Rhine Hall Pear Brandy

About Rhine Hall

Founded in 2013 on Fulton Street in Chicago's industrial neighborhood, Rhine Hall distillery is owned and operated by a father-daughter duo Charlie and Jenny Solberg. Named after Rheinhalle – an ice rink in Austria where Charlie used to play professional hockey – it was during his time that Charlie had his first distilling experience in the fruit-growing region of Austria. After moving to Germany with his family, his passion kept growing as he learnt how to make
the traditional eau de vie from locals. Eventually, the family moved back to their hometown of Chicago, continuing with distilling in their backyard. Finally, in 2012, Charlie and his daughter Jenny decided to take things to the next level and started a successful brandy business.

Rhine Hall produces fruit brandies, known in Europe as eau de vie or schnapps. Their core line up has expanded to include nineteen new and aged brandies, grappas, and liqueurs.The process begins with fresh fruit – cherries, apricots, plums, or pears – all sourced locally from the Great Lakes Region. The fruit is then chopped, fermented, distilled and finally bottled. No artificial flavors, sweeteners, or other neutral spirits are added to Rhine hall brandies and there's about 25lbs of fruit in each bottle.