Mackmyra Special 08 Handpicked

Mackmyra ‘Moment Jord’

This is again a very limited edition,which will be released in Sweden this August (1st) , only ~1470 were made, and 650 were already bought by Systembolaget (Sweden’s state retail store for alcohol). it contains a vatting of 4 refill hogsheads, distilled in 2003, vatted together with some whisky finished in French Bordeaux wine casks. Nose: is...

Score 83/100

Mackmyra Svensk Rök

Svensk Rök, which simply means Swedish smoke, is the only peated single malt available that was produced from only Swedish ingredients. It matured on very small casks of 30 liters. The staves are from American oak, while the heads are in fact from Swedish oak. It is only available in 50cl bottles because the Swedish government (who owns the right...

Score 81/100

Mackmyra Reserve 2009 sherry cask #30300

Of this Swedish distillery (which has just started distilling in a whole new factory, turning the old one into a museum), I have tried a few. At the recent Whisky Festival in Ghent, I scored a sample of this newest Mackmyra Reserve, a single sherry cask from 2009. The nose is sweet, but also green, if you know what I mean. I get some garden herbs...

Score 83/100

Mackmyra Moment Norrsken

As some of us notes, this one is related somehow to #3. similar nose and feeling to it… Nose: Acetone, lemon grass, some malt is hidden behind those… pear drops. Palate: Spices, ginger, sweet syrup, malt , lemon drops, and the pears from the nose, lemon grass as well. all very lemony / zingy. Finish : Grass, sweet sugars,spices

Score 79/100