Mackmyra Special 06 Summer Meadow

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 and...

Score 85/100

Mackmyra First Edition

The first Mackmyra expression I sampled was the BruksWhisky. This expression uses the Elegant recipe as a base and is stored 50m down it the Bodas mine in first fill bourbon casks. The first edition is slightly darker in colour than the BruksWhisky The nose has a dusty quality not unlike the Dalmore 12. There is vanilla and fruit from the time...

Score 87/100

Mackmyra Smoky 30-lit Ex-sherry 3 Year Old

Wow. Nose: OMG. we’re in a different world. Peat and smoke enter the game and the nose is a party! Peat, sherry, and smoke: the holy trinity. spent matches, fire crackers. dark fruits with smoke. wood logs, dusty shed. smoked bacon. damn! Palate: Heavy stuff : Smoke, sherry, smoked ham, BBQ marinated beef, black tea. OMG. Finish: sweet,smoke,...

Score 88/100

Mackmyra Special 01 Eminent Sherry

The Nose: Some nice stewed stone fruit – peaches and plums, with ripe juicy citrus along with mingled notes of buttered bread, hot cocoa and even a bit of chocolate brownie. The sherry is pretty subtle here, mixed in well with the fruit, it comes across with bit of spicyness that reminds me of mulled wine…or I guess I should say glögg. Off in the...

Score 80/100