FREIMEISTER & FRIENDS
Meet The Distillers
>300 different spirits and fermented drinks
40 distilleries from 10 countries
Since 2016, the Freimeisterkollektiv has made it its mission to provide a platform for outstanding craft distilleries. On 1 June 2024, we want to expand this platform with a new event. We will be organising our first trade fair with Freimeister & Friends.
The strictly curated line-up reads like a parade of superlatives. Freimeister & Friends gives the stars behind the artisanal spirits a personal stage. And you have the chance to meet them in person.
Curated Craft Selection
Pedro Paiva will travel the longest way to Berlin. He runs the most exciting distillery in Brazil, Alba Destilaria. He is presenting his spontaneously fermented sugar cane and grape distillates, which have already caused an international sensation, for the first time in Germany.
His spirits from the Helsinki Distilling Company will be presented by Master Distiller Mikko Mikkänen, who founded the first distillery in the Finnish capital over 100 years ago. Israel's only craft distiller Yuval ‘Joov’ Hargil is coming to Berlin with his high-quality fruit and grape brandies.
Austria's eau-de-vie superstar Georg Hiebl has also announced his attendance. The spirits of the distiller legend from the Kaiserstuhl, Fridolin Baumgartner, will be tasted, as will those of the Distillery Liebl, which has won international competitions like no other German distillery. Lorenz Humbel, the kirsch guru from Aargau in Switzerland, and the Austrian organic distillate pioneer Josef Farthofer will also be there. Lisa Bauer, who has achieved cult status in the German bar scene, is travelling from Styria.
From Lyon, we welcome the young and wild who are redefining French spirits classics such as pastis. Stefan Dorst, cellar master with numerous international workplaces and a gifted vermouth tinkerer, has announced his arrival. The master of home-made tonic comes to us from Hamburg. Spiritus Rex is also expected from the north with the finest brandies.
Katharina Zott, a fruit eau-de-vie artist with a PhD and a love of experimentation, will be there, as will Liisa Luhaste, the master distiller from the oldest distillery in Estonia. We will be welcoming Croatia's best-known quality winemaker and Maraska cherry expert Filip Bibic to Kreuzberg alongside other outstanding distillers, who we will be introducing on Instagram in the coming weeks.
Freimeister & Friends will be supported on site by Geraldine Gottdiener, founder and organiser of the Salon des Gnôles Naturelles in Paris.
