Tranum Mølle Distillery – Schade & Co.

About the distillery

Tranum Mølle Distillery is located in Tranum in North Jutland and is run by Schade & Co. It is a small distillery focused on gin, schnapps, and whisky, and the place combines production with an online shop, tastings, and guided tours. The name clearly draws on Tranum Mølle and local history, while the distillery’s own prices are especially drawn from gin.

History

Tranum Mølle Distillery dates its beginnings to 2018, and in the subsequent presentations it is described as a relatively new distillery. The name and story are closely tied to Tranum Mølle and the Schade family. Ulrik Mose Schade himself talks about his background and about the family in Tranum, and together with Hanne he is the visible driving force behind the place.

In 2019, the distillery was presented in collaboration with Vendsyssel Fødevarer, and that year also stood out with several international awards for the house’s gins in Berlin and Hong Kong. The same year, Tranum Mølle Distillery was named Denmark Gin distillery of the year in both cities. Since then, another award came for Gin Hoddmimer in Berlin in 2023, showing that production and the brand continued to develop after the initial period of attention.

Ingredients and production

The documented picture of the production is sparse, but clear enough to show a producer that works deliberately with flavor as the starting point. The basic idea is to make products that you personally like, and that you can share with friends and family on festive occasions. That’s why the products are tested in several rounds before they move on.

The distillery mentions both gin, schnapps, and whisky as part of the house, but the publicly available texts do not go into detail about ingredients, malting, mashing, fermentation, or the distillation apparatus. This means that the craft here is best described as a small, personally producing distillery with a clear focus on flavor and shareability rather than an industrial format.

Maturation and cask types

There are no publicly documented details in the material about casks, storage locations, or special maturation attempts for the whisky. Therefore, it is only safe to say that the whisky is included in the range as part of the distillery’s overall production, while the specific maturation choices are not described.

Whiskies

Tranum Mølle Distillery appears as a small house producing across categories, with gin, schnapps, and whisky in its range. However, the visible emphasis in the material is clearly on gin, where several award-winning releases are mentioned, while whisky is mentioned more generally as part of the shop and the range. For whisky lovers, this means the house is in play as a producer of more than one category, but the current whisky releases are not elaborated on in the available text.

General tasting profile

The documented tasting notes in the material primarily relate to gin and point to a selection developed to be tasty and easy to share, rather than defined by one dominant style.

Visit the distillery

The distillery can be visited. Tasting and guided tours are offered, and current open events are gathered under gin tasting. There is also the option to arrange a private tasting both at the distillery and among the guests themselves. The webshop is open as an additional option, and you can call directly to arrange further details. The visitor experience is therefore clearly active, but with times and specific booking details that appear situation-dependent.

Philosophy and craftsmanship

Tranum Mølle Distillery works from a simple, taste-tested philosophy: the products must be something you yourself like, and something you want to share with others. It is a very down-to-earth view of the craft, where the family and friends serve as a guideline, and where products only move forward once they have been tried multiple times.

Prices and recognition

• Gin trinity (2019, Award-winning)

• Gin spicy (2019, Award-winning)

• Gin Scuttlebutt (2019, Award-winning)

• Gin Botanic (2019, Award-winning)

• Gin Hoddmimer (2023, Award-winning)

• Denmark Gin distillery of the year (2019, Winner)

• Denmark Gin distillery of the year (2019, Winner)