Stauning – HØST (70cl, 40.5%)

Stauning HØST is a double malt from Stauning in Denmark, combining barley single malt with malted rye whisky. Both grains come from around the distillery and are floor-malted there, and the spirits are distilled twice in 24 small direct-fired copper stills. It is bottled at 40.5% vol in a 70cl bottle, with natural colour and no chill filtration. The whisky matures first in first-fill bourbon casks and new, heavily charred American white oak casks, then receives a finish in first-fill port casks. HØST means harvest in Danish. The nose brings vanilla and citrus with beeswax. On the palate there are meadow honey and toffee with apple and red berries. The finish is syrupy, with cinnamon, oak and subtle spice.