Mackmyra Special 02 Anniversary

Mackmyra Midnattssol

The Midnattssol – Swedish for midnight – is described by Mackmyra as a summer whisky. It matured in a combination of American and Swedish oak and got a finish in casks that previously held Swedish birch sap wine. Imagine that! Hmm, this is a very good nose! Loads of fruit in the guise of gooseberries, blueberries as well as some floral and herbal...

Score 84/100

Mackmyra First Edition

Sweden has over the past few years gone from being a stereotypical northern-european drinkers with a drinkers complex of quantity over quality. Well the past decade, in terms of whisky at least, it has been more and more about the quality. The whisky-club paraphernalia in Sweden nowadays is something of expertise and impressive competence. This...

Score 89/100

Mackmyra Gruvguld

Gruvguld is Swedish for ‘gold from the mine’, which is of course a reference to the Bodas mine in which Mackmyra matures here whisky – at a depth of 50 meters, by the way. It is a marriage of 3 types of casks: 30 liter, 100 liter and 128 liter. While most of the whisky is unpeated, a few peated casks were added as well as a few casks that...

Score 84/100

Mackmyra Moment Rimfrost

Nose: Starting with a whiff of acetone, lemon , dough , wet wood, cherubs,,nuts and some vanilla too. a rather odd combo i might add. Palate: Spicy, peppery, some nougat, also quite mineral with a splash of fruit, berries. Finish: fruity, sweet and zingy spice with some wood and that acetone bite. Bottom line: This ones feels a bit young, and...

Score 78/100