Top 7 Danish Whisky Brands, Distilleries and Suppliers

'Do whisky and Denmark go together? You bet! Danish whisky is having a moment, with a raft of new distilleries opening across the country making the most of the local grain and water. Why not take a tour of some of the island nation’s best whisky distilleries?'

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• 9 whisky distilleries you ought try in Denmark - "Do whisky and Denmark go together? You bet! Danish whisky is having a moment, with a raft of new distilleries opening across the country making the most of the local grain and water. Why not take a tour of some of the island nation’s best whisky distilleries?" VisitDenmark.
• Danish whisky - "Danish whisky is relatively recent, but continues to grow with new distilleries opening in the past few years. Two of the major producers are Stauning on the mainland and Lille Gadegård on the island of Bornholm." The Whisky Exchange.
• Danish whisky - "Diageo Invests £10mm In Denmark’s Stauning." Diageo’s venture capital arm, Distill Ventures, is to put £10m into Stauning, a distillery that is part of Denmark’s growing whisky-making sector. The capital injection is for an expansion that will allow Stauning to increase its current 15,000-liter production capacity by a factor of 50. Stauning was started a decade ago as a garage business. The Whiskey Reviewer.

Top 7 High-End Danish Whisky Brands

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• BARELY LEGAL - since 2016. Barely Legal has a wonderful aroma of traditional Danish brunsviger cake and Danish pastry. It also features light wine notes from the sherry cask alongside ripe pears and apples in wonderful harmony with delicate vanilla and coconut notes. The taste is lush with intense white oak cask notes, and the sweetness of coconut and vanilla bean, encased in light yet recognisable sherry notes.
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• BRAUNSTEIN - since 2005. "Danish single malt whisky higland style."
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• Fary Lochan - "Danish Single Malt Whisky." Fary Lochan was established in 2009 as one of the smallest distilleries in the world. Our whisky production is relatively limited, but the quality of our spirits has no limits! We do not settle for the ordinary and everything we do is made by hand with heart and soul. Our Copper stills are specially designed for Fary Lochan in Scotland. Our spirit made in there stills has the exact Fary Lochan taste, character and quality which we strive for in every single batch.
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• STAUNING WHISKY - since 2005. Single malt & rye whiskies. Top rated in the 2021 edition of the Whisky Bible.
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• Thy Whisky - since 2010. "Organic Whisky From Our Fields in Thy." Thy Whisky is a Danish organic distillery, with the distinct terroir of our family estate. We use grain grown only at our fields to shape our whiskies and spirits - malted, mashed and distilled at the estate.
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• ÆRØ whisky - since 2013. Isle of Fionia single malt whisky.
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• ØRBÆK BRYGGERI - since 1906. Isle of Fionia single malt whisky.