3. Grain spirit

Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 · European Union

Grain spirit is a spirit drink produced exclusively by the distillation of a fermented mash of whole grain cereals and having organoleptic characteristics derived from the raw materials used. With the exception of ‘Korn’, the minimum alcoholic strength by volume of grain spirit shall be 35 %. No addition of alcohol as defined in Annex I(5), diluted or not, shall take place. Grain spirit shall not be flavoured. Grain spirit may only contain added caramel as a means to adapt colour. For a grain spirit to bear the sales denomination ‘grain brandy’, it must have been obtained by distillation at less than 95 % vol. from a fermented mash of whole grain cereals, presenting organoleptic features deriving from the raw materials used.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.