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And of course it's kosher.
The distillery is unloading its first "experimental series" of
the spirit, aged only three years, by offering 100 bottles in an
online auction and another 291 bottles are being sold locally.
All this seems a bit atypical for Israel, where wineries
dominate the market, attracting foreign customers for decades,
and microbreweries have now taken off.
But the start-up, called Milk & Honey, is hoping to capitalize
on a global renaissance among whiskey aficionados.
"There is a huge demand now for a store, for a different kind of
products from different locations and climates," said company
CEO Eitan Attir.
And though all this is a first for Israel, Attir said nature had
presented Israel with some advantages.
The country, for example, has a hot and humid climate which he
said speeds up the whiskey's maturation. It matures as much as
two and half times faster than Scotch, the company says.
(Reporting by Lee Marzel; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
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