Top 10 Nordic Whisky (2016)
I have now reviewed a total of 100 Nordic whiskies! I started my Nordic Whisky review series in March 2014. A little under a year ago I published a (late) Top 5 out of the first 50 reviews. Now it is time to do a larger Top 10 Nordic Whisky list, based on the first 100 reviews:
Box Whisky The Festival 2015, Sweden, 90/100
Braunstein E:4 8 YO, Denmark, 90/100
Smögen Sherry Project 1:3, Sweden, 89/100
Box Whisky The Messenger, Sweden, 88/100
Smögen French Quarter, Sweden, 88/100
Box Whisky The Festival 2014, Sweden, 88/100
Spirit of Hven Seven Stars No. 4 Megrez, Sweden, 88/100
Smögen Sherry Project 1:2, Sweden, 88/100
Mackmyra Moment Jord, Sweden, 88/100
Box Whisky The Explorer, Sweden, 88/100
So, a few comments on this list, and the changes since my previous list:
50 additional Nordic whiskies tried (well, actually 44)
A new number 1, Box Whisky The Festival 2015, pushing Braunstein E4 down to second position
The Braunstein E:4 is the only entry from the previous list that is left in the top 5 on this list
Sweden completely dominates the list, with 9 out of 10 entries
Four Swedish distilleries are represented in the top 10! Four frmo Box, three from Smögen and one each from Spirit of Hven and Mackmyra
The number of whiskies reviewed per country is:
Sweden: 54
Denmark: 28
Finland 10
Norway: 7
Iceland: 1
Please click the links to read the individual reviews, or better yet - try to find them at a bar somewhere and enjoy a fine dram.
Sláinte!
- Thomas