Mackmyra Special 05 Happy Hunting

Mackmyra Moment Körsbär

The ‘Moment’ range by Mackmyra already has about 25 different releases. This Kôrsbär – which simply means ‘cherries’ and refers to the finish on cherry wine casks – is the most recent, added in the second half of 2017, 2400 bottles strong. The whisky has a dark pink sheen as if from a rosé wine. This Mackmyra is true to its name on the nose, for...

Score 83/100

Mackmyra First Edition

Sweden has over the past few years gone from being a stereotypical northern-european drinkers with a drinkers complex of quantity over quality. Well the past decade, in terms of whisky at least, it has been more and more about the quality. The whisky-club paraphernalia in Sweden nowadays is something of expertise and impressive competence. This...

Score 89/100

Mackmyra Gruvguld

Gruvguld is Swedish for ‘gold from the mine’, which is of course a reference to the Bodas mine in which Mackmyra matures here whisky – at a depth of 50 meters, by the way. It is a marriage of 3 types of casks: 30 liter, 100 liter and 128 liter. While most of the whisky is unpeated, a few peated casks were added as well as a few casks that...

Score 84/100

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 the...

Score 83/100