PBMichiganWolverine
Mackmyra Vinterdrom
Single Malt — Sweden
Reviewed
October 29, 2018 (edited November 14, 2018)
This was an interesting find. A Nordic whiskey that taste like American rye probably finished in some sherry cask, but made with Nordic barley, pristine clean water from those glacial fields ( maybe climate change might mean more of that pristine clean Nordic water?😒), and finished in Caribbean rum casks? Haven’t seen a better North South marriage since the Civil War. Not sure of the age, but I’m guessing young ( less than 6-8), but really well integrated with the rum cask. Green grassy notes mixed with a touch of burnt sugar. “Vinterdrom” means winter’s dram...I went in expecting Christmas cake and mulling spices...but, I guess a Caribbean winter can be more like grassy clean notes with rum aromas. Either way...pretty damn good. First IKEA. Then meatballs. Then safety oriented snow loving Volvos. Now...whiskey. Good job in horizontal expansion Sweden.
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@PBMichiganWolverine Haha yeah you saved me from having to try that one!
@Soba45 yeah, and some are inaugural, expensive, and vomit inducing ( Abhainn Dearg comes to mind) 🤮
Yes I'd say that'd be a major factor. Some new distilleries may be seeing themselves as top end stuff as well and pricing accordingly. They were nice but not 'run out and buy a bottle' great
@Soba45 what I don’t like is their price tag. Quite expensive for young whiskies. I’m guessing it’s high cost of Swedish labor, maybe taxes and tariffs?
Great review :-). Yeah I had one of their offerings not that long ago and was impressed. They are quite prolific for a young distillery as well.