Production places
Connections to water sources, peat places, maltings, cooperages, warehouses and maturation sites. Uncertain connections are labelled.
No documented production places are linked to this distillery yet.
Historie
On the website, Golani is presented as part of Israeli whisky and spirits producers under the name Golani Distillery with a focus on premium products and a family-oriented approach. The site shows that there are several distilleries under the same group, including Golani Distillery, Yerushalmi Distillery, Katzrin Distillery and Holy Spirit Distillery, indicating a multifaceted production in Israel. The product descriptions refer to notable milestones such as Golani's first single malt release and other iconic bottles in their range.
Produktion / Fremstilling
The product descriptions provide detailed information about the production process:
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Mashed from several malt types and use of local spring water (local to the Golani area), followed by a week-long fermentation and double distillation in short copper stills with worm extraction.
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A significant part of the production is aging in ex-rye/american oak as well as French oak in a two-stage cask process, where different cask types are used to achieve complexity.
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Several products (e.g., Unicask) mention single-cask maturation and cask-strength notes as well as natural color without chill filtration.
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Several products highlight high alcohol strength (e.g., 64.5% ABV) and use of ex-cellar cask types (e.g., ex-Apple Brandy Oak or ex-wine casks).
Produkter / Whisky-serier
Golani and sister companies offer a range of whisky and spirit products, including:
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Golani Classic, Golani Black, Golani Rishon, Golani Maple, Golani Honey, Golani Vino and the Unicask series with different cask finishes (Nectar Oak, Crimson Oak, Brandy Oak, etc.).
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The Unicask lines are described as single malt, often aged in specially selected casks, with different cask-strength variants and non-chill-filtered, natural color.
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Yerushalmi Distillery also offers products such as Yerushalmi Burnt Offering and the Solum series (Birra Oak and Pirate Oak) with descriptions of single malt and peated character.
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In addition, there are extra special editions such as Golani 10 Years Old Collector's Edition and 10 Years Old Cask Strength, as well as 2014 Bottle #2 to #100 as a historic single malt release.
Besøg / Oplevelser
The site describes the Golani Experience with options for distillery tours and tastings:
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Opening hours are Sunday–Thursday from 10:00–17:00 and Friday from 10:00–14:00; Saturday closed.
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Distillery Tour requires booking; Tasting Room and Visiting Center are available, where visitors can purchase products in the shop without prior booking.
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There is also an online shop component to the experience, with categories such as Whisky, Gin and Arak, Absinthe and Limited Edition.
Filosofi
There are no explicit descriptions of a deep philosophical approach in the available texts. The texts focus primarily on products, production, and visitor experiences as well as historical references to Israeli whisky production.