For many craft distilleries from the Nordic countries, setting foot abroad isn’t all too easy. No doubt: Their locally-sourced, hand-made whiskies are truly excellent in many cases. But the prices – which usually lie beyond the 100 Euro barrier for a 0.5 litre bottle (more…)
Fifty-five years of maturation spread across five drams! In this day and age, where less and less whiskies are bottled with double-digits on the label, that is a respectable number for any tasting line-up. It is all the more impressive, however, for a five-piece from a distillery located in (more…)
When it comes to Danish whisky, I have to thank Thomas of Fary Lochan for some of my best discoveries. Among others, he was the one who first pointed me towards Thy Whisky. And he was also the one who introduced me to Sall Whisky – an organic micro distillery (more…)
Earlier this year – in the summer of 2023, to be precise – my wife Dini and I became cask share owners at Thy Whisky in Denmark. In four-or-so years, this will get us a dozen bottles of beechwood-smoked, PX-matured, organic single malt whisky. But that’s not all! (more…)
Initially, my wife Dini and I visited Stauning Whisky in August 2017 – it was our first distillery tour in Denmark and the beginning of our lasting love story with the country’s active and avid whisky scene. Back then, we still got a tour of the old distillery. Next to it, however, we already saw (more…)
No matter how many top-class whiskies you drink, every now and then you will still come across a drop that manages to stand out from the rest. The last such-natured dram I had was Fary Lochan’s sixth Virtual Edition monikered Port & Peat. The 7-year-old single malt from Denmark (more…)
“Here at Thy Whisky, we self-produce almost everything we need for our spirit,” said co-founder Andreas Poulsen at one point throughout the distillery tour. “The only products we buy from the outside are the casks,” he went on, “and the wood chips (more…)
Later this month, I will drive up north for a guided tour of Stauning Distillery in Denmark. This will be my second visit to the place, however, I am sure that this time will be completely different from the previous one. Cause when I first dropped by there almost six years ago, Stauning was still (more…)
On Friday, 26 May 2023, Danish boutique distillery Fary Lochan held another online tasting. As has become their common practice, the Farre-based whisky makers took a stroll through the on-site warehouses before. From there, they picked a total of five very special cask samples (more…)
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