thredbo valley distillery produces a purely australian schnapps made from australian fruits, locally grown on the south west slopes of new south wales.

fruit is sourced from both our adjacent raspberry farm, and from local producers in the tumut, batlow and snowy mountains region. apples, pears, berries and stone fruit are of the highest quality with rich flavours especially suited to making schnapps.

stage 1: fruit

quality produce is selected and de-storked. thredbo valley vistillery specialises in raspberries grown in-house.

stage 2: crushing

the fruit is sliced, diced and processed by machine. stones and pips remain whole. crushing the fruit is necessary for successful fermentation.

stage 3: fermentation

the crush fruit pulp is then fermented in vats, at controlled temperatures in a cool room for specific periods of time.

stage 4: distillation

the fermented pulp is loaded into the imported ulrich kothe still and distilled. this is a critical point in the process that has been perfected to produce a crisp clean schnapps.

stage 5: aging

the spirit from the still is aged in vats then blended. the schnapps is now ready to be bottled.

stage 6: buying and drinking

this is most important and fun part of the whole process. we hope you enjoy.