Theme journey · 10 chapters
Law & Distilling Rights: Am I Allowed to Distill Spirits? Distilling permits, tax, and protected names
Flat-rate assessment, raw-material ownership, distilling rights, alcohol tax: ten stops explain who is allowed to distill in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and why.
Chapter 1Can you distill your own spirits? What the law says in GermanyThe basic rule
Chapter 2What is a flat-rate distillery? 300 liters and the flat-rate systemDistilling on the farm
Chapter 3Raw-material owner: having your own fruit distilled legallyYour own fruit, someone else's still
Chapter 4Buying or inheriting a distilling right? What's applied since 2018A permit instead of a right
Chapter 5The Spirits Monopoly: What It Was and Why It Ended in 20171919 to 2017
Chapter 6Buying a Still: What's Allowed When It Comes to Distilling EquipmentStills and Customs
Chapter 7Alcohol Tax: How Much Tax Is in a Bottle of Schnapps?Tax per Bottle
Chapter 8Distilling Schnapps in Austria: Abfindung and HausbrandHausbrand and Abfindung
Chapter 9Distilling in Switzerland: home distillers and contract distillersHome distillers and contract distillers
Chapter 10Protected names: from Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser to PálinkaOrigin on the label