„If it works here, then it works elsewhere”

he two founders, August Ullrich and Philip Morsink, have their small office on the Udtinger Straße in Wedding. The aswer is: O’Donnell Moonshine – which is liqueur in a jar. August had the idea while he was in America. There, the term moonshine has been around since the prohibition era.

Sometimes, the neighbors come by and ask what kind of honey we sell

Spike O’Donnell was the “most shot at gangster of the country” and one of the protagonists in the bloody wars between the gangs during the prohibition of the 1920s. Even if today the founders produce their liqueur quite legally, the notorious jars, in which the alcohol was secretly transported then, is a leftover from those times.

Production started in their own living room. During the development process of the different liqueurs, different drinks were bought at the kiosk and mixed together spontaneously to see what worked. After suitable distilleries were found, they both moved to Berlin. The two evaluate Berlin as an interesting test market: “If it works here, then it works in other cities.” Meanwhile, besides the original, they have produced new liqueurs flavors like hard nut, baked apple and bitter rose. The hazelnut-nougat-caramel mixture is the newest creation of the two Colognians.