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Helsinki Whiskey 100% Rye Malt Release 20

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:24:46 +0000

Released on March 15 of 2021, this is Helsinki 100% Rye Malt #20 by The Helsinki Distilling Company from Finland. It’s a vatting of American virgin oak and bourbon barrels selected by distillery’s Master Blender Kai Kilpinen. Each cask is 200 liters with char levels differing from 1 to 4. […]

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Old Buck 4 year old private cask whisky review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:30:22 +0000

Here are my thoughts on private cask bottling of Finnish 4 year old single malt called Old Buck, a whisky brand made famous by Pori based restaurant/micro brewery Panimoravintola Beer Hunter’s. Old Buck is officially the first Finnish single malt whisky ever. In 2019, together with fellow Finnish whisky friends, […]

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Teerenpeli Kulo 7 Year Old Review

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 25 May 2023 12:09:01 +0000

Kulo is a sherry cask matured 7 year old single malt from Finland by its first ever commercial single malt producer, Teerenpeli distillery. This whisky has already made a name for itself, winning gold medal and whopping 98 points at International Wine & Spirit Competition 2020. Since then it also […]

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Valamo Lightly Peated Monastery Whisky

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 23 May 2023 06:44:27 +0000

This lightly peated single malt whisky comes from Valamo Monastery Distillery from Finland. Valamo has a range of peated and unpeated whiskies, usually matured in bourbon or sweet church wine csks. This one’s been matured in bourbon casks and has a 12 ppm peat level. 20 or below is usually […]

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Teerenpeli Savu Review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 22 May 2023 10:00:41 +0000

Savu means smoke in Finnish. So needless to say, this is a peated single malt whisky from Finland by Teerenpeli distillery, the first ever commercial Finnish single malt producer. Matured in bourbon (80%) and Pedro Ximénez sherry (20%) casks, which according to Teerenpeli, were selected by ambassadors and fair visitors […]

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Kyrö Wood Smoke Rye Whisky

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:27:39 +0000

This “delicately smoked” 100% malted rye whisky is a limited pre-release by Kyrö distillery. As a fan of both, smoke and rye whiskies, it’s very nice to know that Kyrö is making room for a smoked expression in their rye whisky range. This is what Kyrö has to say about its […]

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Kyrö Malt Rye Ruby Port Finish

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:09:03 +0000

This exotic Kyrö Malt Rye was produced in honor of the Finnish Whisky Day (May 23), which also happens to be the birthday of VYS (Viskin Ystävien Seura = Fellowship of Whisky). Released on May 2021 as a limited batch of 666 bottles, it instantly got my attention because of […]

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Old Buck Private Cask Tasting

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:54:05 +0000

We have a local whisky appreciation community in Turku region. It’s called “Viskiryhmä Turku” and it has its own group in Facebook. On April 10th of 2019 there was an offer posted on the group, spotted from Brewery Restaurant Beer Hunter’s Facebook profile. Beer Hunter’s is the home of first […]

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Kolme Leijonaa Savu Blended Scotch Whisky

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:41:13 +0000

This is the smoky version of legendary Scottish blended whisky Kolme Leijonaa (Three Lions in English) produced by Alko/Altia (Finnish liquor shop/producer). So not in fact a Finnish whisky but because of its name and exclusivity, I’ve labeled it under Finland. This whisky is only available in Finland, produced for […]

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Kyrö Malt Rye Whisky Review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:37:41 +0000

Kyrö Malt Rye Whisky is the first core range rye whisky by Kyrö distillery, launched in 2020. Kyrö has already made quite a reputation with their award winning Napue gin, or Kyrö Gin, as they call it today. They’ve also managed to release various batches of rye whiskey and finally […]

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Helsinki Whiskey 100% Rye Malt Release 17

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:57:22 +0000

Released on June of 2020, this is Helsinki 100% Rye Malt #17 by The Helsinki Distilling Company (HDC). Like the name states, this whiskey has been made using 100% malted rye. They also produce rye whiskey with a mash bill of malted rye and barley. The distillery was founded in […]

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Teerenpeli Distiller’s Choice Portwood Finish

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:20:43 +0000

This special Distiller’s Choice was released for travel retail and exclusively for Tallink Silja ferries tax free shops by Finnish whisky maker, Teerenpeli distillery. Only 1176 bottles were released in 2014. Teerenpeli DC Portwood Finish has no age statement. I believe it’s been resting in old bourbon casks before getting […]

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Valamo 3YO Monastery Peated Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:07:11 +0000

This is the first peated single malt whisky release for retail market by Valamo Monastery Distillery from Finland. Their story is interesting as they are a monastery distillery producing peated and unpeated single malt whiskies. For example they’re making peated whisky matured in old church wine casks. I always like it […]

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Nagu whisky distillery from Turku archipelago

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:33:04 +0000

Nagu or Nauvo (Finnish version) is a group of islands on the coast of southwestern Finland. From there you can find Nagu Distillery Ab, located in an old Flipper boat factory. The company has produced alcohol since 1996 for the Nagu marina restaurant called L’Escale. But serious alcohol making for […]

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Muteman Rye Whiskey Review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:28:47 +0000

Quick notes of Muteman Rye Whiskey by The Helsinki Distilling Company (HDC), a sample I got from my buddy. This is small batch rye whiskey from Helsinki, although it doesn’t feel and look like one. I can imagine people thinking that it’s core range bulk whiskey by HDC, when looking […]

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Kyrö Single Malt Rye Whisky – Batch 5

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:34:12 +0000

Kyrö Single Malt Rye whisky pre-release 5 has been distilled from 100% Finnish malted rye and matured over 3 years in bourbon and new oak casks by Kyrö Distillery. This is a very small batch edition. Only 2000 pieces of 10 cl bottles and 200 pieces 50 cl bottles. You […]

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Koskue Barrel Aged Dark Gin Review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:10:02 +0000

Following on from the success of Kyrö’s rye gin Napue (winner of the inaugural IWSC Gin & Tonic Trophy), this is an aged gin from the Finnish distillery. Botanicals include birch, meadowsweet, cranberry and orange peel and the gentleman at Kyrö suggest using it in an Old Fashioned for a […]

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Kolme Leijonaa Blended Scotch Whisky review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 06 May 2020 13:32:32 +0000

I’ve categorized this under Finland but this is not a Finnish whisky. Even though legendary in Finnish retail market because of its long history and Finnish name. Kolme Leijonaa means Three Lions in English. Lion is the animal in Finland’s escutcheon. Officially this brand came to Finnish retail market in […]

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Helsinki Whiskey Rye Malt Release 14 Rum Cask Finish

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:27:23 +0000

Quick notes on the 14th release by The Helsinki Distilling Company (HDC). This rye whiskey is 70% rye, 30% malted barley and it comes from Finland’s capital. They also make 100% malted rye whiskey. The distillery was established in 2014. With an annual production of 30 000 liters, HDC produces […]

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Old Buck 7 year old single malt whisky review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:54:04 +0000

Here’s a quick review of Finnish 7 year old single malt called Old Buck, served straight from the restaurant brewery which made the whisky, called Panimoravintola Beer Hunter’s in Pori. Old Buck is officially the first Finnish single malt whisky, coming from a micro distillery as small as it can […]

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