Call us water snobs. But when you have the Austrian Alps in your backyard, you are a little spoiled when it comes to aqua. It’s here where the soft glacial spring water runs through the primary rocks of the Mauthausen Granite. Those rocks reduce the calcium and add all the rich minerals to our water. For a distinct and crisp aroma that needs no filter.

To quote our master distiller: “Mother Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done”. Batch distillation is just like that. In this process the mash is completely fed into the still and slowly heated. In the case of Wodqa®, a seven-times distillation via five pot stills at a time then takes place. The mash is heated slowly to secure only the heart of each distillation – without the heads or tails – a rarity for vodka. It’s a process crafted by hand in our Estate distillery with its own malting machines to insure minimal external influences for maximum purity. It’s a bit like pure malt whiskey distilleries. But let’s keep that a little secret between us.