"Twente oak is gold for Sculte" is our motto for a reason: the distinctive, characterful flavor of our whisky harbors a wealth of regional history. An ode to the beautiful Twente landscape.
Awarding
It turns out to be a golden move. When the recipe is further developed and refined in 2014, this 'Sculte Twentse Whisky' is embraced by whisky lovers from all corners of the globe. Year after year, the pride of Distillery Sculte wins multiple awards at various prestigious competitions.
A special distillery deserves a special place. That is why Distillery Sculte is located in the former Maria Ad Fontes monastery, in the heart of picturesque Ootmarsum. A location with history and character, just like our whisky.
Our story
Tree to bottling
From tree to bottling: we carry out every step in-house, with an eye for quality and respect for the Twente landscape. Wherever possible, we use ingredients from the region, such as water from a local source and our own barrels made from Twente oak.
Our whisky is thus an ode to Twente. Without the richness of nature, we cannot create refined whisky. The oak wood from the Twente bocage landscape plays a leading role in this. Only the best, quarter-sawn wood is selected and processed in Austria by master coopers into whisky barrels of exceptional quality.
This makes our whisky unique worldwide: nowhere else on earth does whisky mature in barrels made from Dutch wood, let alone Twente oak. This combination of pure raw materials and ancient craftsmanship gives our whisky its distinct, characteristic and recognizable taste. A taste that carries the soul of Twente in every drop.
Awarding
The fusion of fine ingredients and the Twente oak gives our whiskies a distinctive flavor. Our love and passion have been recognized internationally with numerous awards at the Prestigious Distillata in Vienna, the International Spirits Challenge in London, and the World Spirits Competition in San Francisco. The latest vintage, 2019, even won double gold in San Francisco. We hope you taste the love in your whisky!
Future plans
What else is in store? Besides our "local hero" Sculte Twentse Whisky, we continue to experiment with ratios and variations in the brewing, distilling, and maturation processes to develop new whiskies that do justice to the region, the distillery, and the exquisite flavor. For example, in addition to our classic line, we've already introduced the peated line and created the unique Sum of Five, a marriage of our five whiskies from the classic line. What remains is the limited edition of our whiskies. This is the only way we can perfectly control our brewing process and continue to guarantee quality.
