Let’s begin with some history: DSM is the brainchild of an encounter, when Tim Müller met with the pharmacist and doctor in natural sciences Dr. Konrad Horn.
Tim Müller is at the head of DSM now. He had a business education, also attended the South African Wine Academy in 2013 and worked as a commercial photographer and director for over ten years before starting DSM (Check the attention to details in the distillery: the lamps are from Tom Dixon, the furniture is clearly chosen and set. Look below how the spirits are theatrically and beautifully staged.)

What do they do in this distillery?
A LOT.
They do “Geist” & “Obstbrände”. For those who are still not familiar with those notions  check this and/or read below. They do macerates, distillates and sprays. Sprays are interesting you can use them for cooking, baking and mixing.
They also propose Korn, Gin and Vodka.

A beautiful present and way to try all kind of different distillates or brandies from the collection of DSM. You can access to that cool tasting kit HERE
It is a beautiful shop. I can hear you: again those “old pharmacy style bottles” ” we see them all the time”. Maybe you did. May you do. But those are actually made by a pharmacist. So it kind of makes sense.

It is indeed impressive to see the whole collection of more than 80 brandies that exists in different formats (brandies, distillate, spray…). Just going through the book they made is like reading a poem.

They did more than 500 distillations and trials before ending up with almost 80 products they are happy with.
Something I heard and like very much during our conversation: “their work is about interpreting ingredients”. They do not distill a red beet, they try to get the closest they can to the idea they have of the red beet.

What Spiritsfully liked about the way they handle their work: