HISTORY

The idea to produce a Swedish whisky was conceived by eight friends in a mountain cabin back in 1998. To ensure they stayed in touch after studying engineering together, the group had a tradition of meeting up in Sälen once a year. This time, purely by chance, everyone had brought along a bottle of whisky. During dinner, one of them wondered why there was no Swedish malt whisky, and, if it was possible, why hadn’t anyone already done it? The question remained unanswered but, before long,the vision to become pioneers and produce the first Swedish malt whisky took shape. One year later, in 1999, Mackmyra Svensk Whisky was established.

GRAVITY DISTILLERY

At Mackmyra we strive to make our whisky in as modern, efficient, visitor-friendly and environmentally-friendly a way as possible. To achieve this aim, we decided to build the world’s most climate-smart distillery. In 2011, our Gravity Distillery was finally ready. Standing 35 metres tall, as the name suggests this building makes use of gravity throughout the whisky-making process. It was designed by the architects TEA whose mission it was to imbue the building with a character that captures the essence of Mackmyra: playfulness, sensuality and qualitative production.

Mackmyra Stjärnrök (Star Smoke) is a Swedish single malt whisky created with the colder, darker months of the year in mind. For this edition, we began with our handmade smoky Rök recipe, which we then matured in oloroso, ex-bourbon and American oak casks for body, complexity and sweetness. To balance the smoke and the deep, dark notes from the oloroso casks, we complemented it with a generous selection of older ex-bourbon casks filled with our unsmoked elegant recipe, contributing vibrant aromas of citrus and vanilla. The whisky is then brought together by the addition of spicy Swedish oak casks saturated with cloudberry wine, for a deliciously warming finish. Stjärnrök is perfect to pair with a winter charcuterie of ripe figs, walnuts and strong, hard cheeses.

NOSE

Spicy with clearly smoky notes of peat and juniper. Fruity with raisins, nuts, dried fruit and toasted bread. Vanilla fudge, tobacco leaves, sandalwood, cedar and ginger.

TASTE

Smoky, fruity and spicy with fine notes of peat and juniper. Minerals and herbs followed by vanilla fudge, raisins, dried fruit, orange peel and dark chocolate. Spices of roasted oak barrels, sandalwood and cedar, anise, white pepper and ginger. The texture is slightly oily with light oak spices.

AFTER TASTE

Round smoke in harmony with exotic and dried fruits.