Production places
Connections to water sources, peat places, maltings, cooperages, warehouses and maturation sites. Uncertain connections are labelled.
Water sources 1
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Show on map: La Alazana — Andean spring water
La Alazana — Andean spring water
ArgentinaLa Alazana describes using Andean spring water at its Patagonian single malt distillery in Las Golondrinas near Lago Puelo.
Water sourceThe marker is a distillery overview; it does not locate an exact water intake or source well.
Peat 1
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Show on map: La Alazana — local Patagonian peat (overview)
La Alazana — local Patagonian peat (overview)
ArgentinaLa Alazana states that locally sourced peat is burned beneath germinated barley during malting for its Haidd Merlys expressions. The producer does not name an individual peat cut.
Peat source Supplier areaDocumented use of local peat; the exact extraction site has not been located. The marker shows the producer.
Overview at the distillery in Las Golondrinas. The marker does not locate where the local peat is extracted.
Maltings 1
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Show on map: La Alazana — own maltings
La Alazana — own maltings
ArgentinaLa Alazana describes growing whisky barley in Patagonia and processing it in its own maltings. For Haidd Merlys expressions, germinated barley is smoked with locally sourced peat.
Malt supplierOverview at the distillery in Las Golondrinas. The source documents own maltings, but the marker does not locate a separate malting building or smoke kiln.
La Alazana Whisky
About the distillery
La Alazana Whisky is located in Las Golondrinas by Lago Puelo in Chubut in the Patagonian region of Argentina. It is a farm distillery, founded by the Serenelli family in 2011, and the site distinguishes itself as the creators of Argentina’s first single malt whisky. Here, the whisky story is closely tied to the family’s own chacra and to a clear Argentine origin.
History
La Alazana was established in 2011 by the Serenelli family on their own chacra in Las Golondrinas by Lago Puelo in Chubut. From the beginning, the distillery has worked as a farm distillery, and that has made Argentine whisky its hallmark. The most notable milestone in the available text is precisely the founding and the clear ambition to distill the country’s first single malt whisky. This places the site in a national context, where La Alazana is not only a local distillery, but also a name of significance in the history of Argentine whisky.
Ingredients and production
La Alazana is described as a farm distillery, which indicates that production is directly linked to the family’s own farm in Patagonia. This is an important part of its identity, because the site is not presented as an industrial facility, but as an agricultural-based whisky distillery rooted in Las Golondrinas. However, there is no information in the provided text about malting, fermentation, mashing, stills, raw materials, or a water source. The only concrete production approach that can be retained is the farm distillery model itself and the connection between land, family, and distillation.
Visit the distillery
The official site provides the opportunity to get in touch via WhatsApp and email and places the distillery in Las Golondrinas by Lago Puelo in Chubut. It is possible to understand the site as a farm distillery that can be visited, but there is no publicly available information in the provided text about tours, tastings, booking, opening hours, or other set visiting activities. For the visitor, the clearest documented information is therefore the location and the direct contact route to the distillery.
Philosophy and craftsmanship
La Alazana’s profile is clearly defined around an Argentine pioneer effort: to be the creators of the country’s first single malt whisky. At the same time, there is a clear value-based rooting in the family’s own farm in Patagonia. The combination of family ownership, local roots, and single malt ambition is the central philosophy that comes through in the available text.