• Kyrö Distillery Company (KDC) started distilling rye whisky in 2014 – their distillery is located at the old dairy of Isokyrö.
  • They produce rye whisky made out of malted rye.
  • Famous for making Napue Gin, winner of the IWSC Best Gin & Tonic in 2015.
February 7, 2022

Kyrö Wood Smoke Rye Whisky

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 […]
December 28, 2021

Kyrö Malt Rye Ruby Port Finish

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 […]
January 18, 2021

Kyrö Malt Rye Whisky Review

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 […]
July 2, 2020

Kyrö Single Malt Rye Whisky – Batch 5

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 […]
June 17, 2020

Koskue Barrel Aged Dark Gin Review

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 […]
April 2, 2019

Kyrö Suomi100 Malted Rye Whisky review

Kyrö Suomi100 celebrates Finland’s 100 years of independence. This single malt rye whisky has been distilled from 100% Finnish rye and matured over 3 years in American oak casks by Kyrö Distillery. Released on 6th of December 2017 (on Finnish independence day). Limited edition of only 360 bottles. Got my […]
September 2, 2017

Kyrö Single Malt Rye Whisky – Batch 1

WhiskyRant’s conclusions Tasting notes First batch ever of Finnish rye whisky for retail markets. Kyrö Single Malt Rye is made from 100% malted wholegrain rye. The most anticipated whisky of the year for me and I almost didn’t get a chance to taste it. That’s right, the success of Napue […]
July 27, 2017

Long Kyrö – Gin Long Drink review

This alcoholic drink raised a big question. Is Napue gin by Kyrö distillery the best gin for gin based alcoholic beverage called long drink? Long drink a.k.a “lonkero” is a very popular drink in Finland. The traditional way of making “lonkero” is using gin as the base ingredient. Nowadays there […]
May 6, 2017

Napue Gin Tonic review – Best gin for Gin and Tonic

Napue Gin and Tonic by Kyrö Distillery Company (KDC) was the inaugural winner of the International Wine & Spirits Competition Gin & Tonic Trophy in 2015. So, it’s been awarded the best gin for gin and tonic, which instantly made the adventurous Rye Rye Gentlemen famous in the world of […]
July 20, 2016

Kyrö distillery – pioneers of Finnish rye whisky

In Rye We Trust Kyro distillery, or Kyrö distillery, as we Finns and Nordic people will say and write it, is probably the most anticipated Finnish whisky distillery. At least in my book. Along with Valamo Monastery’s distillery, they will offer a special kind of whisky for the market. They […]
February 13, 2015

Juuri new make by Kyrö Distillery

Juuri (root in English) is a rye distillate coming from Kyrö Distillery Company (KDC). Determined to make rye whisky from 100% malted rye, KDC surely is an interesting new comer in the world of whisky. Juuri was my first encounter with KDC, so I was excited to taste it. Even […]