The Festival

: Pilsner malt from Vikingmalt in Halmstad. 

 From Bålsjön, filtered through sand and carbon filters

The approximately 200 liter Bourbon barrels were delivered freshly emptied from Kentucky. The 40 liter Swedish oak casks are bound with Thorslund keg and have undergone medium plus roasting before charring.

The casks were stored in a humid warehouse until October 2014 and lost some of their alcohol strength. From October 2014 to August 2016, the barrels were stored in a drier environment in warehouse number 3.

On September 16, 2016, 588 kg were emptied into the blending tank and the alcohol content was adjusted from 58.5% to the predetermined 53.9% before bottling.

The Festival 2016 was bottled on September 19, 2016 in an edition of 1012 bottles. An additional 385 bottles were bottled in a non-official edition to be used for fairs and tastings.

The Festival 2016 is, unlike Festival 2015, 100% unpeated. The whisky is matured in Bourbon barrels and then finished in new oak barrels just like their festival counterparts. This edition, however, ‘comes home’ to its Swedish nature. The final finish has taken place in new Swedish oak barrels that have been heat treated unusually intensively. A cask intensive and exciting bottling that gives the Festival series another stand out member.

100% unpeated whisky that was first matured in 200-liter Bourbon barrels for 4.59 years and then finally matured for another 7 months in 40-liter barrels of new Swedish oak with unusually strong heat treatment.

The festival releases are characterized as cask intensive whisky with a lot of power and character. They have become some of the distillery’s most sought after and talked about releases. The Festival 2016 is the third edition in the series of festival bottlings.

The Festival 2016

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