Summary of Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival

The Stock­holm Beer & Whisky Fes­ti­val was a suc­cess! Today was the last day and I was there last evening for my sec­ond time this year. Last week­end I went with a friend who was more of beer guy than whisky guy. We tasted a few beers but I got the oppor­tu­nity to talk to the edi­tor (I think) for the great Swedish whisky mag­a­zine. I also had a nice talk to one of the founders of the new whisky dis­tillery in Swe­den called Box. First evening I got a chance to taste two whiskies.

Bruich­lad­dish 1992 Sin­gle cask, a first fill bour­bon bar­rel which had a full body, fruity and lots of sea. The bot­tle was dated and num­bered by hand. The bot­tle was signed by the leg­endary John McDougall. Evening favorite!

Royal Lochnager 1996 Sin­gle Cask, one of the least known dis­til­leries. The bot­tle have been lay­ing on a dry “fino sherry” which is quite uncom­mon for sin­gle casks. The taste had a tight body. The aroma was lighter with lots of peat and sherry. The bot­tle was dated and num­bered by hand. The bot­tle was signed by the leg­endary John McDougall.

Yes­ter­day I went with some friends of mine. First part of the evening I focused on swedish beer pro­duc­ers like Nyne­shamn, Stock­holm, Nils Oscar and Jämt­land. Lots of great beers. Later on the evening I got some chance to try great whiskies.

Yamazaki Singe malt Cask 1990 from Japan on a sherry butt and Span­ish oak Prob­a­bly the best whisky yes­ter­day! Great body with lots of wine, choco­late and sherry. Had a really beau­ti­ful color of mahogany. (Here is a another review of the whisky)

Edradour 1996 SFTC Rum Fin­ish 57%. from Savan­nah Dis­tillery, Reunion Island. Quite com­plex with much spirit both in taste and aroma. Needed water to take it down a bit. Most of my friends did not like this one.

Glen­glas­saugh 34YO, 1973 52%. Had a golden honey color and a aroma of oats and honey. Did not have much aroma first but with a taste that really exploded in the mouth. The taste was oily, with dessert spices like vanilla and cereal fla­vors. This one needed water. This was also a favorite, prob­a­bly the old­est (and costly) whisky I have tasted.

Eli­jah Craig 12YO. An amer­i­can bour­bon that have got­ten good reviews but I was dis­ap­pointed. I should prob­a­bly not com­pare Scotch Sin­gle malt with a Amer­i­can bour­bon. It had lots of vanilla and sweets with some malty taste. Would work for dessert and a espresso.

That was this years fes­ti­val. My first and I had a really great time. I also got to talk about chwsgi.com and give away lots of fly­ers. Hope­fully I’ll see some more vis­i­tors on the site in the future.