11. Honey spirit

Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 · European Union

Honey spirit is a spirit drink which meets the following requirements: it is produced exclusively by fermentation and distillation of honey mash; it is distilled at less than 86 % vol. so that the distillate has the organoleptic characteristics derived from the raw materials used. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of honey spirit shall be 35 %. No addition of alcohol, diluted or not, shall take place. Honey spirit shall not be flavoured. Honey spirit may only contain added caramel as a means of adjusting the colour. Honey spirit may only be sweetened with honey in order to round of the final taste. However, the final product may not contain more than 20 grams of honey per litre, expressed as invert sugar.

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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.