Founders’ background

A chance meeting of like minds in 2015 developed into the desire to build a whisky distillery in Slovenia to showcase the expertise and craft, including local fabrication expertise, local high-quality wood for casks, premium used casks from excellent wines and brandies, and impeccable grains grown by trusted local farmers. The environmental conditions are perfect for whisky maturation (not too hot, not too cold, with modest humidity variations – a real goldilocks climate). The concept developed initially a single malt distillery setup to something much more emotive of the local environment – using both local barley to produce fantastic single malt, and using local rye (the name sake of the black mill) to produce a world-class rye whisky matured in Slovenian oak casks, all long-fermented in Slovenian Alpine Larch wood washbacks and matured on site.