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…)
“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…)
Initially, I discovered Mosgaard Whisky at an open tasting in Hamburg in October 2019. Since the virtuosically crafted spirit left me deeply impressed, my event wrap-up here on BarleyMania turned out correspondingly enthusiastic; as did the review of Mosgaard Oloroso Cask (more…)
Being crazy about whisky is a super-fun hobby that won’t get boring anytime soon. No matter how many drams you have sipped or how many distilleries you have seen, there will always be a ton of new stuff for you to unearth and explore. My latest whisky discovery is Trolden Distillery (more…)
If someone compiled a list of Germany’s best whiskies in 2021, there is a good chance that The Nine Springs would be on it, too. In its first eight years of existence, the brand – which was born in the small town of Worbis in the federal state of Thuringia in 2013 (more…)
Fate is a cheeky lady. And an unpredictable one, too. When she interfers, even the most solid plan can dissolve within seconds. You don’t believe me? Ask the three friends Steffen, Stefan and Bastian from Berlin. On a fateful day in 2016, they drove to the small town of Schlepzig (more…)
Built in 2009, Fary Lochan Distillery ranks among the oldest whisky production sites in Denmark. It is also one of only a few such locations that were custom-made for this purpose (many other Danish distilleries are converted farms or breweries). (more…)
The tour at Pearse Lyons Distillery in Dublin’s traditional working-class district The Liberties is not your everyday whiskey experience. Just as the new-found unit, which opened its doors officially in 2017, is not your usual whiskey production site. (more…)
It is said that about 70 per cent of a whisky’s flavor and 100 per cent of its (natural) color come from the cask. When you put a sub-par distillate into top-quality wood, the result will usually be decent at least. But when you fill excellent new make into weak barrels (more…)
When we found out that The Macallan would invite the winners of their #ToYourMacallan competition over to their home turf for a full weekend of whisky extravaganza, my girlfriend Dini and I left no stone unturned to produce the best contributions we could. (more…)
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