Ireland and Scotland don’t count, of course.

My recent faves:

  • Kyrö from Finland: they exclusively make rye whiskies. I already bought 3 of their 4 expressions. My favorite is Wood Smoke. Powerful smoky character from alder-smoked malts, sun dried plums and lots of character.

  • Ninkasi from France: one of the oldest breweries from the Craft Beer Revival started distilling about 5 years ago with a cognac still. Lots of great finishes, my favorite is Manifesto, finished in Pineau des Charentes casks. Massive old wine and must character.

What are yours?

  • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I’m in the US and recently discovered that High Coast (Sweden) is available in my area. I also visited their distillery a few months ago and sampled some of their whiskies!

    High Coast Hav can be found here for $42 which is less than at Systembolaget in Sweden. It’s lightly peated and I’m working on my second bottle of it.

    High Coast 63 – I was surprised to find this here and I bought a bottle for $120. It’s heavily peated, smoky, piney and briny. I’m absolutely loving it and highly recommend it.

    I’ve also discovered you can buy Mackmyra and other High Coast whiskies elsewhere in the US, but I haven’t seen them around here and my state doesn’t allow alcohol to be shipped from other states.