets into the glass
Did you know it takes around 25,000 grains of rye to make a single bottle of Korn? This is where we show you the individual processing steps the grain undergoes to end up in your glass as a fine liquor.
Milling:
rye is ground in gristmills.
Mash preparation:
the ground rye is mixed with water to form a pulp - the mash.
This process releases the starch locked up in the grain. By adding malt, the starch turns into sugars, and the mash is now "saccharified"..
Fermentation:
yeast is added to the saccharified mash in the wooden fermentation tanks. This converts the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Distillation:
after three days, the fermented mash is heated very strongly and brought to a boil. This is the actual distillation process.
The alcohol, which comes off as vapour, is trapped, condensed by cooling and collected: in other words, it is distilled.
Rectification:
the alcohol produced in the first distillation process is not suitable for drinking. This is known as raw spirit.
Only in a further distillation step, called rectification, is the raw spirit purged of unpleasant tastes and odours. The result is a fine spirit of high purity with the typical Nordhausen Korn bouquet.
Cooling:
the fine spirit is left to cool again.
Temporary storage:
the fine spirit still has an extremely high alcohol concentration.
During temporary storage it is mixed with the purest water until it reaches the ideal strength for keeping.
Storage & maturing:
at the Echter Nordhäuser traditional distillery, the Korn is left for at least 3 years to mature in peace and quiet and to develop its bouquet, colour and harmony, that character which makes it unmistakable!
Bottling & labelling:
once maturing is complete, the still extremely strong Korn is reduced to 38% strength by adding more water and can now be bottled by hand as Feiner Alter Doppelkorn.
Distribution:
since the Echter Nordhäuser traditional distillery' specialities are only available from ourselves direct or from selected liquor stores, you can order them via online shop.
