What happens during kukki What actually goes on behind the scenes? The longest bar in the world, a handful of bartenders working in shifts to mix the best cocktails in town for you – we don't have that. Sorry for the disappointment. However, quite a bit is done by hand in our production facility.
Humans and machines
We make no secret of the fact that our production cannot function without machines. These were specially crafted with great care and attention to detail by our team. kukki Designed and built by nerds. Perfectly tailored to the individual. kukki Production process. At the very beginning of the idea for a ready-to-drink cocktail with ice in the bottle, many hurdles had to be overcome. No machine developed up to that point could meet our requirements.
The tech nerds in kukki team
Josef Klemm, nicknamed Sepp, is the heart and brains of kukkiHe started experimenting with making cocktails with ice in a bottle at a very young age. His first cocktail sale took place at an airshow. In the final stretch of a bar, Sepp and his friends offered their own cocktails to guests of the Benediktbeuern Gliding Club.
Business was booming and people were enthusiastic about the idea. Only the execution left something to be desired. It's hard to imagine walking through the hallowed production halls today. But – true story – the first kukki CocktailThey were produced in the workshop of the family farm. The ice was frozen in plastic bags and then broken up with a hammer. However, these first attempts were still far from an innovative implementation.
As a trained mechanical engineer, Sepp developed a more efficient solution. He designed ice molds himself and conducted initial long-term tests. One of the first kukki A patent was born – cylindrical ice cubes! kukki Since then, ice cubes have been pressed particularly tightly so that when they thaw, the cocktail becomes liquid while the ice remains frozen. During his second degree in electronics, Sepp met another tech nerd with a passion for cocktails: none other than our very own Saif Hamed! Together, the two designed an entire machine system for the kukki Production.
From rough diamond to kukki Cocktail
Perfectly straight and in neat rows, the bottle blanks stand ready to begin their journey to your freezer. A crane lifts them from a pallet onto the conveyor belt. Then the bottles are transported with the kukki Label affixed. Only genuine with the igloo. 😉
From there, they undergo a rinsing cycle for the final cleaning of the bottle's interior. For this, they are guided upside down in a circular motion over the water system by robotic arms. Some of the machines resemble a carousel at a fairground. Fun in production, fun to enjoy!
In the next step, the cylindrical ice is carefully portioned and placed into the cocktail bottles. Our production process is precisely timed, as the ice must retain its shape and not melt. Fresh ingredients such as berries, mint leaves, or cucumber pieces are then added by hand. The cocktail bottles are quickly filled. They ascend a carousel-like platform and emerge, filled with the... kukkiThe cocktail mix, made from high-quality alcohol, liqueurs, and fruit juices, is returned to the conveyor belt. It is then sealed with crown caps by machine.
This is followed by concentrated male power – our Dearest Bernd packs the kukki CocktailThey are packed by hand into boxes and transported to the refrigeration unit. There, the finished cocktails are cooled to -18°C. They are chilled and frozen. Once frozen, they are ready for delivery.
We are so proud of the development of kukki CocktailsFrom the family farm workshop to such a large scale. A lot of heart and soul, sweat, perhaps even a tear or two, discarded plans and successful implementations have gone into our production machines.
