About this winery

Started in 2005 by 9 friends from a remote village on the west coast of Denmark, Stauning Whisky – taking its name from the village - is a new Nordic whisky created from passion, curiosity and the will to experiment and create. The vision was a 100% Danish whisky, one which reflected the place. The friends started to produce whisky the way they wanted using locally grown rye and barley, floor-malting and small fire-heated pot stills. A new modern distillery was built in 2018 but the Stauning...

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Product notes

Stauning Bastard a rye whisky made purely of local ingredients, malted on the floor at our distillery and double-distilled in flame-heated pot stills. After at least three years in new, toasted virgin American oak casks, it has been rounded off with at least 6-months ageing in old mezcal casks from Mexican producer, Oro de Oaxaca. Mezcal is a traditional Mexican liquor made by distilling the heart of the agave. The artwork on the bottle was made by tattoo artist Thit Hansgaard.

Production notes

• Made from rye & barley harvested in Stauning. • 100% handmade at the distillery using nothing but local ingredients. • Floor-malted at the distillery. • Matured a minimum of 3 years in Virgin American Oak & then 6 months in Mezcal casks. • Double-distilled in small, open-fired pot stills. • Unfiltered and not chill-filtered - some residue may appear.

Tasting notes

Sweet pipe tobacco smoke, raisins, oat biscuit, citrus, oak. Tobacco, vanilla, barley, dried fruit, cinnamon, brown sugar, molasses, shortbread, oak. Long sweet, slightly smoky, salty, brown sugar, pepper.