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The Swedish distillery Smögen is named after a picture-book fishing village on the Skagerrak, the part of the North Sea between Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The distillery was founded by the lawyer Pär Caldenby, who is also a whisky enthusiast and author. In the small distillery, he and his team produce strongly smoky Single Malt whiskies from Bourbon and sherry casks. The 10-year-old Smögen Single Malt was made from strongly peaty smoked malt of the Optic Type and received a 2-year finish in Tawny Port casks. Bottled at cask strength!

The 12-year-old Haran comes from the Acha distillery in Spain. Made from selected malt according to traditional production techniques of the Acha family, which has been producing whiskey for five generations. The oak barrels in which the 100% malt whiskey is matured for a long time are of different origins and are additionally charred with different degrees of distillation. For refinement, this bottling received a finish in a barrel that had previously been filled with sparkling apple wine (cider).

This powerful and harmonious cognac is made from over 100 eaux-de-vie that have been matured for up to 30 years. Eaux-de-vie is the French term for spirits distilled from fruit or grape marc. Cognac is based on a combination of various white wine-based eaux-de-vie, which are aged for different lengths of time (at least 10 years) in various wooden barrels. Hennessy X.O is an elegant cognac that combines spicy flavours and floral, fruity notes.

Penderyn Myth was the distillery's first standard bottling. The Myth Fruit & Sweet matured in bourbon casks and was finished in red wine casks. Whisky was produced in Wales until the 19th century, when the distilleries closed. It was not until the end of the 1990s that the old tradition was revived with the founding of Penderyn. The label is adorned with a dragon's head (similar to the Welsh flag). As early as the 5th century, the armies of the kings of Wales carried the dragon as a symbol on their standards and banners, which were intended to instil respect in the enemy. This sweet and fruity blended whiskey has a less aggressive but more balanced flavour.

The English Cotswolds distillery has been producing since 2014. Regional barley is used for its Single Malt and malted in the traditional process on the malting floor. The Cotswolds Flaxen Vale belongs to the Harvest series, which celebrates the beauty of the Cotswolds once a year by combining whisky blending and painting. The gift box design for this bottling is by Cotswolds-based artist Annabel Playfair. PX American oak sherry casks and Spanish oak oloroso sherry casks were blended together for this lush and fruity Single Malt.

Malt from German barley was mashed and fermented for the J.B.G. Münsterländer. The raw spirit was distilled from this malted barley mash in 2014. The raw spirit was distilled a second time in three stages on a fine still before it was allowed to mature in American white oak barrels. The single malt matured for 13 years is the oldest whisky in the distillery's history. The casks in which the Münsterland single malt whisky is stored are kept on the farm in the distillery's old grain store. Between the almost 200-year-old walls of the building, the whisky is hardly exposed to any temperature fluctuations and can mature in peace. The whisky is bottled at 43% vol. and without the addition of colour.

Faro Feingeist is a German whisky made from regional organic barley in a unique distillery facility. Peat sods from northern Germany are used for kilning the malt. Distillation takes place on a 1000 litre copper still, which is heated with wood fire. The liquid is then matured for at least 4 years in specially made barrique-sized barrels (about 225 litres) made of oak from Schleswig-Holstein. The foundation of the Basthorst estate near Hamburg dates back to 1278. One of the more than 30 buildings on the estate is also home to the Feingeisterei distillery. Martina and Fabian Rohrwasser have been producing their certified organic fine spirits there since 2013. They are subject to strict quality standards and are made from 100% handmade and 100% natural components.

Teerenpeli is based in the Finnish town of Lahti and was originally founded as a brewery and wine press house. It has also been distilling whisky since 2002. Finnish barley is used in the production process and distilled twice in Forsyth's pot stills in the Scottish style.

This 15-year-old bottling is the oldest in the distillery's history and matured in bourbon and first-fill sherry casks. The single malt is bottled in 0.5 litre bottles at an intense 54.9% vol. and is neither chill-filtered nor coloured.

Flóki Single Cask Reserve is produced entirely with ingredients from Iceland. The particularly robust Icelandic grain contains little starch, which is why around 50 per cent more barley has to be used than with other barley varieties. This bottling matured in a cask that was topped with Flóki Young Malt. This gives the whisky a fresh woody flavour with subtle accents of spices and a pleasant sweetness.

The English distillery has been producing since 2014, using a mashbill of 70% rye, 20% wheat and 10% barley for The Tawny Pipe. After distillation, it is matured in American oak barrels and then transferred to a Tawny Port Pipe with a 30-year history in port wine production before the rye whisky is then bottled at 56% vol. at cask strength.

This 12-year-old Haran was finished in port wine casks and comes from the Acha distillery in Spain. Made from selected malt according to traditional production techniques of the Acha family, which has been producing whiskey for five generations. The oak barrels in which the 100% malt whiskey is matured for a long time are of different origins and are additionally charred out with different degrees of distillation.

Combined from 10 specially selected casks and produced in limited bottle numbers, this 21-year-old Haran comes from the Acha distillery in Spain. Made from selected malt and the traditional production techniques of the Acha family, who have been producing whiskey for five generations. The oak barrels in which the 100% malt whiskey is matured for a long time are of different origins and are additionally charred out with different degrees of distillation.