Mackmyra Special 03 Small Casks

Mackmyra First Edition

Wow, this is it. My first sip of the long awaited Mackmyra. Yes, I have been waiting for a long time to taste this whisky. The color is light yellow like straw. This is a very soft whisky, seems very young but good. Very interesting product from Scandinavia.

Score 84/100

Mackmyra First Edition

Mackmyra was founded in 1999 and hence a young whisky. This first edition (‘den forsta utgavan’) was bottled in June 2008. It’s light golden with an orange sheen and pretty oily. I get beautiful long legs in the glass. On the nose, there is first and foremost vanilla, marzipan and white fruit (apples and pears), encapsulated in light smoke...

Score 85/100

Mackmyra Special 02 10th Anniversary

This is the second expression in the ‘Special’ series, from the young Swedish distillery Mackmyra. It was bottled in 2009, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the distillery. The nose is very fruity with pineapple, green berries and vanilla, but also a touch of ginger. Adding water not only makes it sweeter, but brings out the oak. Despite...

Score 83/100

Mackmyra Brukswhisky

For my 100th review, I will go back to 0: a couple years before I started writing reviews. It so happens that Mackmyra's Bruskwhisky was my first single malt, my gateway. It may not be the most likely starting place, but I'd visited the Mackmyra distillery while on a business trip, where I sampled several malts showcasing the influences of...

Score 84/100