Koan’s Non-Alcoholic Pairing by Eric Heilig
Eric from R&D has created a non-alcoholic pairing for Koan, Kristian Baumann’s pop-up restaurant, following a similar approach to everything we do at the distillery.
Research: A Trip to Jutland
We paid a visit to Gyrup, a family-owned organic farm that operates one of the only malt houses in Denmark.
Research: What is kōji?
Kōji is a fungus. In fact, a few fungi. The word is Japanese. The Japanese character for kōji means ‘rice flower’, which is exactly what it looks like when it’s growing—a landscape of white, fluffy, tiny flowers blooming from the surface of the grains.
Releases: What’s old is new again, Flora Danica
In 1752, botanist Georg C. Oeder set out to collect all of the plants in the Danish Kingdom into an encyclopedia called "Flora Danica". We took a stab at our own interpretation of Flora Danica. At the end of this past summer, our R&D team went searching for interesting plants around the distillery and greater Copenhagen.
Releases: The Story of Ayuuk
The story behind Ayuuk, our smoke-dried Pasilla Mixe spirit, as told by Lars Williams. The images were taken by Arthur Couvat during a trip to the Sierra Norte mountains in September 2019.
'The Power of Collaboration' by Chido Govera and Lars Williams
Enriching the world with the tastes of Zimbabwe, with Chido Govera (farmer, activist, educator, and creator of The Future of Hope Foundation, Zimbabwe) and Lars Williams (Empirical Spirits, Denmark). This video was shot at Fru.to, Alexa Atala's symposium in Brazil.