Mackmyra Special:07 Framtidstro is a mix of the “smokey” and the “elegant” Mackmyra recipe, It has been stored on several different types of barrels from 30 to 200 liters.It is then finished off in a barrel that has been enriched by cloud-berry whine.
Information is translated from the Official homepage of Mackmyra which is one of the first whisky producers in Sweden please see wki page for more information about the distillery.
To top up the bottle 3 Mackmyra is added, first one is Mackmyra Special:04 Double Dip Bourbon which is whisky first put on a 200 liter barrel and after that a handmade 30 liter barrel.
Information is translated from the Official homepage of Mackmyra which is one of the first whisky producers in Sweden please see wki page for more information about the distillery.
Added a few during a “smoke” evening in skarvsjöby, the first one to be added is the Laphroaig 10 yo cask strength batch 2 from Mats stash and the second addition was from Mats own whisky mix bottle.
Also added later in the evening whilst smoking elk we received from my Aunt and my cousin. Great evening with lots of whisky and test-tasting to see if the meat was done.
Some 20 minuites later and the bottle is empty 🙂
Here is Mats next to the smoker !
This 1 Litre Auchentoshan was originally bottled for sale on the cruise liner QE2 but rumor has it that they never actually made it on-board the iconic ship, I bought this as a gift for Mats Johansson when visiting the distillery, a few years later he brought it on a trip we made with families to Skarvsjöby up north in Sweden.
Im glad i got to taste it this was a very good whisky, mild with a strong taste of “PimPim” which is a raspberry candy.
More info on Auchentoshan visit either the Official page or the Wiki-Page
A favorite brought home from the trip to Speyside 2012, bought it after warm recommendations from the staff in Strathislas shop.
It’s a cask strength release of 1997 bottled at 59.6%, Longmorn is a destillery owned by Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard) and its one of a handful in the group used for producing single malts and not only producing for the blended market.
For more information visit the wiki page, I was not able to find any official webpage whilst researching this.
Bought during a trip to Speyside after a visit to the distillery that was not open to the public at the time.
Text souce from Benriach homepage
Matured in the traditional style in American bourbon barrels, this whisky is then ‘finished’ in Madeira barrels, sourced from the semi-tropical Portuguese island of Madeira, hundreds of miles off the coast of north-west Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. During this second period of maturation the whisky derives many interesting characteristics specific to the Madeira barrel.
Just 400 six-packs will be made available world-wide, and the Madeira Finish is part of the first BenRiach ‘Wood Finish Series’, released November 2006. The other ‘finishes’ included in the series are Pedro Ximenez Sherry, Dark Rum and Aged Tawny Port.
TASTING NOTES
NOSE
Vanilla and spices with watermelon and peaches, with a rich backdrop of Madeira and oak wood.
COLOUR
Gold.
TASTE
An avalanche of butterscotch, hazelnuts, peaches and spices, with a rich Madeira finish.
More information can also be found at the wiki page.
As the 26th whisky a Dalwhinnie 15 year old is added to fill the bottle before the trip to Skarvsjöby.
For more information visit the official homepage or the
Wikipedia page
