12. Hefebrand or lees 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

Hefebrand or lees spirit is a spirit drink produced exclusively by the distillation at less than 86 % vol. of lees of wine, lees of beer or lees of fermented fruit. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of Hefebrand or lees spirit shall be 38 %. No addition of alcohol, diluted or not, shall take place. Hefebrand or lees spirit shall not be flavoured. Hefebrand or lees spirit may only contain added caramel as a means of adjusting the colour. Hefebrand or lees spirit may be sweetened in order to round off the final taste. However, the final product may not contain more than 20 grams of sweetening products per litre, expressed as invert sugar. The legal name ‘Hefebrand’ or ‘lees spirit’ shall be supplemented by the name of 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.