In the beginning,
there was the forest.
The full chronicle
The RebirthGenerations later, while renovating a weathered farmhouse on the edge of the Black Forest, Clara lifted a loose floorboard and found an oak chest. Inside lay a wax-sealed bottle, a leather-bound distiller's journal, and a folded note: "To the one who finds this the forest has chosen you."
The RitualThis is not a gin to be mixed. Heavy crystal. Forty millilitres at room temperature. Pine, not citrus. Sixty seconds before the first sip — the time the forest takes to enter the room.
The CraftOne copper still in the Black Forest. Heads and tails cut by hand, never by sensor. Fir resin, spruce tips, wild juniper, blackthorn — gathered within walking distance of the cabin. Kosher-certified at source. Distilled once and not reproduced.
The OathEvery collector signs the same oath. "I will not drink to forget. I will drink to remember. To feel. To return." A wager, not a promise. Bound in the collector's own hand.
A select circle. By private invitation.
The TANNENBLUT BERESHIT SERIES is a strictly limited edition of 3,000 individually numbered bottles of gin, distilled in Germany's Black Forest and certified kosher. It is conceived as an ultra-collectible physical object intended for a select circle of collectors, families and institutions, rather than as a consumer product for the mass market.
The series combines the heritage of the Black Forest, Jewish symbolism and a strict private-invitation policy, with a pricing structure that reflects the scarcity and significance of specific numbers within the edition. Bottles are placed solely by private invitation and at the seller's sole discretion; registration or expression of interest does not guarantee a bottle.
A single run. A registered number. A fir-wood box.
The BERESHIT SERIES is produced as a single, limited-edition run in the Black Forest, using a refined botanical profile from TANNENBLUT and a presentation designed for long-term display or gifting. Each bottle is individually numbered, registered in a confidential collectors’ registry, and delivered in a fir-wood box with documentation suitable for heritage and collection records.
The distillation is kosher certified, enabling its positioning within practising Jewish circles and philanthropic networks, including Chabad-related presentations where appropriate. The design language references both the Black Forest origin and the ‘Bereshit’ (Genesis) theme, anchoring the product in a narrative of beginning, blessing and continuity.
For selected orders, bottles can be delivered in museum-quality presentation cases, suitable for long-term storage or display. Recommended storage conditions — temperature, light exposure and orientation — are provided upon request, to preserve both the liquid and the collectible integrity of the object.
- Individually numbered
One number per bottle, recorded in the confidential collectors’ registry.
- Fir-wood box
Hand-finished, suitable for long-term display or as a gift.
- Kosher certified
KF Kosher certified at source.
He drank it. Then he wrote it down.
The legend never ended in the Black Forest. It ended on the page. Under the same name. Tannenblut. A novel by the one who kept it.
Read the confessionISBN 978-3-912703-09-2
Available at raphaelnagel.comI will not drink to forget. I will drink to remember. To feel. To return.
