The malted rye will appeal to drinkers who wouldn’t usually consider rye. Floor malting the local grain and using open fired pot stills enables Stauning to produce rye with a unique flavour – cereal forward rather than dusty and spicy, with a long smooth, fruity and sweet finish Stauning RYE is made with 51% floor malted rye and 49% floor malted barley.

Stauning appeals to curious whisky drinkers on the hunt for innovation in whisky making and new flavour experiences. They are open-minded and explore all techniques, categories and expressions of whisky. They are just as happy tasting their fine whisky in an expertly made Manhattan cocktail as they are sipping it neat.

STAUNING

Established in 2005 Stauning Whisky is the first whisky distillery in Denmark. The story of 4 engineers, a butcher, a doctor, a teacher, a helicopter pilot and a chef becoming pioneers of whisky making. The idea was to reinvent and rediscover traditional production methods. This idea became the codex that we follow to this day. Put simply, all the ingredients are sourced locally and the production is all in-house. We can proudly say that everything we do is malted, mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled by Stauning Whisky.

Whisky from Stauning is recognisable and displays what simple ingredients can become when refined to the highest standards. In Stauning you can taste the grains, the purity of the water, the herbal heather and the bonfire smoke from the ancient peat. We mature our whiskies relatively short, but there is a deeper reason for this. We want to preserve the fruit-forward character of our whiskies. We use only virgin and first fill casks because we want the cask to deliver its flavour like a punch. Not dragged out over decades. We want the nature of the spirit and the nature of the cask to remain clean and clear in the whisky.

We are not here to do Scottish or Irish or American. We are here to do Stauning – and Stauning means different…good different.

“Nowhere makes a whisky like this. No-one else can.” Dave Broom

Awards:

World Whiskies Awards 2022 - Best Danish Rye
Category Winner - World Whiskies Awards 2020
Gold Medal – International Wine & Spirits Competition 2020
Silver Medal - World Whiskies Awards 2021
Gold Medal – San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2017

Tasting Note:

Freshly-baked rye bread on the nose, then gentle red fruit and ripe cherry on the palate, balanced by vanilla and citrus peels, leading to a peppery finish.
“Intriguing and a whisky which keeps drawing you back in.”
Dave Broom

Ways of Serve:

5cl Stauning RYE
2.5cl Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Add all ingredients to an ice filled mixing glass.
Stir for 15-20 seconds before straining into a Coupette.
Add a maraschino cherry and serve.

Alcohol%: 48%
Country of Origin: Denmark

Stauning Rye Whisky